The Opportunity
One of the most active and non-custodial on-chain trading platforms in crypto is hiring a Principal Frontend Engineer to own their frontend.
This is a founding-engineer-level role on a small, high-output team building real-time trading infrastructure used by tens of thousands of daily users. If you've built the frontend of a live trading product before and want full ownership of what comes next, this is it.
Your Responsibilities
Architect, build, and maintain a high-performance trading web app using React/NextJS, TypeScript, and Jotai
Own new features end-to-end and drive iterative improvements across the product
Optimise for speed and responsiveness, particularly on mobile
Integrate and manage real-time data feeds and WebSocket connections
Work directly with founders on tech stack, product design, and feature decisions
Ensure clean, well-documented, maintainable code across the codebase
Your Background
Founder, First Engineer, or Lead experience at a significant, reputable DeFi project
Direct ownership of the frontend of a real-time, highly interactive trading platform
Expert-level React/NextJS and TypeScript; Jotai experience is a strong plus
Strong websocket and real-time data handling skills
Comfortable working autonomously in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment
Genuine interest in crypto, DeFi, and on-chain trading - Solana experience a plus
The Package
$250,000+ total compensation (meritocracy-based)
Fully remote - work from anywhere on your schedule
High-ownership, high-impact role shaping a product used by tens of thousands of traders daily