UI Engineer

Blockswap is a middle layer for Web3 multichain composability.

We Blockswap Labs is a major contributor to the Blockswap Network, building a suite of products to support the Multichain composability for staked ETH. Our team is one of the most impactful and knowledgeable in Cross-chain Communication. We are a very diverse, globally distributed team.

The company was founded by leading cross-chain specialists and DeFi engineers. We are a small team crushing the scene with a passion for DAO, DeFi, and NFT and a relentless commitment to extending crypto benefits to mainstream everyday users.

Our anchor product is Stakehouse championing Multichain ETH, enabling anyone from anywhere to have a permissionless ETH stake yield on DeFi and a key proponent of the Rollup-centric future of Ethereum. We have a laser focus on last-mile user onboarding, and our ecosystem has been growing from strength to strength.

We are looking for an experienced Fullstack Front End Engineer to join our Engineering team. This is a key role in designing modern interfaces focusing on UX to deliver the best experience for blockswap products.

You will work in close collaboration with the product, design UX/UI, and backend engineering teams to ship features and develop new solutions for Stakehouse protocol interfaces and analytics.

You must be a person with a sense of style and a passion for creating high-impact UX and setting new standards for DeFi, with good knowledge of best practices of web3 development, and Solidity web integration.

We’re a startup in the growth phase and expanding our team rapidly. If you’re someone who loves taking the initiative and getting things done as a self-learner, the potential for your professional growth is unlimited as long as you are up for new challenges. This is an executioner role for a new product, if you are looking to replicate and extend your old experience this is not for you, don’t bother!

Note this is a full-time, remote-only role and the applicant must be in North America / Europe and willing to work in US-EST or UK time zones.

Responsibilities

• Build out blockswap Stakehouse dapp using React, NextJs, and web3 libraries to create responsive, performant user interfaces.
• Implement W3C-based front-end development experience with node.js, React, and typescript.
• Shepherd product scope from designs and specifications to live deployments and ensure they are tested thoroughly
• Excellent written communication skills in English.
• Translate Wireframes, prototypes, designs, develop and maintain user Interfaces; like decentralized exchanges, protocol explorers, and analytics.
• You will be creating dapps interacting with Ethereum Smart Contracts written in Solidity. Additionally, you’ll be deploying websites using the traditional Server/DNS approach as well as IPFS/ENS.
• Our dapps will interact with other services built in different levels of decentralization: REST APIs, The Graph / Infura/Alchemy/ or any other public Ethereum Node Networks.
• Contribute with the best practices to create open infrastructure and ensure it adhere to the industry standards in terms of QA

Requirements

• You must be a team player and who essential a contributor
• JavaScript/Typescript and Defi/NFT experience with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience building responsive/adaptive web applications using W3C ARIA.
• Expert level React with a preference for working with hooks, designing and developing APIs with knowledge of GraphQL backends
• Open Source software development experience with defining and delivering reusable front-end architectures and possess desirable Git and Github skills.
• Good understanding of Test Driven Development (TDD) and highly testable code with software documentation procedures
• Experience with large and complex code bases,
• Knowledge about solving blockchain UX challenges (wallets, gas, etc)
• You have gone through rapid growth in your company (from early startup to mid-size).

Bonus

• Excellent practical knowledge of JavaScript, React, CSS3
• Comfortable working with TypeScript, NodeJS, Hardhat, Docker, Solidity, React Native
• Familiarity with databases and full-stack frameworks (NodeJS/Express, CSS, HTML, Typescript),
• You understand client-server communication: HTTP, REST, caching and Graph Protocol, and Ethereum blockchain indexing experience.
• Familiarity with Node.js, bash scripting, CI services like Github Actions, TravisCI
• Good grip on Web3 technologies on Ethereum and experience with Solidity, EVM, Rust, or smart contracts

Blockswap is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace all qualified persons to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please feel free to let us know.