Staff Software Engineer, Frontend Platform

Alchemy • San Francisco, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA

Last updated 1 week ago

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$210K—$260K

Alchemy

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a16z

Coinbase Ventures

VC-Funded

Web3

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Job description

Our Mission

Our mission is to bring web3 to a billion people, by providing builders with the tools they need to build exceptional onchain products. Alchemy is the only complete developer platform that offers the powerful APIs, SDKs, and tools necessary to build and scale onchain apps and rollups.

Our infrastructure powers 70% of the top web3 teams, 90%+ of web2 companies building in web3 and 100+ million end users. Our customers include top web3 brands like Polymarket, OpenSea, Circle, WorldCoin, as well as major global brands like Shopify and Adobe.

The Alchemy team draws from decades of deep expertise in massively scalable infrastructure, AI, and blockchain from leadership roles at leading companies and universities like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Stanford, and MIT.

We're backed by the world's leading VCs and institutions, including: Lightspeed, Silver Lake, a16z, Coatue, Pantera, Addition, Stanford University, Coinbase, and Charles Schwab, among others.

About The Role

Developers use Alchemy to build incredible apps on the blockchain that operate at enormous scale. All of our customers’ first experience is our web dashboard, where they use Alchemy to launch, debug and monitor their apps. As a Staff Frontend Engineer, you’ll be building the user-facing features that are critical to our customers success while also defining the internal standards and tooling that empower our own engineers with a great development experience.

What You'll Do:

Design, build, and maintain scalable, performant, and reliable frontend infrastructure, component libraries, and client-side services
Lead stand-up meetings, and code reviews focused on frontend architecture and performance
Develop and enforce best practices for frontend infrastructure, emphasizing high performance, accessibility, and iteration speed
Collaborate with backend engineers, technical leaders, product managers, and designers to deliver cohesive, end-to-end solutions
Define the vision for the the SDK (across a wide range of platforms and features) that enables our customers to connect to onchain rails and experiences.
Drive adoption of modern frontend tooling, frameworks, and practices to enhance developer experience and user satisfaction
Champion best practices around code quality, type safety, and API design keeping developer ergonomics in mind

You’re excited about where Web3 could go next, and you can translate that excitement into technical vision and practical frontend architectures.
You have strong opinions about good developer tools and frameworks, and you can guide a team toward building maintainable, scalable frontend systems.
You ship high-quality products, set the bar for engineering excellence, and foster a culture of continuous feedback by listening to users and iterating quickly.
You have 8+ years of industry experience, with at least 3+ years leading frontend teams or projects—preferably in scrappy, high-growth startup environments as a founder, tech lead, or early hire.
You have a BS/BA in Computer Science (or equivalent practical experience).
You’re proficient with JavaScript/TypeScript, have deep expertise in modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js), and an expert-level command of CSS (Tailwind experience is a plus).
You have a proven track record of designing component libraries, establishing coding standards, and driving architectural decisions that balance speed and scalability.
You’re comfortable owning the end-to-end frontend experience, from performance optimization and accessibility to CI/CD pipelines and testing strategies.