About the role
structured by ORIBackArcadeFounding Mobile Engineer (React Native)RemoteFull-timeAbout the roleWe are looking for a Founding Mobile Engineer with 6+ years of experience to architect and build a high-performance crypto trading app from the ground up. You'll be the first and only front-end engineer, owning everything the user touches —…
What you will do
- Architect the entire React Native mobile app from zero, making all foundational technical decisions
- Build a best-in-class trading experience (spot + perps) optimized for speed and low latency across all interactions
- Ship the app from 0 to App Store on a rapid timeline, working closely with the founder and a dedicated UI/UX designer
- Ensure the app scales to handle 25–50K+ daily active users and $100M+ daily volume with no performance degradation
- Own production reliability end-to-end — fix critical bugs the hour they land and automate release pipelines
What they are looking for
- 6+ years of experience
Full posting text
BackArcadeFounding Mobile Engineer (React Native)RemoteFull-timeAbout the roleWe are looking for a Founding Mobile Engineer with 6+ years of experience to architect and build a high-performance crypto trading app from the ground up. You'll be the first and only front-end engineer, owning everything the user touches — from cold start to trade confirmation — at a self-funded, fast-moving team that scaled their last product to $5.4M revenue in year one with just two people. What will you be doing? Architect the entire React Native mobile app from zero, making all foundational technical decisions Build a best-in-class trading experience (spot + perps) optimized for speed and low latency across all interactions Ship the app from 0 to App Store on a rapid timeline, working closely with the founder and a dedicated UI/UX designer Ensure the app scales to handle 25–50K+ daily active users and $100M+ daily volume with no performance degradation Own production reliability end-to-end — fix critical bugs the hour they land and automate release pipelines About ArcadeArcade is building the best way to trade crypto on your phone. What Robinhood did to stock trading a decade ago, we are doing to crypto trading today. Three mega trends are converging to create a unique opportunity to build the greatest trading product ever created: Volume moving from centralized exchanges to decentralized exchanges/self custodial solutions Crypto traders moving from trading on desktop to mobile The tokenization of everything, including stocks and commodities We are the ones building it. Imagine trading literally anything from one app on your phone, instantly, with great execution, from anywhere in the world.Required skillsReact NativeTypeScriptExpoReanimatedSkiaSwiftKotlinPrivyviemSolanaHyperliquid SDKPostHogSentryInterested?Let me introduce you to the founders.Skip the processJob detailsSalary$225,000 - $300,000LocationRemoteExperience6+ yearsCompanyNameArcadeIndustrycrypto, marketplace, fintech, financial_servicesTeam Size6View profileFundingTotal raised$17.7MLast stageSeries AInvestorsPantera CapitalCastle Island VenturesGGoldenTreeEniac VenturesLLemniscapFoundersGFGabe FrankCo-FounderRMRobert MasielloCo-FounderWhat happens next.No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.01Confirm the fitA few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.02I pitch you to the companyI write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.03A meeting lands on your calendarIf they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.