At KingMakers, we’re not here to follow the industry, we’re here to define it.
We are a proudly homegrown African company, building the future of sports and iGaming entertainment across the continent. Since our launch in 2018, we’ve created platforms that connect millions of fans to the excitement they love through our leading brands, BetKing and SuperSportBet.
From Nigeria to South Africa, we’ve rapidly grown into a powerhouse, recognized for raising standards, pushing boundaries, and shaping what’s next in our industry. Our vision is bold: to be the home where Africa plays.
Collaboration, innovation, and fearless execution define our culture. Every decision is purposeful, every interaction impactful, and every product designed to serve our players and partners with excellence.
We move fast, stay curious, and constantly raise the bar. Our mission is to deliver entertainment with integrity, innovation, and impact, because great products can change how entire communities experience play.
RequirementsRole Overview
As a Mid-level Frontend Software Engineer, you will be part of a team ensuring our gaming products are highly resilient, low-latency, and scalable, while providing a first-class experience for our customers.
You will collaborate closely with Product Managers to design, build, and operate KingMakers’ gaming platforms. Using modern architectural and engineering practices, you will create distributed transactional solutions and help elevate our products to the next level.
This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute directly to a fast-growing company that is redefining digital sports and gaming entertainment in Africa.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and maintain modern web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Work with frontend frameworks such as React (Next.js), Angular, or Vue.
- Utilize JavaScript tools and ecosystem, including Node.js, NPM/Yarn, Webpack, Rollup, Grunt, ESLint.
- Optimize frontend performance, considering browser behavior and best practices.
- Collaborate with Product Managers and cross-functional teams to build scalable solutions.
Experience:
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in frontend development.
Frontend Technologies & Frameworks:
- Strong knowledge of React (Remix.js.x), TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and Tailwind.
- Comfortable with modern JS tools and ecosystem, including Node.js, NPM/Yarn, Webpack, Rollup, ESLint.
API Integration:
- Experience working with RESTful APIs or GraphQL.
Performance, Best Practices & Accessibility:
- Understanding of browser behavior, responsive design, accessibility, and frontend performance optimization.
Version Control & Collaboration:
- Proficiency in Git (GitHub, Azure DevOps) and experience working in collaborative, multi-location teams.
Bonus / Nice-to-Have:
- Experience with headless CMS platforms like Strapi or Umbraco.
- Familiarity with CI/CD principles.
- Writing tests (unit, integration, E2E) and documentation using tools like Cypress or Storybook.
At KingMakers, culture isn’t just words on a wall, it’s how we show up, work, and grow. Our CROWNS values guide how we make decisions, collaborate, and raise the bar:
- Customer First – We build with and for our customers, delivering meaningful value every time.
- Raise the Bar – Take initiative, ownership, and push for better every time.
- Operate with Candor – Speak clearly, listen actively, and be honest with kindness.
- We Build Together – Collaborate across teams, support each other, and succeed as a team.
- No Hesitation, Never Reckless – Take smart risks responsibly, own outcomes, and avoid chaos.
- Speed & Iteration – Act fast, learn fast, improve fast; progress beats perfection.
Benefits
- Health Support: Employer contribution toward your monthly medical aid, helping you invest in your health and wellbeing.
- Comprehensive Insurance: Group risk cover providing additional protection and peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
- Future Planning: Employer contributions to a provident fund to support your long-term financial security and retirement planning.
- Performance Bonus: discretionary rewards that celebrate your impact*
- Convenience at Work: free reserved parking at the office
- Hybrid Work: a flexible arrangement with 2 days in the office and 3 days remote each week (Update this according to department)
- Work with global teams across Nigeria, Spain, Malta & the UK.
*Eligibility for the discretionary bonus depends on the onboarding cycle and start date; employees joining after a certain point in the year may not be eligible for the 2025 cycle.
Top Skills
What We Do
KingMakers is the leading sports and digital entertainment platform company across the African continent.
We are focused on creating opportunity. Opportunity that allows individuals and communities to realise their dreams – to be the best they can be. Opportunities to grow, to change, to build a business, to make a difference. Opportunity for individuals. Opportunity for our communities.
Our proprietary technology, delivered through our agency and online platforms, brings sports fans and their communities closer to the games they love.
We do this by building products and content experiences that delight our customers daily, that empower our partners and sustain their communities.
That’s why at the heart of KingMakers is a passion to empower individuals and to give back to the community. We do this by allowing agents in our network to grow their own business and in so doing enrich the communities in which we operate.
Our goal is always to put the customer first : by combining technology, customer insight and talent we strive to give African sports fans a superior, more rewarding and engaging experience, online, offline 24/7.
Our Values:
• Customer Focus
• Passion & Dedication
• Openness, Honesty & Directness
• Innovation & Big Thinking
• Ownership & Accountability
• Speed & Focus
• Low Ego
• Fun
