Input Output is hiring a
Front-end Developer

Summary

The job description is for a Front-End Developer role in IOHK's RealFi Tribe venture, which combines crypto/Web3/DeFi innovations with traditional finance (TradFi). The role involves supporting the incubation phase of this venture and requires significant experience from the financial sector in front-end development. The job is remote and offers benefits such as laptop reimbursement, learning & development opportunities, competitive PTO, and diversity & inclusion.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative/technical field (e.g. Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering)
• Solid understanding of TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, and the ability to write clean, modular, and maintainable code
• Strong proficiency in React (React.js workflows such as Flux or Redux) with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in front-end development
• Experience with Node.js/Express.js frameworks
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and GraphqlAPIs
• Knowledge of GraphQL APIs and experience in integrating front-end applications with back-end services
• Experience with at least one of the testing frameworks / libraries such as Jest, Mocha, Chai, Jasmine
• Experience in building responsive and mobile-friendly user interfaces that work seamlessly across multiple browsers and devices
• Demonstrate competency with requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, verification, and management practices and the ability to apply them in practice
• Develop productive relationships with a variety of levels and roles and manage user expectations effectively
• Have a keen interest in blockchain and cryptocurrency technology developments
• Ability to work remotely with minimum supervision
• Proven ability to work and deliver end-to-end projects independently
• Team spirit and good communication abilities
• Good organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proficient in version control systems, such as Git, Github and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, such as CircleCI
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc
• Familiarity with AWS infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Support the efforts to establish this venture during its incubation phase
• Write clean, straightforward, efficient code for our applications with a strong focus on users’ needs
• Collaborate with the back-end developers, solutions architects, product managers, QA engineers, and other team members to ensure that the GUI meets all technical and design requirements
• Participate in the front-end development process, including planning, scheduling, and tracking the progress of GUI projects
• Follow Agile software development practices
• Review specifications produced by architects
• Contribute to the design of algorithms
• Cover code with unit, property and integration tests when applicable
• Review the pull requests of the team mates
• Test the GUI to ensure that it is working as expected, using automated and manual testing techniques to identify and fix bugs
• Responsible for emergency fixing of severity 1 issues on deployed apps
• Integrate software components and third-party libraries
• Verify and deploy programs and systems
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade existing software
• Document the front-end code
• Draft technical user manuals
• Communicate with other stakeholders to ensure that the front-end development process is smooth and efficient
• Keep up-to-date with the latest trends in front-end development

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with blockchain technologies, smart contracts, and decentralized applications (dApps)
• Understanding of web3 technologies, such as Metamask, Web3.js/ethers,js, IPFS, and Infura/Alchemy/Quicknode
• Experience within DeFi/crypto assets/blockchain/Web3/FinTech, or similar industry

Benefits

• Remote work
• Laptop reimbursement
• New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Competitive PTO