Remote Senior Front-End Developer

Overview

The primary project of Heliax is the Anoma protocol. Anoma is a sovereign, proof-of-stake blockchain protocol that enables private, asset-agnostic cash and private bartering amongst any number of parties. In addition to Anoma, Heliax works on open-source projects which are part of the Anoma ecosystem, including cryptographic libraries such as the MASP and tools for high assurance validity predicates and arbitrary zero-knowledge circuits (Juvix).

Heliax is a remote-first team, currently composed of cross-disciplinary members located around the world. All of our work is open-source. Our work culture is characterized by open-allocation, where team members have a high degree of freedom and autonomy in choosing when to work, what to work on, and whom to work with.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & building front-ends from scratch from design prototypes, wireframes and specifications.
• Work very closely with the designer(s) on clarifying and providing bi-directional feedback on the designed wireframes, prototypes, and graphic assets.
• Cross web ecosystem integrations, e.g. front-ends across applications, such as browser extension applications with web applications securely.
• Lower level integrations of the applications with e.g. HSMs (e.g. with the Ledger APIs).
• Organize project code bases & development processes in a scalable (allowing multiple people to simultaneously work on it), easy to test, perform quality assurances, & ready to integrate user feedback.
• Work closely with the Comms & Product team, a team composed by designers, developers, and content writers on building, improving, and maintaining the existing & upcoming organization and project websites.
• Developer-friendly documentation writing for both internal use and external use, as the projects and its libraries are/will be open-source.

Projects

Here are some of the projects that the team is working on:

• Anoma Extension:
• Description: A browser extension that works as the 1st step for all users. It is a Key Management System (KMS) that enables users to generate a master seed phrase and auto derive accounts on Anoma, later to access, manage the keys to e.g. sign transactions or use the viewing key.
• Sample of key features:
• Support for file-based keys
• Support for Ledger hardware wallet connectivity (keys are generated on the Ledger HSM)
• Generation of master seed phrase
• Auto derivation of keys for transparent and shielded accounts
• Anoma Wallet:
• Description: Anoma's browser based multi-asset wallet that allows users to send and receive transparent and shielded transfers.
• Sample of key features:
• List all assets (any digital asset) on Anoma, which include NFTs.
• Able to send/receive shielded and transparent transactions
• Transactions can optionally be offsetting carbon
• Display transaction history
• Organization Website: 
• heliax.dev
• anoma.foundation
• Project websites:
• Anoma: https://anoma.network/ 
• MASP: https://masp.dev/ 
• Juvix: https://juvix.org/ 

Qualifications

• You LOVE front-ends and have a passion for delivering delectable user experiences to a world-wide user base.
• You feel aligned with Anoma’s vision and goals in bringing financial privacy and self-sovereignty to everyone in the world.
• You have a bachelor degree in Computer Science or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Built and contributed projects in the web ecosystem for +5 years that have been deployed to an active user base, have mastered JavaScript (& TypeScript/ReScript, otherwise you’re able to pick it up quickly) and frameworks such as Vue/React (please submit examples of your past work, e.g. commits to Git repositories, URLs to websites that are active).
• Ability to build applications that are performant and provide great user experiences across browsers (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Safari) and devices (Desktop, Tablet, Mobile).
• Ability to build secure integrations across web applications (e.g. browser extension <> web app), and across devices (e.g. HSM <> Device <> Web).
• Ability to build web applications from scratch until production-readiness. 
• Knowledge or interested in learning about Rust and WebAssembly.
• You’re an avid follower of the latest trends in the web development ecosystem and you’re excited about learning new technologies and contributing to them.
• Self-organized and autonomous, expect minimal management in a flexible and remote work environment.
• Verbal and written fluency in English.
• Ability to do codebase walkthroughs, explain verbally your work in detail, and showing off your work via presentations and/or demos.

Bonus Qualifications

• Worked on applications and end-user interfaces in the blockchain industry.
• Have used applications or products of the blockchain industry before.
• Interest and ability to learn and understand the codebases and the high level design of the Anoma blockchain protocol (Rust), understanding how zero-knowledge proof schemes and other cryptographic libraries (Rust), the SDK – or any other libraries or dependencies that will be integrated with the front-ends.
• Experience with lower-level programming languages, e.g. C, C++, Rust (even better if you have any projects written with it), functional programming languages, e.g. Haskell or OCaml.
• Organized and/or participated in developer meetups or conferences and enjoys being involved with open-source communities.
• Fluency in other languages.

Misc.

Preferred if residing within (+/- 3 hours) Central European time zones. Ideally someone who enjoys travel, nature and hiking. Often we find that products are best designed not in a meeting room but rather on a trail 🏔.