Staff Frontend Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 4, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 16, 2026.
About fomo
fomo is a trading app for the rest of us. Sign up in seconds and start trading right away, with no prior experience needed. Our social features are actually useful: follow top traders, see their full portfolios and trades, and find opportunities early. Under the hood, we deliver best-in-class execution and data for experienced traders.
In just over a year, fomo has onboarded over 3 million plus users who have collectively done over $14 billion dollars in trading volume.
fomo has made ~$100M of revenue since launching in May 2025, and has raised a total of ~$100M in addition from T1 investors. Investors include Benchmark, Index Ventures, and Union Square Ventures.
About the team
You’ll be joining a team of 12 on the engineering side: 4 frontend engineers, 8 backend engineers. Everyone on the team has experience building at scale from companies like Google, Pinterest, Snap, Two Sigma, Square, and dYdX. We have high standards for ourselves and the people we work with.
Want to learn more about the team, our growth, and life at fomo? Check out our Work at fomo page.
About the role
You’ll own our two primary app surfaces: our mobile app and our web app.
Our mobile app is a react-native app and our web app is a React + vite app.
This is an exciting time to join as we prepare to take fomo to the next level. In the next few months we plan to:
Add new order types
Add new asset classes (examples: equities)
Double down on new social features
Engineers at fomo aren’t constrained to any specific area - while this is primarily a frontend role, we encourage engineers to make changes across the stack where it makes sense.
This role is in-person in NYC. We have a strong in-person culture and just moved into a new spacious office in Soho.
Minimum Qualifications
Staff+ level engineer (6+ years of experience), deep understanding of React, able to come up with and execute on plans autonomously
Nice to Have:
Full-stack experience is a plus (our backend services are in TypeScript)
Being able to connect with customers and understanding the full stack of the product is something we value at fomo. All of our engineers think about improving our user experience and use the app to better understand what to improve.
Compensation and Benefits
Competitive cash compensation and equity
Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents; including tax savings benefits such as HSAs and FSAs
401(k) with match
Group term life insurance
Flexible time off
Annual company offsites
Equal opportunity
fomo is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process, please let us know.