Frontend Engineer

Join us as a Frontend Engineer at Sorella Labs, where you will lead development in building all user-facing interfaces. This role is ideal for those with expertise in creating engaging, intuitive websites and applications that flow logically and are visually compelling.

This full-time role is open to remote candidates, with a preference for in-person collaboration based in our Soho, Manhattan office.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the architecture and design of our web applications, actively structuring the user experiences for our DEX protocol and for a first-of-its-kind, programmable MEV data platform
• Build and maintain all visual and logical web and mobile components for our landing pages, application frontends, and internal portals, across major devices and browsers
• Collaborate with our entire team to ensure seamless connection between our backend and frontend systems and implementation of new features
• Write and maintain comprehensive unit tests and documentation
• Identify, analyze, and resolve performance bottlenecks and inefficiencies in our codebases
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure our applications remain current and competitive

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in developing frontends with modern frameworks and technologies such as Next.js and Tailwind CSS
• Proficiency in building REST APIs, optimally structuring SQL queries, and integrating other JavaScript libraries into frontend applications
• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tooling
• Strong understanding of UI/UX best practices and principles
• Ability to contribute effectively in an asynchronous work environment, both as part of a team and independently
• A strong passion for maintaining a high standard of code quality

Nice to Haves

• A basic understanding of and interest in Ethereum and Web3, with experience building dApp frontends
• Skilled in HTML canvas manipulation (p5.js) and/or custom map building (Mapbox GL)
• Familiarity making visually-intuitive dashboards, graphs, and charts from complex datasets

Benefits

• New NYC office in Soho
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision
• 401k + match
• Gym reimbursement
• Industry conference, event and travel opportunities

Join Our Team

We're about passion, impact, and real-world solutions.

We value talent, an eagerness to learn, and proactivity.

We're on the lookout for adaptable, fast-learning individuals keen to join us in actively shaping the future of DeFi. Whether you're a blockchain veteran or come from a background in high-frequency trading or other critical high-performance systems, your contribution will make an outsize impact.

We offer

• Independence and autonomy in your work
• A dynamic, fast-paced environment in Manhattan's vibrant core
• Total compensation that stands out above the market
• Regular international travel for conferences and global team building 

Who we are

We are a mission-driven team of established builders and researchers creating sustainable on-chain markets and experiences. Our expertise spans across several pivotal areas of Ethereum research with a particular focus on MEV and DEX design.

Operating at the forefront of MEV-aware infrastructure, we have fostered strong working relationships with leading organizations like the Ethereum Foundation, Uniswap Labs, Chainbound, and Gattaca.

Our contributions to the community also extend to multiple open-source projects, including:

• Reth
• Foundry
• Alloy
• Ethers-reth
• Brontes, our (forthcoming) canonical MEV tracing system built on top of Reth

About sorella Labs

Sorella Labs Inc. is a dual product and research organization building solutions to the hardest problems in decentralized finance.

The team is currently building a robust and scalable protocol to address the two leading challenges decentralized systems pose in on-chain liquidity markets:

• Loss-vs-rebalancing (LVR) for liquidity providers (LPs)
• Suboptimal execution for swappers