Founding Frontend Engineer for NYC Real-Time Trading

Syndesus, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Expensed lunches

Laptop and desktop provided

Job summary

Syndesus, Inc. in New York City is hiring its first frontend engineer to build a consumer trading platform for sports fans, with on-chain settlement and a seamless UX.

The startup is seed-stage, with founders from major tech firms, and a small team aiming to ship a polished web experience. The role is on-site in Manhattan, with a strong preference for 4–5 days in the office; compensation includes a base salary of $175,000–$225,000 accompanied by 1–2% founding equity and health coverage, lunches,

Qualifications

• 2 to 8 years of frontend engineering experience.
• A track record of shipping polished consumer web applications.
• Deep understanding of performance, reliability, and complex application state.
• Comfort working in a small, fast-moving team alongside founders from Apple, Google, and leading crypto firms.
• Strong product judgment: not just how things look, but how they work and feel in a user's hands.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead development of the company's consumer web trading platform.
• Build fast, intuitive trading and portfolio experiences that make onchain settlement invisible to sports fans.
• Work directly with the two cofounders, a former crypto VC partner and product manager and a former Big Tech tech lead, to shape the product and technical roadmap.
• Drive frontend architecture decisions across a service-based stack, managing complex application state and real-time data flows.
• Help design APIs and transaction flows that bridge blockchain infrastructure and a seamless user experience.
• Help set a culture of high ownership and velocity as a true founding team member.

Skills

Frontend engineering

Performance optimization

Real-time data handling

Product judgment

Job description

Syndesus, Inc. in New York City is hiring its first frontend engineer to build a consumer trading platform for sports fans, with on-chain settlement and a seamless UX.

The startup is seed-stage, with founders from major tech firms, and a small team aiming to ship a polished web experience. The role is on-site in Manhattan, with a strong preference for 4–5 days in the office; compensation includes a base salary of $175,000–$225,000 accompanied by 1–2% founding equity and health coverage, lunches,