Software Engineer

New York, NY
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

Hype is a mobile trading app for memecoins.

You can think of us as a “jailbroken coinbase meets venmo” in that our users can buy/sell/send/receive ANY asset in the world that live on blockchains.

About you

  • 2+ years of experience writing production software
  • Interested in working at a small, fast-paced startup
  • Have spent time building crypto products, tools, or meaningful side projects
  • You like to trade memecoins

Nice to haves

  • Worked at a hyper-growth startup
  • Interest in crypto / fintech
  • Spent time in DeFI
  • Likes to trade

Our Values

  • Obsessive
  • Ownership Mentality
  • Optimistic
  • Strong Thinker
  • Customer focus

Benefits

  • Laptop
  • All-access gym membership at either Equinox or Lifetime (whichever you prefer)
  • Health Insurance

Who we are

  • We are a tremendously fast-paced team that celebrates fast execution and decisions
  • We are builders, not analysts
  • We are a tight-knit team that values transparency, communication, and collaboration
  • We are a team where everyone has a high degree of autonomy and accountability
  • We are a team that values solving problems and shipping products

Who you are

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent extensive experience
  • Strong Backend/Full-Stack Programming Skills
  • Experience with JS/TS stacks
  • Experience with mobile development (React Native, Expo)
  • Experience working on crypto products
  • Experience developing Smart Contracts is a plus
  • Experience in environments where you have to ship quickly. We move fast.
  • Experience designing and building scalable, performant, and secure systems (ideally with a focus on blockchain or fintech)
  • Experience working on a remote team with a variety of timezones

What you will do

  • Collaborate with a small, tight-knit team
  • Have a high degree of autonomy and accountability
  • Build features end-to-end, with full ownership over your work
  • Work on improving/making an existing product more efficient by identifying inefficiencies and solving them

Tech Stack

  • Frontend: React Native, Expo, Tailwind
  • Backend: Node.js, Next.js, Express, Prisma, Postgres, Redis, Vercel
  • Infrastructure: Vercel, AWS, Render

About Hype

Trade memecoins

Required skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Node.js
React Native
Next.js

Other roles at Hype

Interested?

Let me introduce you to the founders.

Skip the process

Job details

Salary

$120,000 - $180,000

Location

New York, NY

Experience

1+ years

Company

NameHype
IndustryConsumer
Team Size3

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Ravi Bakhai

Ravi Bakhai

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.