Senior Creative Engineer (LDN)

We are looking for a senior creative engineer with excellent best-practices knowledge to join our team in London.

This is a full time, permanent position, working a minimum of 3 days per week in our Soho office, reporting to the Technical Director.

Phantom is a technology focused and creatively driven company, dedicated to elevating brands in the digital realm.

Started by our four co-founders in 2013, we’ve grown into a company 100+ Phantoms strong, with locations spanning across two hemispheres (our other studio in Auckland).

Our partners choose us because of the collaboration, innovation and creativity we all bring to every project. We choose our clients because they’re brands we love to work with, who in turn inspire us to make work we love.

We work on everything from large scale campaigns to creating immersive digital experiences and developing long lasting products. If you’re somebody who enjoys a new challenge each day and is looking to create the best work of your career, Phantom is your place.

You’d be embedded in our creative technology department to help define best practices using React or Angular that are used to create highly innovative experiences and rolling them out to the wider team. It’s your job to ensure code quality and architecture is stable and well tested across varied projects.

We develop in partnership with the creative teams rather than waterfall. It will be your job to be diligently validating ideas and concepts during the entire lifecycle of a project and also feed new technology into the creative process.

You will also be able to take ownership, jump in and be hands-on on any project where you see your time is most valuable.

Our projects are generally highly custom and innovative and thus you will need to be comfortable with experimental technologies such as WebGL, XR, Custom Audio, Machine Learning.

Above all, we value creativity and the ability to find unique solutions to everyday problems. As we are a young company you will have the opportunity and freedom to shape the way we work.

Your focus areas:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Designers, 3D Artists, Producers, QA and other members of the Engineering team to push the work we do to the highest possible standard.
• Work with the rest of the Engineering leadership team to create and roll out best practices to benefit the wider Engineering team.
• Create prototypes and contribute with ideas as part of a larger creative team.
• Provide detailed oversight and domain knowledge on many concurrent projects.
• Mentor more junior members of the team to provide them with the support to grow.
• Lead meetings with partners, technical and creative team members.
• Ownership of managing stress and prioritising tasks amidst competing deadlines and demands.
• Write detailed technical documentation including creating meaningful technical design documents.

Skills and abilities:

• Expert knowledge of React or Angular and associated libraries and frameworks (e.g. Redux, Apollo, Next.JS, RxJS).
• Strong coding roots and the ability to provide deep Javascript and Typescript knowledge.
• A stunning portfolio of past creative work.
• Expert knowledge of HTML5 and CSS3 and modern CSS-in-JS solutions like Styled Components.
• Highly proficient working with Git and Pull Requests etc.
• Modern CI/CD techniques. (GitHub Actions)
• Expert with JavaScript Tooling (Linting, Test Harness, Babel, Webpack, SWC)
• Giving/receiving code reviews.
• Self-motivated with good time management.
• Minimum of 6 years of development experience and genuine passion for technology.
• Excellent knowledge of relevant programming languages and methodologies.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Bonus points:

• A showstopper website/portfolio.
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• 3D Experience (WebGL, Three.JS, Blender)
• Experience with using Adobe Creative Suite/Figma.
• It never hurts to speak another language.
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with Google Docs.
• Designing/writing automated tests.

We are an equal opportunity employer and believe our environment, ideas and work can only be its best if our team is representative of all the incredible diversity that exists in the world around us.

All Phantoms are welcomed to our team without regard to ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

• Pension Scheme
  To help set you up for later in life, we provide a secure pension scheme with Aviva, and will match your contributions up to 7%. 
• Wellbeing and Mental Health
  We care about your health and wellness and provide comprehensive private medical, dental, optical, hearing and mental health insurance with Vitality. 
• Training fund
  We’re all about being at the top of our game, and offer a dedicated annual training budget to support your personal development and upskilling.
• Personal development
  A support system of 1:1s, mentorship and personal development plans are a central part of your life at Phantom, providing support and opportunities to grow.
• Studio
  Our HQ is in the heart of Soho, designed to enhance collaboration and creativity, including flexible work areas, a killer event space and showers and towel service (for all you runners and cyclists).
• Flexible working
  We offer flexible working hours and the opportunity for work from home days.
• Annual leave
  Your leave allowance is above national standard, so you can enjoy some extra R&R time to spend as you wish!  
• Bonus leave days
  Once you’ve been a part of the Pham for 2 years, you’ll receive a bonus annual leave day each year until you hit 30 days. Just a little thanks for being such an important part of our team!
• Birthday day off
  In addition to your holiday allowance, you get your birthday day off which can be taken any day within your birthday month to celebrate in style.
• Enhanced parental leave
  We offer enhanced parental leave policies to support all of the Pham taking this step in growing their family. 
• Free snacks & drinks
  Enjoy a kitchen packed with snacks, treats, drinks, breakfast foods and coffee machine, to help yourself throughout the day.  
• High end equipment
  Our office is kitted out to enable you to do your very best work and support your wellbeing. We invest in Apple hardware, the latest software, standing desks, Vitra office chairs, high end screens and more. 
• Initiatives for proactive ideas
  Phantom is constantly evolving, and we love supporting new ideas and concepts within the team.
• End of year bonus
  At the discretion of Phantom, based on both personal and company performance.
• Cycle to work scheme
  Want to bike to work? We have teamed up with Cyclescheme to save you 25-39% when purchasing a bike and biking accessories.
• Special discounts
  As part of your Vitality insurance plan, we’ve included a great range of discount deals. Currently this includes discounted gym membership, free Apple watch, free Amazon Prime, discounted cinema tickets and much more.
• Dog-friendly
  Your approved, chill canine companion can join you at PHQ.
• Events, team days & parties
  We believe in celebrating our achievements! We’re known for hosting some killer parties and events. Some are for our Pham exclusively (like the end of year party), or within our industry. Others are in honour of our birthday, where we invite our friends, families and collaborators and celebrate another amazing year.
• Merch
  Our brand is our playground - we’re known for dropping collections featuring our very own Phantom that you’ll be able to pick from for free.
• Hobbies & R&D  
  Whether it’s synths and musical instruments, 3D printers, VR equipment, our library of books or gaming consoles, we have an amazing selection of incredible equipment at PHQ that is available for you to use - within your work and for fun!
• Phantom Phriday
  We end our week by taking a break from our screens and spending time sharing what we’ve been up to as a team - whether that’s the incredible work you’ve been doing, or even your recent holiday snaps, it’s an amazing way to share knowledge and learnings as a team, and have some fun while we’re at it. 
• Phriday drinks
  After Phantom Phriday, we head to our bar area for drinks, pizza and a catch up with fellow Phantoms.

Credentials are one thing, but talent is another. If you feel this role for you but don’t meet every requirement listed here, we’d still love to hear from you.