Persistence Labs is looking for an experienced Front-End Engineer who knows what it takes to ship high-quality software in production. The ideal candidate takes pride in writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code and is an advocate for best practices, continually looking to learn and to improve.
We are looking for an engineer who can thrive in a remote, fast-paced, innovative startup environment and who isn’t deterred by unknowns or unfamiliar concepts. We expect clear communication, both written and verbal, as well as comfort with challenging and mentoring other engineers to help them achieve their greatest potential.
Design, build, ship, and maintain quality interfaces for our products and websites
Work with the design team to bring product designs to life
Build Reusable UI components with APIs
Contribute to team planning, estimation, and roadmapping
Promote and implement UI engineering best practices
Mentor junior developers
Lead code reviews and demonstrations
A Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
3+ years experience as a full-time software developer
Strong knowledge of modern front end development and testing practices
Strong expertise in React components with prior experience of building interfaces for web applications
Professional Experience in React and Next.JS
Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
Excellent troubleshooting skills
Familiarity with RESTful APIs
Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, and core JavaScript, Typescript concepts
Experience with writing automated tests (eg- Jest, Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, enzyme, cypress)
Well versed with Github practices and Github CI
Strong knowledge of testing best practices and understanding of CI/CD
Strong knowledge about blockchains and proof of stake
Experience with cloud native application development (k8s, Docker, GH actions)
Experience with GraphQL
Experience with libraries such as Ethers.js, cosm.js
Experience with dApps and smart contract integration
BONUS: Experience in Web3
BONUS: Experience with Liquid Staking
BONUS: Experience with Cosmos-SDK / Cosmos IBC tech-stack
BONUS: Open Source Contributions, especially within the blockchain space
Persistence Labs is a team of 25+ highly motivated and skilled individuals working towards a common goal. The team has a total of 4 functions across each product team - Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Business Development. In addition, Persistence Labs has a corporate team responsible for Legal, Compliance, Operations, and Finance.
We are a fully global team with people coming together from all parts of the world - Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Members of the Persistence team have been early Cosmos community members and helped launch the Cosmos Hub in 2019. We have been early adopters of Inter Blockchain Communication (IBC) and have had a stellar record of being at the forefront of innovation in Cosmos and beyond. The Persistence Labs team pioneered liquid staking in Cosmos, with pSTAKE being the first liquid staking solution built for Cosmos.
At Persistence Labs, we strive for the best. We are an organization that believes in playing long-term games over short-term games.
We strongly believe in the powers of compounding.
We stay humble when things are going well and persistent when things are not going well.
We consider business to be war, which is won over years and decades.
Ultimately, results matter not just efforts or processes. The ultimate result is free cash flow.
We believe in valuing each other’s time. Small things such as starting and ending meetings on time make a massive difference to the efficiency of the organization.
We care for the people we work with.