Front End Full-Stack Software Engineer - Wallet, Payments & Commerce (WPC)

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a skilled frontend/backend engineer to own features from the Node.js BFF layer to pixel-perfect UI. You will work with server, native, design, and QA teams to deliver high-quality, accessible experiences for a global user base.

You will influence performance, security, and system design decisions, with opportunities to contribute to SSR workflows and modern frontend tooling. This role invites rapid growth on a lean, impactful team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years delivering production-grade, customer-facing web software
• 2+ years building Node.js BFF layers for complex UIs at scale
• Proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript frameworks (React and/or Vue)
• Ability to drive ambiguous deliverables independently with milestone accountability
• Strong CS fundamentals applied to architecture decisions
• Working knowledge of web security concepts in frontend and API design
• Experience with SSR frameworks (Nuxt/Next.js) and build tools like Vite/Webpack
• CI/CD pipelines and frontend testing (Cypress or Playwright)
• Experience contributing to a design system with accessibility WCAG 2.1 AA+

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end from Node.js BFF layer to pixel-perfect UI
• Collaborate with server, native, design, and QA engineers to ship high-quality products
• Make performance, security, and accessibility a constant priority
• Architect and iterate on scalable frontend/backend solutions for a global user base
• Contribute to design systems and ensure consistency across products
• Advise on frontend best practices and mentoring for teammates

Skills

Frontend development

Independent delivery

CS fundamentals

System design

Accessibility

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

JavaScript

React

Vue

Next.js

Job description

What if the checkout flow, wallet interface, or payment confirmation screen used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide ran on code you wrote? The Wallet & Payments Engineering Web team owns the full-stack web properties that power one of the most trusted and widely used financial experiences in consumer technology. This is a rare seat at the table where frontend craft, backend architecture, and global-scale impact converge — on a lean team where every engineer's contribution is visible and consequential.

Description

You'll own features end-to-end — from Node.js BFF layer to pixel-perfect UI — shipping alongside server, native, design, and QA engineers who hold the bar exceptionally high. Your codebase will serve a global user base, meaning every performance decision, security choice, and accessibility call carries real weight. You'll be pushed to grow rapidly: the surface area is wide, the problems are novel, and the engineers around you will accelerate your technical judgment in ways a larger, slower team never could.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years delivering production-grade, customer-facing web software with measurable quality and performance outcomes
• 2+ years building Node.js BFF layers that serve complex web UIs at scale
• Advanced proficiency in TypeScript and modern JavaScript frameworks — specifically React and/or Vue — applied in production environments
• Demonstrated ability to drive ambiguous deliverables independently, with accountability at milestones rather than requiring step-by-step direction
• Solid grounding in CS fundamentals — algorithms, data structures, system design — applied to real architectural decisions
• Working knowledge of web security principles and cryptographic concepts as they apply to frontend and API design

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Shipped production applications using SSR frameworks (e.g., Nuxt, Next.js) with Vite or Webpack as the build layer
• Hands-on experience integrating CI/CD pipelines with frontend testing coverage via Cypress or Playwright
• Built or contributed to a design system with documented accessibility standards meeting WCAG 2.1 AA or higher
• Prior work on iOS or hybrid mobile development, giving you fluency in the native-to-web integration layer
• Production experience with real-time web technologies — WebSockets, WebRTC, or WebGL — deployed at meaningful scale