Robert Walters

VC-backed DeFi startup with proven traction is hiring a top-tier Frontend or Full-Stack Engineer. Join a high-calibre remote team (ex-Spotify, Revolut) building user-friendly crypto tools with React, TypeScript, and Elm. The product is live, retention is strong, and growth is organic. This is a rare chance to join at a pivotal stage, early enough to shape the product, stable enough to focus on quality. Remote across Europe. No take-homes.

 
 
🚀 Software Engineer (Frontend / Full-Stack) 
 

Remote-first across Europe | High-impact team | Building the future of DeFi

An early-stage fintech startup is building the next generation of decentralised finance (DeFi)-and they're doing it with a small, elite team of top 1% engineers. With a live product, strong early retention, and a world-class founding team from Spotify and Revolut, they're hiring one exceptional Software Engineer to help scale the product and shape its next phase.

 
 

💡 Where the product is today 
 

Their mobile-first DeFi wallet launched 12 months ago and already shows strong week 2 and month 2 retention, all through organic growth-no paid marketing. A fresh round of funding is closing soon, extending their multi-year runway. You're joining at the ideal moment: early enough to make an impact, stable enough to focus on quality.

 
 

🔧 The role 
 

This role is open to Frontend or Full-Stack Engineers. You'll work on customer-facing mobile and web experiences in React, React Native, and TypeScript. The backend is shifting from Kotlin to Elm, with a focus on functional programming and long-term maintainability.

You'll join a collaborative, high-performance team that pairs regularly and keeps feedback flowing.

 
 

💼 Responsibilities 
 

* Build and improve key wallet features across mobile and web
 
* Help shape architecture and engineering practices
 
* Write scalable, well-tested code in TypeScript (and Elm if you're keen)
 
* Pair program with engineers and contribute to a high-trust team dynamic 
 
 

✅ What they're looking for 
 

* 5+ years of frontend or full-stack development experience
 
* Strong command of React and TypeScript
 
* History of exceptional performance - academically, professionally, or through personal achievements
 
* Curiosity about DeFi and web3 (you don't need to be an expert) 
 
 

🌟 Bonus points 
 

* Experience with Elm or other functional languages
 
* Familiarity with Kotlin
 
* Ability to build UIs from Figma designs 
 
 

🌍 Team & benefits 
 

* Remote-first with teammates across Europe, APAC, and Africa
 
* Monthly offsites in global locations (recent: Tokyo; upcoming: Brazil or South Africa)
 
* Salary around $100K USD + meaningful equity
 
* Paid in USD, regardless of where you live
 
* No take-home tests-interview process includes live coding and code review 
 

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

Software Development

Functional progamming

DeFi

TypeScript

Web Development

Mobile UI

Figma

Code Review

Team Building

Marketing strategies

FinTech

Operations

React

React Native

Kotlin

Functional Programming

Fullstack Developer (Remote Startup)