Lead Front End Engineer (React)

About prePO

prePO is a decentralized trading platform that allows anyone anywhere to speculate on the valuation of any private company. Our mission is to democratize pre-public equity - transforming a world of financial exclusion into a world of permissionless access.

We are currently a globally distributed team of four, with years of experience at blockchain startups as well as top tech companies such as Facebook, Apple, Canva, and Salesforce.

We’re backed by world-class investors, including the LAO (the world’s largest venture DAO), Apollo Capital, and Maven 11 Capital; founders from leading DeFi protocols including mStable, dHedge, and Alchemix; and many other angels within crypto and fintech.

Come join us in our mission to democratize pre-public equity!

Benefits

• Have a high impact on the future of prePO as a core team member
• Lead projects, wear many different hats, and flex your entrepreneurial spirit!
• Join a talented team passionate about crypto and changing the world
• Work at the cutting edge of DeFi and crypto
• Exciting and fast-paced startup culture
• Fully remote work with flexible hours
• Competitive compensation in crypto

Responsibilities

• Lead the frontend development of prePO, from specs to tested production code
• Work in a small, fast-paced team to rapidly develop and iterate on frontend features
• Work with a high amount of ownership and autonomy
• Write well-tested, well-documented, performant, clean, and reusable code
• Develop responsive Web 3.0 applications across both web and mobile browsers
• Rapidly implement functional UI elements from Figma design mocks
• Connect the frontend to Ethereum-based smart contracts
• Integrate with various APIs to enhance the dapp’s functionality
• Establish standard practices and methodologies for frontend engineering in our team
• In the future, onboard and manage new frontend developers that join the team

Requirements

• 3+ years professional frontend development experience
• Expert knowledge of React (client-side), TypeScript, HTML, CSS
• Experience developing frontends for blockchain applications (using web3.js / ethers.js)
• Advanced knowledge of Git and GitHub
• Experience writing unit tests (e.g. Jest + Enzyme)
• Experience leading projects from start to finish
• A desire to keep up with modern best practices in web 2.0+3.0 development
• Deep understanding and passion for DeFi and crypto in general
• Native English fluency with strong technical communication skills (written and verbal)
• High attention to detail (you are your own QA)
• Proactive and hard-working attitude, and receptiveness to feedback

Nice-to-haves

• Experience using Figma, Node.js, IPFS, ENS, The Graph API, 0x API, Hardhat, Solidity
• Experience writing integration tests and E2E tests (e.g. Selenium)
• Experience running experiments and using frontend analytics tools
• Experience deploying and testing code on Ethereum testnets
• Understanding of UX/UI principles and interaction design
• Experience building UIs for financial applications
• Experience working with agile methodologies (Scrum, CI/CD, TDD, Pair Programming)
• Experience leading interviews for new hires
• Experience conducting user research
• Game development experience
• Experience participating in a DAO
• High degen score or proven ape record
• Founder/startup experience