Software Engineering Lead

Summary

Join Argent, a leading crypto company, as an Engineering Lead and lead the design, architecture, and development of web-based products. You will ensure software meets high standards for usability, security, and maintainability. Translate product requirements into delivery plans, lead a team of engineers, and mentor them for continuous improvement. This role requires extensive experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, ReactJS, Node.js, and Web3 development. Argent offers remote work across Europe, flexible hours, equity in a high-growth startup, company trips, generous parental leave, and a choice of tech equipment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining applications using JavaScript and TypeScript in the Web3 space
• Strong knowledge of both front-end (ReactJS) and back-end (Node.js) technologies as well as API development and security (OAuth, JWT)
• At ease with design and architecture of software and systems (e.g. Design Patterns, Enterprise Integration, Domain Modeling, Secure Software Development)
• Experience at leading a small to medium size team of developers
• Experience at building complex consumer facing web apps in ReactJS
• Experience with agile methodologies and software development tooling and processes

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture and development of one of our web-based products (Argent X Browser Extension, Telegram Wallet, Argent Web Wallet, …)
• Ensure our software meets our strong requirements in terms of usability, security, availability and long term maintainability
• Translate product requirements into a delivery plan, working with our product managers to scope, estimate and prioritise our product backlog
• Lead a team of engineers while acting as a mentor, fostering continuous improvement in the team's craftsmanship through code reviews, pair programming, and training initiatives
• Take ownership of the entire development lifecycle and quickly ship features in an agile environment

Preferred Qualifications

• MSc. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• ReactJS best practices and design patterns (MVC, Flux, Redux,..)
• Blockchain (Ethereum, EVM, Starknet)
• Experience with popular Web3 libraries (ethers.js, web3.js, starknet.js)
• Open source software and contribution

Benefits

• Work anywhere in Europe. The best part? No commute!
• Work flexibly and autonomously. Shape your work day to suit you so that you have plenty of time to care for kids or cats, and - most importantly - yourself
• Equity in a high growth startup backed by the investors of Spotify and Slack
• Trips across Europe! For one week every quarter we meet in person as a company to explore new solutions and to have fun. So far we’ve stayed in Nice, Toulouse, Brussels, Lisbon and Barcelona. Ideas for our upcoming trips are welcome!
• Generous parental leave
• Equipment - tech setup of your choice