Senior Frontend Engineer

Please note: We are unable to sponsor international visas at this time.

Established in 2001, Nexus Mods is the largest video game modding platform on the internet - a household name in the PC gaming ecosystem.

• 79M+ registered members

• 950K+ mods for 5,000+ games

• 26B+ mod downloads

We’re currently focused on product modernisation, driving growth and building infrastructure for the next 10 years of community-powered modding.

Our Role 
We’re looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our team, building interfaces behind our new products and ecosystems. You will play a key role in shaping the experiences used by millions of gamers and creators every day across web and desktop platforms. 

In this role, you’ll not only deliver high quality frontend features, but also take ownership of significant frontend applications and features, influence technical direction, and help define engineering standards. You will collaborate closely with Designers, Product Managers, and Backend Engineers to create intuitive, performant, and accessible experiences at scale. 

This is a highly collaborative and impact driven role where you’ll work cross functionally to experiment, iterate, and deliver features that meaningfully affect both users and the business.

Role Responsibilities

• Own significant frontend applications or features across Nexus Mods’ network of sites and applications. 

• Design scalable, secure, and maintainable frontend systems that support long term product growth. 

• Break down complex product requirements into clear technical plans and actionable engineering work. 

• Lead delivery of multi-sprint initiatives, ensuring high quality execution from design through to production. 

• Build and maintain frontend features and reusable component systems. 

• Collaborate with Design, Product, and Backend Engineers within your pod to deliver end to end features. 

• Implement responsive, accessible UI that works seamlessly across a wide range of devices and browsers. 

• Integrate frontend applications with backend APIs and design efficient, reliable data flows. 

• Improve observability, monitoring, and reliability standards across frontend systems. 

• Drive best practices in performance optimisation, rendering efficiency, and data fetching strategies. 

• Ensure the frontend is performant, reliable, secure and well-tested. 

• Contribute to security and data protection standards across frontend architecture. 

• Support cross team integration and collaboration, helping align engineering efforts across pods. 

• Participate in product delivery by providing technical input, contributing to prototypes, and evaluating trade-offs. 

• Follow and help evolve frontend best practices around testing, documentation, code quality, and CI/CD workflows. 

• Help mentor other engineers and continue to share engineering standards across pods. 

Role Requirements

Requirements

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines.

• Proven working experience in a similar role. 

• Strong experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, or similar). 

• Experience with server-rendered or full-stack applications (e.g. Ruby on Rails, Laravel, or similar).

• Deep understanding of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.

• Experience working in agile, cross functional teams. 

• Ability to translate product requirements into robust technical solutions. 

• Proven working experience in a similar role. 

• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of complex frontend systems. 

Bonus Skills 

• Experience with large scale web applications, content platforms, or high traffic systems. 

• Familiarity with gaming ecosystems, UGC platforms, or modding communities. 

• Experience working on performance-critical frontend systems at scale. 

• Passion for gaming, modding, or creator ecosystems.

Benefits of Working at Nexus Mods

Benefits

• We work a 4-day week of 32 hours, with no reduction in pay.

• An allowance of £25 each month to spend on video games.

• Employee Assistance Programme.

• Private BUPA healthcare for you and your family.

• A very flexible training budget.

• Regular social events throughout the year. Participation is optional!

Diversity and Inclusion
We celebrate diversity and want you to bring your whole self to work.
Supporting an incredible community of tens of millions of users, we thrive on engaging as many views as possible to improve our platform. We see no reason why our culture should be any different.