Senior Frontend Engineer

About Socket

Founded in 2021, Socket Labs is a tech startup building infrastructure to make it easy for developers and users to interact and compose across chains/rollups via our unique chain-abstraction protocol. We are a small team of 20-30 people and intend to remain as small as possible for as long as possible. Our sole focus is creating impact for the end users and developers. We have done multiple funding rounds and are backed by marquee investors including Framework Ventures, Nascent Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Archetype, Lightspeed Ventures, and notable angels like Mark Cuban.

About the role

We are seeking a Frontend Engineer to expand our Frontend Team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with engineering and design teams to build user-friendly applications and interfaces. Your work will involve integrating with wallets, smart contracts, and API systems, with a strong focus on React, Next.js, and TypeScript. You will play a critical role in shaping the user experience of our products, making informed design and frontend trade-offs. Experience with maintaining and upgrading large codebases and understanding backend systems is crucial.

What you’ll do

• You will collaborate with various teams to develop user-friendly applications and seamlessly integrate with wallets, smart contracts, and APIs.
• You will be responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing scalable frontend codebases for superior performance.
• You will prioritize projects based on their impact, balancing between speed and long-term sustainability.
• You will stay updated on ecosystem developments and make informed decisions about product design.

Who you are

• You have a strong proficiency in React and TypeScript, and experience with scalable frontend applications.
• You stay updated on products and decisions in the design/frontend ecosystem and understand tradeoffs in frontend design.
• You enjoy collaborating across teams to build user-friendly applications and think critically about their impact.
• You are adaptive, always learning, and skilled in maintaining large codebases.
• You communicate effectively, understanding backend systems and prioritizing projects based on impact.
• You are located within GMT +0 to GMT +7 time zones to sync effectively with the team.

Why work with us

• Our product has real scale, reaching millions of people in crypto and beyond today.
• As a team of builders, we prioritize impact over everything else.
• Our team fosters a positive atmosphere, with all of us striving for the best for each other and our chain abstraction mission.
• We're tackling an ambitious problem, working on a mission that is extremely challenging yet fun and holds high-impact potential for the entire crypto industry.