Frontend Engineer
About Blockstack
About the role
Blockstack is looking for a passionate and collaborative frontend engineer to help build our browser portal to the decentralized internet. At Blockstack you will play a key role in an open-source project that is serious about technology and internet infrastructure.
Our engineering team builds software using JavaScript/ES6, React, Redux, Swift, and Objective-C on the frontend and Python, bash, and Bitcoin Core on the backend.
You will:
- Build out the Blockstack browser portal, to be used by developers and everyday users.
- Keep our users happy by maintaining the software, troubleshooting and fixing bugs.
- Deliver on rapid implementation schedules (without compromising on smart development goals and principles) to build web functionality that is functional, fast, and scalable.
Qualifications
You are obsessed with creating software for an excellent user experience, are familiar with the pace of a start-up going into a growth phase.
You have:
- Experience with JavaScript/ES6
- Experience with open source software
- Excellent problem-solving skills and are enthusiastic about taking on challenges
- Detail-orientation throughout the web engineering lifecycle
- Ability to work in a rapid environment with little supervision
- Passion for delivering high-quality web functionality with quick turnaround times
Nice to have:
- Experience with React, Redux, Swift and Objective-C
- 5 commits to a top open source project
- An open source project on GitHub with 25+ stars