About the role

What will you do at Fomo?

About fomo

fomo is a trading app for the rest of us. With fomo you can sign up in seconds and have instant access to any asset on-chain without the need for external wallets, bridges or prior knowledge. fomo has social features that are actually useful - follow top traders (with full access to their portfolio and trades) and find tokens early. fomo does all of this while providing the best-in-class execution and data for experienced traders.

https://x.com/fomo

About the team

You'll be joining a team of nine on the engineering side: 4 frontend engineers, 5 backend engineers. Everyone on the team is crypto-native with experience from companies like dYdX, Uniswap, and OpenSea. We have high standards for ourselves and the people we work with.

About the role

Backend engineers at fomo work on a little bit of everything across all areas of the business - from crypto infra to social network scaling. Some things our engineers spend time thinking about:

Trade execution and infrastructure

Onchain data ingestion and portfolio tracking

Social network content recommendation engines

Analytics data ingestion and analysis

Infrastructure scaling and optimization

Our stack is mainly a TypeScript/Go microservices architecture (with a little bit of Rust).

Engineers at fomo aren't constrained to any specific area - while this is primarily a backend opening, we encourage our backend engineers to contribute to the frontend when it makes sense (and vice-versa).

This role is in-person in NYC. We have a strong in-person culture and just moved into a new spacious office in Soho.

Ideal candidate

Staff+ level engineer (6+ years of experience), able to come up with and execute on plans autonomously

Has experience building in crypto (Solana or EVM experience preferred)

Full-stack (React) experience is a plus

Personal crypto trading experience is a plus - everyone on our team trades, and it is what lets our product stand out amongst the competition.

Which skills does this role require?

TypeScriptGoRustMicroservicesSolanaEVMTrade executionOnchain data ingestionPortfolio trackingSocial network scalingAnalyticsInfrastructure scalingSystem optimizationStaff EngineerBackendOnchain dataSocial networkInfrastructureScalingOptimizationSohoNYCTrading appREST APIs

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