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Trojan Trading

Principal Engineer, Frontend

Trojan Trading · remote · full-time · $300000–$500000 USD
cryptodefidevweb3 ReactNext.jsTypeScriptJotai
8.4
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The vacancy is well-structured with clear expectations and a competitive salary, but lacks some company visibility.
Job description
Trojan Trading is at the forefront of crypto trading technology. Trojan Trading is a non-custodial trading and data platform. It is a unified base of operations, a place where users retain custody of their funds, data is live and accurate, execution is nearly instant and accurately priced, charting is simple and powerful and where every market, no matter how new, is accessible. We’ve chosen to keep our team small, and bring together only the most exceptional talent in crypto.
Responsibilities
- **Architect, Build, and Maintain:** Create, develop, and maintain a responsive and user-centric web app with React/NextJS, TypeScript, and Jotai. - **Own and Take Initiative:** Own new features, improve existing features, and take initiative in the iterative development process of Trojan Trading products. - **Optimize for Speed:** Implement best practices to maintain the app’s fast and responsive performance, especially on mobile devices. - **Problem-Solve with Impact:** Tackle complex challenges with effective, innovative solutions that enhance user experience. - **Champion Code Quality:** Ensure clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, contributing to a sustainable development environment. - **Engage in Real-Time Features:** Support the integration of real-time data and enhance user interactions for trading functionalities.
Requirements
- **Experience**: Founder, First Engineer, or Lead experience at a significant, reputable DeFi project building with React/NextJS, Typescript, and Jotai. - **Trading Platforms**: Must have experience where you have owned and built the frontend of a real-time, highly interactive trading platform. - **Self-Motivation and Autonomy**: Proven ability to work independently and take initiative with a proactive mindset to push tasks forward. - **Leadership Insight**: Must have experience working alongside leadership and founders to make key decisions about the frontend of a trading web app including, but not limited to, tech stack, product design, and feature design. - **Technical Excellence:** - Expertise in creating fast, dynamic and optimized web interfaces. - Comfort with real-time data handling and websocket management. - **Innovative Thinking**: Adept at identifying potential challenges or improvements and implementing effective solutions promptly. - **Clear Communication**: Strong ability to articulate ideas and collaborate effectively with team members. - **Interest in DeFi**: A genuine curiosity and understanding of cryptocurrency and trading trends. - **Pride:** We look for people who take deep pride and responsibility in the products they build. Crypto moves at breakneck speed, and only the most driven, fast-moving teams succeed. - **Team Collaboration**: - Strong communication skills to work effectively within a cross-functional team. - Experience working within a mid-sized engineer team.
Conditions
- **Remote Flexibility**: Work from anywhere on your schedule. - **Challenging Projects**: Solve complex problems with cutting-edge technology in the trading space. - **Impactful Role**: Shape backend systems powering one of the largest trading platforms on the market and shaping the experience of tens of thousands of daily users. - **Collaborative Culture**: Join a team that values innovation, efficiency, and collaboration.
About Trojan Trading
Trojan Trading is a fintech company that builds client-centric onchain trading tools for crypto and memecoins, offering the fastest and most secure self-custody terminal for buying, selling, sniping, and trading with real-time data. It has processed $30 billion in trading volume and attracted over 3 million users, aiming to perfect centralized exchange experiences on blockchain without sacrificing asset custody.
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