Staff Frontend Engineer [Remote]

Who we are

About Privy

Our mission is to make privacy and user ownership the default online. We build simple, flexible developer tooling that make it easy to build products that put users first. By leveraging modern cryptography, we shift the status quo around digital ownership and protect the accounts and assets of millions of users.

Engineering at Privy is not just about writing world-class code. We create software that turns complex technical systems into delightful developer tools. We assemble tried-and-true primitives into intuitive, responsive APIs and beautiful interfaces. We believe in open-source work and transparency with our teammates and users. We encourage each other to think big, run experiments and follow our curiosity so we can build better tooling that lets developers shine and empower their users.

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About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

What you’ll do

As a technical leader, You will own and drive frontend SDK development at Privy, building interfaces to feel stack-native and easier to iterate on, work on how we bundle and release SDKs, make our SDKs performant and slim. You'll also own architecture for deeply challenging technical problems, like token management, storage, iframes, popups, and data management across platforms, with a focus on our core React and Javascript SDKs, but can influence and teach learnings across our numerous SDKs.

Minimum requirements

• 8+ years of experience.
• Deep knowledge of Javascript and React, experience with Next.js is a plus
• Experience building and maintaining a production system at scale
• Prior experience working closely with a designer to iterate on a product
• An understanding of modern web development best practices
• Experience writing delightful developer documentation

Preferred qualifications

• Strong preference for experience in an API-based business and in payments, fintech, or crypto.
• Written open-source developer tooling
• Published about your work (code, presentations, papers, blog posts, etc.)
• Past experience working closely with Design teams in authentication, security, or in web3