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It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.\nWe're looking for a React Native engineer to join a cross-functional Consumer pod focused on building and scaling core Krak experiences. You'll build alongside Product, Frontend and Backend Engineers in your pod, delivering seamless, performant user experiences across our Krak app, holding the features you ship to a high bar for UX, technical quality, and reliability. 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Comfort working closely and iteratively with product and design teams to ship customer value\n\nComfort working with real-time systems (WebSockets, live updates) and building responsive, interactive experiences\n\nStrong understanding of UI/UX best practices, empathy for the customer, and a passion for building intuitive, performant consumer experiences\n\nDemonstrated ability to learn and adapt to emerging technologies and development practices\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills in English\n\nNice to haves\nFamiliarity with native mobile app development (iOS/Android) or micro interactions and animations in React Native\n\nExperience in consumer payments, crypto, or fintech mobile applications\n\nFull-stack engineering experience or demonstrated capability to flex into backend systems work. This is a significant value add for engineers on the team, especially paired with working knowledge of Rust, Go, or C++\n\nAI fluency. Familiarity with how AI tools and patterns have fundamentally shifted your development workflow and problem-solving approach\n\nExperience with Next.js, WebSockets, async architectures, APIs, and microservices\n\nExperience within a large technology organization or fast-growing startup\n\nContributions to open-source or the broader engineering community\n\nUnless a specific application deadline is stated in the job posting, applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.\nPlease note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.\nWe consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.\nOur commitment\nPayward is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate the diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table. We hire based on merit, seeking out people with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgeable about crypto.\nWe may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process. These assessments evaluate competencies relevant to the role and are applied consistently across candidates for similar positions. 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