âItâs no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.â â Alice
Choose Your DoorâŚ
Door A: The Safe Hallway đ
Fluoro lights. Endless standups. PRs that wait⌠and wait.
Door B: The Rabbit Hole đ
A Chatswood game studio building international titlesâprototypes turn playable in days. UI states sparkle, pipelines ping, and designers ask, âCan this menu feel⌠curiouser?â You smile, open your editor, and React.
If youâre a Door B dev, read on. (Door A folksâwe wish you many functional fluorescents đ§)
The Quest
Turn imaginative ideas into polished, performant game interfaces for web and mobile. One day itâs micro-animation timing so a button pops; the next itâs wiring a Node-powered API into a TypeScript state machine and shipping via CI/CD. Youâll work in game development on projects played by audiences around the world.
âImagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.â â Cheshire Cat
Power-Ups You Already Wield
- React + TypeScript mastery for reusable, accessible UI components
 - Node.js experience (SSR/APIs/integration)
 - CI/CDÂ familiarity (GitHub Actions/GitLab/CircleCI)
 - 3+ years building and shipping front-end features in production
 
Nice to Have (Not Essential)
- Mandarin language skills â valuable but not a deal breaker
 - Next.js, WebSockets/real-time updates, performance profiling
 - Testing with Jest/RTL/Playwright/Cypress
 - Game/web graphics tinkering (Canvas, WebGL, PixiJS/Three.js)
 
The Map & The Loot
- Where: Chatswood studio, on-site 5 days/week (buzzing dev floor + playtest nook)
 - Salary: A$110kâ$140k + super (mid to senior, commensurate with experience)
 - Start:Â As soon as youâre ready to tumble down the rabbit hole
 - Work rights: AU work rights required (no sponsorship this round)
 
Why This Adventure? đ
- Ship fast:Â Weekly releases, instant player feedback
 - Small team, big impact:Â Your ideas wonât get lost in the forest
 - Creative runway:Â If you can prototype it, you can pitch it
 
How to Enter the Rabbit Hole
Send your CV plus a few lines on the trickiest front-end puzzle youâve cracked (links to repos/demos welcome). If youâve ever made a micro-interaction feel like magic, we want to see it.
Apply:Â keiran@bigwavedigital.com.au đđđ
â
Big Wave Digital đ
Since 1998, weâve been the talent ally for Australiaâs most imaginative tech & gaming teams. Ready to pick Door B? Apply now and letâs build something wonderfully mad together.
âIâm late! Iâm late! For a very important date!â â White Rabbit đ
