Staff Software Engineer - Mobile/Frontend - Consumer

Payward, Inc.; Remote; AED 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading crypto company is seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to oversee the architecture of their Earn products. You will shape technical direction and mentor junior engineers while leading high-impact projects that ensure excellent user experiences across platforms. The role requires deep expertise in JavaScript, TypeScript, and React, with a commitment to accessibility and performance. As a strategic position within a mission-driven organization, this is an opportunity to influence tech standards and shape the future of financial products worldwide.

Benefits

Remote work flexibility

Diverse and inclusive culture

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in delivering complex web/mobile applications.
• Deep expertise with JavaScript/TypeScript and React or equivalent.
• Strong foundation in HTML5 and CSS3 with responsive layouts.
• Experience building maintainable frontend systems and component libraries.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking abilities.

Responsibilities

• Set and evolve the frontend architecture and standards for Earn.
• Lead cross-app initiatives and performance improvements.
• Define and enforce frontend best practices and testing strategies.
• Mentor junior engineers and influence technical direction.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Frontend ecosystem understanding

Cross-browser compatibility

Performance tuning

Accessibility best practices

Collaboration skills

Tools

React Native

Next.js

Job description

Building the Future of Crypto

Our Krakenites are a world‑class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

What makes us different?

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.

Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here.

As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world‑class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

Proof of work

The Earn Pod owns the frontend surface for all of Kraken’s Earn‑related features — across Krak, Consumer Web/Mobile, and Pro Web/Mobile. This includes staking, yield, fixed/flexible earnings, and upcoming DeFi‑powered products. The Pod coordinates closely with the backend/DeFi services, Wallet, Design, Product, and other platform teams to deliver a seamless, consistent, and high‑quality user experience across consumer segments.

As the scope and scale of Earn grow rapidly, we’re seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to shape the technical foundation, lead large‑scale initiatives, and ensure long‑term frontend excellence.

How We Work

• We give engineers ownership and trust them to ship high‑impact work with craftsmanship and accountability
• We move quickly, experiment often, and learn fast from data and feedback.
• We work asynchronously across time zones, supporting each other with open communication and shared goals.

Why This Role Matters

Every decision you make will shape how people discover, trust, and engage with our Earn products globally. As a Staff Engineer on the Earn Pod, you’ll set technical direction through context and clarity empowering others to execute with confidence. You’ll mentor through example and collaboration, raising the technical bar across teams and ensuring our systems scale with performance, reliability, and purpose.

This role sits at the intersection of product, marketing, and infrastructure turning ideas into measurable results. You’ll lead with accountability and empathy, aligning teams around shared goals and building sustainable systems that drive growth of Earn through engineering excellence.

What You’ll Own

• Set and evolve the frontend architecture and standards for Earn across all platforms (web + mobile)
• Lead high‑impact, cross‑app initiatives: major refactors, performance & reliability improvements, shared UI/component libraries or SDKs, and codebase modernization
• Define and enforce frontend best practices, testing strategy, performance budgets, and accessibility standards
• Collaborate deeply with backend, DeFi, and product/service teams to ensure coherent API contracts, state management, and data flow across surfaces
• Work closely with Product & Design to translate complex Earn/crypto concepts into intuitive, user‑friendly, and performant UI/UX across user types (krak, consumer & pro)
• Mentorship and technical leadership: guide and review frontend engineers, influence roadmap choices, and act as a cross‑pod technical leader

The Opportunity

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable, maintainable, high‑performance frontend applications across React / Next.js / React Native (or similar) stacks
• Build reusable UI components, shared libraries/styles, and abstractions to support multiple apps and platforms
• Optimize web/mobile performance, reliability, load‑times — especially critical for financial and crypto features involving real‑time data
• Ensure UX consistency and quality (design system adherence, responsive/mobile‑first, accessibility, edge‑case handling)
• Define and enforce frontend testing, monitoring, and quality standards
• Collaborate across teams — backend, devops, services, design, product — to shape APIs, data flows, error‑handling, and user flows, particularly for Earn features and DeFi integrations
• Serve as a senior technical voice in architecture, tech‑strategy, and long‑term frontend planning

Skills you should HODL

• 6+ years (or equivalent) professional experience delivering complex web and/or mobile applications
• Deep expertise with JavaScript/TypeScript, React (or equivalent component‑based framework), and modern frontend ecosystems (e.g. Next.js, React Native, consistent build pipelines)
• Strong foundation in HTML5, CSS3 (or CSS‑in‑JS / styling solutions), responsive layout, cross‑browser/device compatibility, accessibility, UI/UX best practices
• Experience architecting large‑scale, maintainable frontend systems — component libraries, shared modules, code reuse, scalable state management, performance tuning
• Proven ability to lead technical direction, influence design and architecture decisions, and deliver across multiple applications or codebases
• Excellent collaboration skills — able to work closely with backend/service teams, design, product, and other stakeholders to deliver cross‑functional features
• Strong problem‑solving, analytical thinking, and ability to trade off short‑term needs with long‑term architecture/maintainability
• Experience building or maintaining shared UI component libraries or SDKs across multiple platforms (web & mobile)
• Background with backend‑integration patterns, API‑driven frontend design, state management for real‑time data, and cross‑platform consistency
• Demonstrated track record of mentoring, code reviews, engineering culture influence, and driving engineering excellence across teams

Nice to Haves

• Previous experience working in fintech, crypto, trading, or yield/interest‑bearing products — familiarity with financial flows, security implications, real‑time data
• Familiarity with crypto‑specific UX challenges (e.g. wallet flows, permission/consent flows, error‑handling for financial/DeFi services)

Why This Role Matters

• You’ll own the core frontend foundation for one of Kraken’s most strategic offerings — Earn, used by millions, across Krak, consumer & pro platforms
• Your work shapes how users interact with high‑impact financial and DeFi products — from usability and performance to security and reliability
• As a Staff‑level engineer, you’ll influence not just code, but architecture, cross‑team standards, and long‑term platform scalability
• The role sits at the intersection of product ambition, frontend excellence, and crypto innovation — a rare opportunity to build at scale in a mission‑driven domain

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.

Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don’t fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you’re passionate or knowledgeable about crypto!

As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

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