Engineering Full-Time

Founding Engineer, Frontend (US)

Fuego Markets • New York City, NY

Company

Fuego Markets

Annual salary

$175k – $225k/yr

Location

New York City, NY

Listed

25d ago

Experience:: 2 to 8 years
Workplace:: On-site in Chelsea, NYC. Strong preference for 4, 5 days per week in office with flexible hours. The team is not a strict 9am crew, coming in at 11 and staying late is fine. Preference for candidates already based in New York City or the surrounding area. Relocation support may be considered on a case-by-case basis for candidates who are specifically targeting a move to NYC.
Equity:: 1, 2% founding equity. The HM explicitly stated they want to offer "true founding engineer equity" at this level. This is a significant ownership stake reflecting the early stage of the company and the importance of this hire.

On-site in New York City, NY.

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What you'll do

Own and lead development of Fuego's consumer web trading platform, a stock market for professional athletes
Build fast, intuitive trading and portfolio experiences that make onchain settlement invisible to sports fans
Work directly with cofounders Austin (ex-Dragonfly, Arbitrum) and Jacob (ex-Apple, Google) to shape the product and technical roadmap
Drive frontend architecture decisions across a service-based stack, managing complex application state and real-time data flows
Help design APIs and transaction flows that bridge the gap between blockchain infrastructure and a user experience
Contribute to a culture of high ownership and velocity as a true founding team member with meaningful equity (1, 2%)

What you need

We need a frontend engineer with 2, 8 years of experience who has shipped polished consumer web applications and has a deep understanding of performance, reliability, and complex application state. You should be comfortable working in a small, fast-moving team alongside founders from Apple, Google, and leading crypto firms, and have strong product judgment, not just how things look, but how they work and feel in a user's hands. Bonus points if you've built trading products, fintech platforms, or anything with real-time data and charts.

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The listing gives $175k – $225k/yr.

Is this role remote? +

The listing gives the location as New York City, NY. On-site in Chelsea, NYC. Strong preference for 4, 5 days per week in office with flexible hours. The team is not a strict 9am crew, coming in at 11 and staying late is fine. Preference for candidates already based in New York City or the surrounding area. Relocation support may be considered on a case-by-case basis for candidates who are specifically targeting a move to NYC.