Staff Frontend Engineer
Summary
Staff frontend engineer at an early-stage consumer crypto trading startup in NYC, owning the mobile (Expo) and web (React Router + Vite) apps. Builds trading and social-discovery features in React/TypeScript with room to work across the stack; in-person role paying $270-330k base plus equity.
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Title: Staff Frontend Web Engineer
Location: NYC, NY
Company Stage of Funding: Early-Stage Consumer Trading / Crypto Company
Office Type: In Person
Salary: $270-330k base + equity.
Company Description
We’re representing a consumer trading company building a simplified way for users to access on-chain assets without needing external wallets, bridges, or prior crypto expertise.
The product combines trading infrastructure with social discovery, allowing users to follow other traders, view portfolios and trades, discover emerging tokens, and access professional-grade execution and market data within a consumer-friendly experience.
As usage grows, the company is investing in the distributed systems infrastructure required to keep its backend reliable, performant, and predictable across regions and during periods of highly variable trading activity.
You’ll be joining a team of 8 on the engineering side: 3 frontend engineers, 5 backend engineers. Everyone on the team is crypto-native with experience from companies like dYdX, Uniswap, and OpenSea. We have high standards for ourselves and the people we work with.
About the role
You’ll own our two primary app surfaces: our mobile app and our web app.
Our mobile app is an Expo app and our web app is a React Router + Vite app.
This is an exciting time to join as we prepare for the next level. In the next few months we plan to:
- Add new order types
- Add new asset classes (examples: perpetuals, prediction markets)
- Double down on new social features
Engineers here aren’t constrained to any specific area - while this is primarily a frontend role, we encourage engineers to make changes across the stack where it makes sense.
This role is in-person in NYC. We have a strong in-person culture and just moved into a new spacious office in Soho!
Minimum Qualifications
- Staff+ level engineer (6+ years of experience), deep understanding of React, able to come up with and execute on plans autonomously
Nice to Have:
- Has experience building in crypto (Solana or EVM experience preferred)
- Full-stack experience is a plus (our backend services are in TypeScript)
- AI-native. Most code at fomo today is written by agentic tools.
Personal crypto trading experience is a plus - everyone on our team trades, and it is what lets our product stand out amongst the competition.
Compensation and Benefits
- Compensation: $270-330k base + equity.