Founding Engineer, Frontend
Sway is a consumer screen-time accountability product that lets users stake money on staying within app-usage limits and receive payouts for compliance.
About Sway
Sway’s current canonical site advertises a $1,250 weekly prize pool and a $50 stake to stay off Instagram, stating that users get paid when they comply. The site does not disclose a legal entity, location, launch date, terms, careers page, documentation, or additional standalone products.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Build fast, intuitive trading and portfolio experiences for sports fans, working closely with the cofounders and shaping the product and technical roadmap. The role focuses on React and TypeScript, consumer web applications, APIs, and onchain trading and settlement flows.
Requirements
- Prior experience shipping polished consumer web products.
- Deep understanding of performance, reliability, and complex application state.
- Strong product judgment.
- React and TypeScript experience.
- Experience with trading products, fintech, sports, or crypto is a plus but not required.
Responsibilities
- Lead development of the consumer web product.
- Build fast and intuitive trading and portfolio experiences.
- Work directly with the cofounders.
- Help shape the product and technical roadmap.
- Help design APIs and transaction flows for onchain trading and settlement.
Benefits
- Meaningful equity of 1–2%.
- Direct influence over the product and technical roadmap.
- Work directly with the cofounders.