We are looking for a Frontend Engineer that can help us improve our Interlay and Kintsugi cross-chain networks. You will enable us to ship new features to our community, improve the usability of our dapp (https://kintsugi.interlay.io/), and contribute to our open-source React UI (https://github.com/interlay/interbtc-ui/).
You are our perfect candidate if you have a strong track record of implementing UI components and business logic in a front-end library such as React, Vue, Next.js and have experience with GraphQL. You enjoy using TypeScript, are a passionate software engineer that cares deeply about shipping the product and writing maintainable code with tests as well as a great communicator that values teamwork in an agile and remote environment.
You are ideally passionate about DeFi and crypto-currencies and have the drive to solve novel issues.
What you will do
Implement UI components for our Interlay/Kintsugi bridge as well as the crowdloan projects
Implement new business logic for our Interlay/Kintsugi bridge in our React-based front-end application (https://github.com/interlay/interbtc-ui/)
Support the prioritization and coordinating of new features together with our front-end engineers, designer, and product manager
Review pull requests of other team members and give constructive feedback to refactor/improve our current implementation
Requirements
Proven 5+ years experience in implementing and maintaining front-end projects (React, Vue, Next.js, ..) projects ideally in TypeScript
Proven 5+ years experience implementing and maintaining front-end components using HTML and CSS
A strong desire to iterate fast and ship the product to the community as often as possible
Thorough application of testing best practices
Basic understanding of continuous integration and delivery as well as UI monitoring
Enjoy working in agile teams by applying outstanding communication and planning skills
Nice to have
You have implemented GraphQL queries before
You are a DeFi/cryptocurrency user
You have experience in testing automation and devops tools such as Docker, Datadog, ...
Prior work with libraries we use including polkadot.js and/or ethers.js and willingness to ready third-party code used in the front-end
About us
We are an early-stage blockchain startup, envisioning a future anyone can use any digital asset on any blockchain, trustless and without limitations. Our flagship product is interBTC - a 1:1 Bitcoin-backed asset, collateralized, interoperable, and censorship-resistant. interBTC enables everyone to invest, earn and pay with BTC on any blockchain, realizing the true free nature of Bitcoin and decentralized finance.
We are a team of 20 (and growing), distributed globally across Europe (primary time zone), North America, and Asia.
We live decentralization and transparency. We’re 100% remote, all our code is open source, our products are community-owned and backed by top-tier research. We are dedicated contributors to advancing Bitcoin & blockchain tech since 2015 and believe in the potential of a community-owned financial system, through hype and FUD.
Benefits
Research-oriented team
Solve novel problems
Stock options
Remote working
30-day vacation
Allowance for a co-working space
Yearly retreat
The salary range for this role is £80-120k