Lead Front End Engineer

Targeting L5-L6 Engineers preferably from Datadog, Uber or any Database startup, Google (on the infraside) Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid time off. Interview process:

• 30 min intro call
• Tech screen (1h)
• Virtual onsite (2.5h)
• 1h coding
• 1h architecture
• 30 mins cultural

Role Details:

• The infrastructure stack for building decentralized systems is in the process of forming. As the scale and complexity of these systems and protocols grows, interoperability becomes an increasingly critical problem to solve. You will play a pivotal role in shaping how the decentralized web is connected. You will be joining our core blockchain engineering team focused on User Interface and building our presence in Vietnam. You will apply your experience in web2 on both OSS work around IBC (https://ibcprotocol.org/) and our core protocol. Web3 and blockchain experience is explicitly not required but is a strong plus.

You Will:

• Primarily be using React and TypeScript, focusing on the UIs of an OSS dashboard for IBC and other
• Implementing initial prototypes and proofs of concept, and taking them all the way to production interfacing with developers building on the future standard networking layer of web3.
• Focus on improving developer UX through the OSS IBC dashboard.
• Maintain integrations with our work on an OSS IBC-SDK and other tooling.
• Maintaining a robust suite of tests to ensure that the UI functionality of our products is of the highest quality.

What You Will Achieve:

• In the first month, you will build a deep understanding of Polymer Lab’s core protocol and begin contributing to documentation of the product. You will have time to learn about the space, our customer’s needs, and the underlying technology.
• Within 2 months, you will be fully integrated into the team and own the development of the OSS IBC dashboard. Success looks like sustainable growth and scaling the adoption of IBC and IBC transport hub.

User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Startup, Interoperability, Blockchain, Operational Support Systems (OSS), User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Problem Solving Skills, Reporting Dashboards, Proof of Concept, Prototyping, * Degree in Computer Science or related field.

• 5+ years of Frontend and/or Full Stack development utilizing HTML5 and JavaScript.
• Experience with React or similar interactive web UI libraries.
• A passion for growing and up-leveling your peers, and have pre-existing mentoring experience and a nuanced view around how to help junior engineers grow.
• Experience working with distributed development and engineering teams. Exposure to start-up or scale-up environment.
• Interest in infrastructure, Crypto, DeFi or willing to learn quickly.
• Strong communication skills and fluent in English (written and spoken).
• L5-L6 engineering experience level.
• Experience and interest in working on developer facing dashboards.