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You’ll help build and improve an application used by millions of gamers, powering downloads, deployments, and conflict resolution across our supported games.\nVortex is a desktop app, currently Windows-first with Linux on the roadmap. You’ll join our existing product-led teams, making sure each pod has engineers who can actively deliver and build features. We’re looking for someone to get stuck in and be focused on getting right into the code rather than\nWhat You’ll Be Working On\nDeveloping and improving Vortex on Windows, supporting the wider gaming industry\nTackling practical engineering challenges around game support, Vortex functionality, and desktop development\nImproving the functionality and user experience of our existing application\nRole Requirements\nMust-haves:A genuine passion for gaming and an understanding of gaming culture (a hard requirement).\nStrong full-stack JavaScript / TypeScript experience in production.\nStrong React experience, including state management.\nSolid Node.js and wider JavaScript ecosystem experience, including async patterns, streaming I/O, and child processes.\nExperience developing desktop applications, and a genuine interest in desktop over purely web-based products.\nExperience with our current technology stack.\nSenior-level experience on substantial, consumer-facing systems at scale. Desktop, gaming, or creator tooling is ideal, but other backgrounds are welcome.\nSolid system design and API design skills, with an eye for backwards compatibility.\nExperience debugging production software on machines you don’t control.\nHands-on CI/CD experience.\nExcellent communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally.\nAbility to balance speed, quality, and pragmatism in a long-lived codebase with active community contributors.\nBonus Skills:Hands-on Electron experience (less onboarding, faster ramp-up), including Windows and Linux platform behaviour.\nModding experience or familiarity with Nexus Mods. 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