Join us at Dapper Labs, where we focus on the intersection of blockchain and gaming. Our flagship projects, including Disney Pinnacle, NBA Top Shot, and NFL All Day, are blockchain-based digital collectibles platforms that leverage sophisticated technology. You will play a pivotal role in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, continually deploying to an enthusiastic and global audience, helping to pioneer new territories in blockchain and entertainment.
We are looking for an Design-Centric Senior Front-End Engineer to develop leading blockchain-based consumer experiences that seek high impact, daily usage, and societal transformation.
In this role, you will help create inspiring new products, tackle unsolved problems, and develop groundbreaking solutions in an exciting new space. You will work with a passionate and committed team, while exercising autonomy and ownership over your work.
What we'll achieve together:
- Make every user interaction with our product a delightful and polished experience.
- Contribute to the ideation, design, and creation of a first-of-a-kind new product.
- Adopt best practices in software development and refine our workflow.
- Ship features with the users in mind and strive to provide them with a great experience.
About you:
- Has 3 years + experience in building frontend applications using the latest technologies.
- Has experience in the lifecycle of a project through inception, prototype, and scale while utilizing the appropriate technologies to get there.
- Has a good eye for design, is capable of building delightful experiences with some design direction, and has a solid understanding of user experience principles.
- Has expertise with modern CSS and CSS frameworks
- Good knowledge of JavaScript, with experience with modern JavaScript libraries, in particular Next.js and React
- Has experience shipping high-quality code in a fast-paced environment.
- Has great communication skills; you work well with others to make the product better every day.
- Can collaborate with marketing, product, and design to move the product forward.
Bonus points if you have the following:
- Has been utilizing AI solutions and exploring new technologies to boost productivity, and ship to users faster than traditional methods.
- Experience with blockchain technologies.
Dapper Labs is the world's first blockchain entertainment company. We are the creators of industry-leading experiences including CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot, NFL All Day, Disney Pinnacle as well as Dapper Wallet – the simplest way to manage your assets and use the blockchain. We are also the original developers behind Flow, a new decentralized blockchain designed from the ground up for scalability and ease of use. Our mission at Dapper Labs is to make the world a more accessible and enjoyable place through consumer adoption of decentralized technologies. We have raised over $600M from leading and notable investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Union Square Ventures, Venrock, Google Ventures (GV), Samsung, and the founders of Dreamworks, Reddit, Coinbase, Zynga, and AngelList, among others.
Visit our website to learn even more about Dapper Labs, including information about benefits and perks.
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