Frontend Engineer

Axiom Trade; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 320,000 - 465,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiom Trade in Austin is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to set technical direction for our frontend and ship user-facing features end to end, from concept to launch, with design and product teams.

You will build interfaces that stay fast under live market data, own performance and reliability, and debug production issues across the browser, network, and backend. Strong React/TypeScript and high ownership are essential.

Qualifications

• Deep React and TypeScript experience required.
• Strong programming and debugging fundamentals.
• Track record of shipping fast, polished products.
• Sharp product judgment with attention to detail.
• Comfortable with high ownership in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for Axiom's frontend.
• Ship user-facing features end to end with design and product.
• Build interfaces fast under live market data load.
• Own performance, responsiveness, reliability, and interaction quality.
• Debug production issues across browser, network, and backend.
• Evolve frontend architecture while staying simple and maintainable.
• Raise engineering bar through mentorship and judgment.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Programming fundamentals

Debugging

Shipping quality product

Product judgment

Ownership mindset

Job description

About Axiom

Axiom is building the future of retail trading. As more opportunities move onchain, our mission is to make discovering and trading assets fast, powerful, and intuitive.

Today, Axiom serves millions of users and facilitates more than $100M in daily trading volume. We are a small, fast-growing team based in Austin, with high ownership, urgency, and an obsession with exceptional products.

About the Role

• Set technical direction for Axiom's frontend

• Ship user-facing features end to end, from concept to launch, with design and product

• Build interfaces that stay fast under a constant stream of live market data

• Own performance, responsiveness, reliability, and interaction quality

• Debug production issues across the browser, the network, and the backend

• Evolve the frontend architecture while keeping it simple and maintainable

• Raise the engineering bar through strong judgment and mentorship

Minimum Qualifications

• Deep React and TypeScript experience

• Excellent programming and debugging fundamentals

• A track record of shipping fast, reliable, polished products

• Sharp product judgment and an eye for detail

• Comfortable working with high ownership in a fast-moving environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Frontend performance work: render cost, memory, bundle size, and jank

• Real-time data over WebSockets, including high-frequency updates and backpressure

• State management at scale (we use Jotai and TanStack Query)

• Charting, virtualized lists, or other data-dense interfaces

• Debugging production issues with logs, metrics, traces, and browser tooling

We encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every qualification.

Compensation

Annual Salary: $320,000 - $465,000 USD