Lead Frontend Developer (React, TypeScript)

Relay is building the web3 messenger. We are looking for talented and motivated front-end engineers of all experience levels. Relay engineers thrive in a high-growth, high-velocity environment where success depends on the highest levels of communication, code quality, and pragmatism. Each engineer must be able to individually own a slice of the Relay codebase while also maintaining a working knowledge of others. Accordingly, Relay is looking for team members who are not only highly-skilled individual contributors but also strong collaborators and communicators. Technical Responsibilities Facilitate technical growth for all members of the development teamDevelop, shape, and maintain technical processes and workflows“Set the tone” in terms of craftsmanship standards and code qualityCarefully implement critical UI components, shared functionality, and certain subsystems (like monitoring, testing, validation, etc)Rapidly implement functional UI elements from design mocks and workflow diagrams, with an eye toward correctness and readability.Active/thoughtful participation in discussions surrounding ticket specification, design review, etc.Participate in active, intentional, and thorough code reviews. Lead Responsibilities Actively participate in GitHub discussions, issues, and pull requestsProvide technical support and guidance in both GitHub and DiscordParticipate in growing the development team Requirements 5+ years building production, customer-facing React applications.7+ years of experience building production, customer-facing frontend applications (using React or any other frontend toolchain).1 year of TypeScript experienceMinimum 3 years working with any strongly typed programming languageMinimum 1 year leading or 2 years contributing to a web3-centric projectVery strong verbal and written communication skills.Very strong understanding of idiomatic UI implementation patternsDeep understanding of JavaScript and TypeScriptStrong understanding of the browser programming environment (the DOM, data-fetching APIs, storage APIs, sessions, HTTP, caching, etc).Working understanding of public key cryptography (encrypting, signing, etc) and associated user flowsDesire to work in a semi-public-facing role as an OSS maintainer