Senior Frontend Engineer

About Token Terminal

Token Terminal aggregates, standardizes, and delivers financial and alternative data on blockchains and decentralized applications to both institutional and retail investors. Token Terminal is a full-stack onchain data analytics platform: We operate our own blockchain nodes, manage data extraction pipelines, and implement rigorous QA processes to ensure the highest data quality.

Since launching our platform in 2021, we've rapidly grown to serve a community of over 50,000 monthly active users, including many leading institutions in the Web3 space. Token Terminal is a remote-first company with employees distributed across various parts of the EU and the US. We are committed to fostering a collaborative and supportive remote work culture.

Day-to-day responsibilities

As a Senior Frontend Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

Develop and Maintain a Robust Component Library

• Design, implement, and maintain reusable and efficient UI components to be used across the platform.
• Collaborate with the designers and other engineers to create a cohesive and scalable component library that aligns with our brand and enhances the user experience.

Build a High-Performance Application with Next.js

• Lead the development of new features and improvements, ensuring high-performance, responsive, and SEO-friendly applications using Next.js.
• Optimize frontend performance and prioritize best practices to deliver a smooth and engaging user experience.

Advanced State Management in React

• Architect and maintain complex state management solutions for large-scale applications, utilizing tools such as Jotai.
• Ensure efficient data flow and state consistency across components, handling asynchronous data with ease and scalability.

Leverage TypeScript for Maintainability and Scalability

• Utilize TypeScript to enhance code quality, readability, and maintainability, ensuring robust type safety throughout the frontend codebase.
• Advocate for TypeScript best practices and mentor team members in its effective use.

Collaborate Across Teams

• Partner closely with backend engineers, designers, and leaders to align on project requirements and deliver exceptional frontend solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to promote a high-quality codebase.

Expectations

Within your first two months, you will familiarize yourself with our component library, contribute to ongoing feature development, and make optimizations in the Next.js codebase.

Within six months, you will be a key contributor to our component library, owning the state management architecture and enhancing code quality through TypeScript best practices.

Within your first year, you will be an expert in our frontend stack and play a critical role in shaping the frontend architecture for long-term scalability and performance.

The Token Terminal Stack

We prioritize industry-standard tools to keep our systems robust and scalable. Our current infrastructure includes:

• Frontend Framework: Next.js for high-performance and SEO-friendly web applications.
• State Management: Rest APIs in a Node.js backend and Jotai for client state management.
• TypeScript: Type-safe development across our codebase, ensuring long-term maintainability and readability.

You'll encounter sophisticated integrations, working with extensive SQL-based data models and backend services to support our real-time data capabilities.

Details of the role

• Full-time role
• Location: Remote (US ET/CT timezones)
• Engineering level: Senior Engineer

Qualifications

• Frontend Framework Expertise: Proven experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React and Next) and backend development (Node.js, Express).
• State Management Mastery: Advanced experience with state management in React, using libraries like Redux, Zustand, or Recoil.
• TypeScript Proficiency: Demonstrated expertise in TypeScript, with a focus on type safety, scalability, and code readability.
• Infrastructure Knowledge: Experience with Kubernetes and Terraform preferred but not mandatory.
• Communication skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must. We are a remote-first company, so clear and crisp communication skills and the ability to work remotely with the team are a must!

Benefits

• Competitive salary, stock options, and a comprehensive benefits package offered through Remote.com.
• We offer mentorship from industry leaders, opportunity to expand your skills and network, and the chance to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the field.
• Enjoy a flexible vacation policy.
• Work with a global team across various time zones.