About The Company

OpenSea is the first and largest peer-to-peer marketplace for cryptogoods (like an eBay for crypto assets), which include collectibles, gaming items, and other virtual goods backed by a blockchain. On OpenSea, anyone can buy or sell these items through a smart contract. The OpenSea team has backgrounds from Stanford, Palantir, and Google, and is funded by YCombinator, Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, 1Confirmation, and Blockchain Capital.

Job Short Description

What You'll Do

Architect and design core product features from start to finish; from conception and research to implementation and iteration, all the way through deployment, maintenance, and future iterations

Help architect and build performant backend systems for serving our core marketplace features

Think holistically about how parts of our systems fit together from the UX to the underlying APIs and data models 

Mentor and train other team members on best practices and approaching large ambiguous problems

Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and other Engineers to prioritize, scope, and architect new features

Prioritize projects and tasks based on impact; balancing moving fast and building for the long haul

If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone who is excited to join the team.

Desired Skills

Deep knowledge of web technologies and large-scale web application architectures

Familiarity with current trends and best practices in front-end architecture, including performance, security, and usability

8+ years of industry experience building scalable and performant production UIs and APIs using a stack similar but not limited to React, Typescript, GraphQL, Python

Strong customer empathy; you think critically of how our features impact our community, users, and business