Staff Software Engineer: Perpetuals

remote work; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Consensys is seeking a senior technical leader to own the architecture and roadmap for the Perpetuals experience across Extension and Mobile, shaping data flows, order execution, and margin/liquidation UX.

You will drive technical direction for critical trading features, mentor engineers, and coordinate with experience, backend, and protocol teams to deliver resilient, scalable solutions in a fast-moving blockchain environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with web and mobile technologies.
• Experience building trading or other correctness critical systems with financial risk.
• Experience with real-time data systems and resilient UX for unreliable networks.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across multiple teams.
• Hands on experience with React and React Native.
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills and blockchain fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture and roadmap for Perpetuals across Extension and Mobile.
• Set technical direction for trading-critical features and ensure resilience to data/feed issues.
• Drive cross-team alignment with experience, backend, and protocol teams on complex projects.
• Identify and de risk hard technical problems and make architecture trade offs.
• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager on prioritization and technical planning.
• Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and raise technical standards.

Job description

About the role

Consensys is a blockchain technology company focusing on Ethereum-based products. This role owns the technical architecture and roadmap for MetaMask's Perpetuals experience across Extension and Mobile, including data flows, order execution, and margin/liquidation UX.

What you'll do

• Own the technical architecture and roadmap for Perpetuals across Extension and Mobile
• Set technical direction for trading-critical features and ensure resilience to data/feed issues
• Drive cross-team alignment with experience, backend, and protocol teams on complex projects
• Identify and de risk hard technical problems and make architecture trade offs
• Collaborate with the Engineering Manager on prioritization and technical planning
• Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and raise technical standards

What they're looking for

• 8+ years of experience with web and mobile technologies
• Experience building trading or other correctness critical systems with financial risk
• Experience with real-time data systems and resilient UX for unreliable networks
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across multiple teams
• Hands on experience with React and React Native
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills and blockchain fundamentals

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing states EMEA remote location; it does not specify Nigeria as an excluded location, so open to Nigeria in a remote capacity appears possible, but confirm before interviewing.
• The listing does not state a timezone requirement; confirm timezone expectations before interviewing.
• There is no explicit note on contractor vs employee status in the listing.
• Pay currency or range is not specified in the listing.
• No visa or work-authorization notes are provided in the listing.