Lead Frontend Developer (React, TypeScript)

RemoteHybridFull TimeLeadPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship availableHidden Gem · Himalayas

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Required skills

React
TypeScript
production
customer-facing
frontend
toolchain
strongly typed programming language
web3
JavaScript
DOM

Nice to have

OSS maintenance

Role summary

Relay is seeking talented and motivated front-end engineers to join their high-growth, high-velocity web3 messenger team. The ideal candidate will be a skilled individual contributor and a strong collaborator, capable of owning a section of the codebase while understanding others. Responsibilities include facilitating team technical growth, developing technical processes, setting craftsmanship standards, implementing UI components, and participating in code reviews. The role requires significant experience with React, TypeScript, and frontend development, along with a strong understanding of JavaScript, the browser environment, and public key cryptography. Experience in web3 projects and a desire to contribute to OSS are also valued.

Relay is building the web3 messenger. We are looking for talented and motivated front-end engineers of all experience levels. Relay engineers thrive in a high-growth, high-velocity environment where success depends on the highest levels of communication, code quality, and pragmatism. Each engineer must be able to individually own a slice of the Relay codebase while also maintaining a working knowledge of others. Accordingly, Relay is looking for team members who are not only highly-skilled individual contributors but also strong collaborators and communicators.

Technical Responsibilities

Facilitate technical growth for all members of the development team
Develop, shape, and maintain technical processes and workflows
“Set the tone” in terms of craftsmanship standards and code quality
Carefully implement critical UI components, shared functionality, and certain subsystems (like monitoring, testing, validation, etc)
Rapidly implement functional UI elements from design mocks and workflow diagrams, with an eye toward correctness and readability.
Active/thoughtful participation in discussions surrounding ticket specification, design review, etc.
Participate in active, intentional, and thorough code reviews.

Lead Responsibilities

Actively participate in GitHub discussions, issues, and pull requests
Provide technical support and guidance in both GitHub and Discord
Participate in growing the development team

Requirements

5+ years building production, customer-facing React applications.
7+ years of experience building production, customer-facing frontend applications (using React or any other frontend toolchain).
1 year of TypeScript experience
Minimum 3 years working with any strongly typed programming language
Minimum 1 year leading or 2 years contributing to a web3-centric project
Very strong verbal and written communication skills.
Very strong understanding of idiomatic UI implementation patterns
Deep understanding of JavaScript and TypeScript
Strong understanding of the browser programming environment (the DOM, data-fetching APIs, storage APIs, sessions, HTTP, caching, etc).
Working understanding of public key cryptography (encrypting, signing, etc) and associated user flows
Desire to work in a semi-public-facing role as an OSS maintainer

Relay's benefits include unlimited and encouraged time off, 100% company-paid medical, dental, & vision for you and your dependents, 2-3x/week company lunches at local restaurants, and for remote employees: up to $2,000 USD home office setup stipend (all benefits are subject to applicable taxes and based on eligibility).

Originally posted on Himalayas

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