Front-end Engineer (NYC)

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 180 - 300

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Lead Frontend Engineer - Decentralized Trading Platform (New York / Full-Time)

Location: New York City (Hybrid)

Compensation: $180K - $300K

We are a well-funded ambitious technology company on a mission to completely transform how financial markets operate. Our goal is simple: to enable anyone with a digital wallet to trade stocks commodities currencies and crypto with complete transparency. We are replacing the opaque offshore brokerage model with a transparent permissionless trading stack built entirely on-chain. Every trade deposit and withdrawal is verifiable through open auditable code. Weve secured significant backing from top-tier venture capital and crypto-native investors.

We are seeking a Lead Frontend Engineer to take complete ownership of the client-side architecture for our core trading interface. You will be the technical leader for the frontend team driving technical decision-making and ensuring a high-performance resilient user experience for real-time trading. This role requires deep expertise in modern React/ and mastery of complex Web3 integrations.

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture & Leadership: Drive the strategic evolution of our client-side architecture and mentor the engineering team to enforce high standards of code quality and modular design.
Web3 Integration: Architect robust secure wallet connectivity and authentication systems to ensure seamless and secure interaction with on-chain protocols.
Performance: Optimize rendering pipelines and state management to reliably handle massive real-time market data streams with sub-second latency.
UI/UX Implementation: Lead the implementation of a scalable responsive component library designed to deliver a complex data-rich trading experience.
Reliability: Own the platforms stability by establishing rigorous end-to-end testing frameworks and comprehensive production monitoring.

Requirements

Experience: Demonstrated leadership and deep experience (7 years) in Full Stack or Frontend Engineering.
Frameworks: Deep expertise with and React (v18).
Language: Strong proficiency in TypeScript.
Web3 Integration: Proven experience with modern Web3 libraries such as Wagmi Viem and/or for blockchain interaction.
State & Data Management: Proficiency with GraphQL (Apollo Client) and TanStack Query for efficient data fetching and state management.
Styling: Proficiency in Tailwind CSS and experience designing scalable component libraries.

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) or traditional trading platforms.
Experience with high-frequency trading systems or real-time data processing.
Experience integrating and customizing advanced charting libraries (e.g. TradingView).
Understanding of perpetuals trading Real World Asset (RWA) markets and core DeFi primitives.
Contributions to open-source projects or experience with GraphQL Code Generator.

Benefits

Compensation: Highly competitive compensation package including both tokens and equity.
Technology: Opportunity to work at the cutting edge of blockchain DeFi and RWA technology.
Environment: A collaborative environment working alongside highly skilled team members.
Flexibility: Flexible work arrangements.
Development: Generous professional development opportunities.

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DescriptionLead Frontend Engineer - Decentralized Trading Platform (New York / Full-Time)Location: New York City (Hybrid)Compensation: $180K - $300KWe are a well-funded ambitious technology company on a mission to completely transform how financial markets operate. Our goal is simple: to enable anyo...