Staff Frontend Engineer

Posted One Month Ago
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New York City, NY, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Fintech • Mobile • Social Media • Cryptocurrency
The Role
Own and advance fomo’s mobile Expo app and web React Router/Vite app. Build new order types, asset classes, and social features while working autonomously across the stack when appropriate. Collaborate with a crypto-native engineering team and contribute to a fast-growing product in an in-person NYC environment.
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About fomo
  • fomo is a trading app for the rest of us. Sign up in seconds and start trading right away, with no prior experience needed. Our social features are actually useful: follow top traders, see their full portfolios and trades, and find opportunities early. Under the hood, we deliver best-in-class execution and data for experienced traders.

  • In just over a year, fomo has onboarded over 3 million plus users who have collectively done over $14 billion dollars in trading volume.

  • fomo has made ~$100M of revenue since launching in May 2025, and has raised a total of ~$100M in addition from T1 investors. Investors include Benchmark, Index Ventures, and Union Square Ventures.

https://fomo.family/

https://x.com/fomo

About the team

You’ll be joining a team of 12 on the engineering side: 4 frontend engineers, 8 backend engineers. Everyone on the team has experience building at scale from companies like Google, Pinterest, Snap, Two Sigma, Square, and dYdX. We have high standards for ourselves and the people we work with.

Want to learn more about the team, our growth, and life at fomo? Check out our Work at fomo page.

About the role

You’ll own our two primary app surfaces: our mobile app and our web app.

Our mobile app is a react-native app and our web app is a React + vite app.

This is an exciting time to join as we prepare to take fomo to the next level. In the next few months we plan to:

  • Add new order types

  • Add new asset classes (examples: equities)

  • Double down on new social features

Engineers at fomo aren’t constrained to any specific area - while this is primarily a frontend role, we encourage engineers to make changes across the stack where it makes sense.

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

Minimum Qualifications
  • Staff+ level engineer (6+ years of experience), deep understanding of React, able to come up with and execute on plans autonomously

Nice to Have:
  • Full-stack experience is a plus (our backend services are in TypeScript)

Being able to connect with customers and understanding the full stack of the product is something we value at fomo. All of our engineers think about improving our user experience and use the app to better understand what to improve.

Compensation and Benefits
  • Competitive cash compensation and equity

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents; including tax savings benefits such as HSAs and FSAs

  • 401(k) with match

  • Group term life insurance

  • Flexible time off

  • Annual company offsites

Equal opportunity

fomo is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process, please let us know.

Skills Required

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience at Staff level or above
  • Deep understanding of React
  • Ability to independently develop and execute technical plans
  • Experience building crypto products, preferably with Solana or EVM
  • Full-stack experience with TypeScript backend services
  • Experience using AI-native or agentic coding tools
  • Personal cryptocurrency trading experience
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The Company
6 Employees
Year Founded: 2025

What We Do

Fomo Labs develops fomo, a social-first, cross-chain cryptocurrency trading platform available on web and mobile. The app lets users trade memecoins, altcoins, stablecoins, and other supported assets, follow traders, copy trades, and swap across supported chains without bridging. Its mission is to make onchain trading more accessible and social, helping users discover trends and participate in them quickly through a streamlined user experience.

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