Front-End Engineer, Institutional Platform

Blockchain.com is the world's leading software platform for digital assets. Offering the largest production blockchain platform in the world, we share the passion to code, create, and ultimately build an open, accessible and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time.

Since 2017, Blockchain.com runs a successful Institutional business and has been the leading strategic capital partner to the largest trading, investment, and mining companies in the crypto space, providing lending, otc and electronic trading, custody, asset management funds, and other financial products and services.

We are building the foremost innovative crypto ecosystem for institutional clients across trading, lending, custody, staking and defi services. We are looking for experienced software engineers from a variety of technical backgrounds with a proven track record to help us on this mission - who have experience in and understand the intricacies of building and delivering a scalable, reliable and performant institutional platform.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Become a key member of a dedicated engineering team committed to rapidly shipping, and iterating on products for Institutional clients.
• Drive overall architecture of the Institutional platform front-end, while proactively collaborating with team members.
• Build software that handles low latency high throughput trades for users around the globe.
• Be at the forefront of the cryptocurrency ecosystem building out new distributed software, while working closely with designers, PM and customer success team
• Advocate best practices, code quality, test coverage and drive technical discussions.
• Optimize existing systems for scalability, extensibility and performance whilst building out reusable, modular code for use across Blockchain’s products..
• Ensure security is at the forefront of everything you do, employing advanced encryption schemes to secure user and company data.
• Review peers' code and give feedback.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• The foremost quality for this position or any position at Blockchain.com is integrity.
• Required 5+ years of experience in software engineering, working with JavaScript and modern client-side web applications preferred.
• Proficiency in: Javascript / web technologies (HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, etc) / React.js / git
• Knowledge of Redux and node.js
• You thrive on learning new technologies and don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. That being said, you can expect to work with ES6, Styled Components, and React.
• You can adapt and keep pace with a fast evolving asset class and marketplace, and build highly-effective and high-quality products on quick timelines.
• You work well within a team, and have a high sense of ownership and accountability.
• You understand requirements beyond the written word and have a sharp eye, with strong analytical and problem solving skills.
  
  Nice to have:
• Cryptocurrency and/or Equities, Options, Futures, or FX markets experience.
• react hooks, redux-saga, bash scripting, docker, Jira, agile development, CORS, web security

COMPENSATION & PERKS

• Competitive full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company
• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an exciting, emerging industry.
• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it.
• Crypto bonuses
• Performance-based bonuses paid in cash
• Apple equipment provided by the company
• Awesome office locations and remote working options.

APPLICATION

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• LinkedIn profile.
• Link to Github, StackOverflow, personal website and/or blog (if applicable).

When you apply to a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by one or more of the following subsidiaries of Blockchain Luxembourg S.A (each, a “Controller”):

• Blockchain Access UK Ltd.
• Blockchain (GB) Limited
• Blockchain (US), Inc.
• Blockchain (LT), UAB

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