Mobile Design Engineer
Payward, Inc. is the parent company and operating platform behind Kraken and a portfolio spanning trading, custody, payments, lending, tokenized assets, onchain finance, and benchmarks.
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About Payward, Inc.
Payward operates unified financial infrastructure across crypto and traditional markets, including shared liquidity, risk and margin systems, collateral and settlement, compliance, and licensing. Its first-party portfolio includes Kraken, Kraken Pro, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, CF Benchmarks, Reap, Krak, Kraken Prime, Kraken OTC, Kraken Custody, and Bitnomial.
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About the Role
Own the motion and interaction layer of a React Native mobile application, including easing, springs, gestures, transitions, haptics, and sound. Evolve the mobile design system, partner with product designers, optimize rendering performance, contribute to UI architecture, and establish reusable interaction patterns.
Requirements
- Portfolio demonstrating shipped interaction work
- Deep React Native fluency
- Experience with Reanimated and gesture handlers
- Ability to profile JavaScript thread and UI thread work
- Ability to read frame timelines
- Motion design judgment
- Product judgment
- Use of AI tools in development
- Written and verbal English
Responsibilities
- Own the motion and interaction layer of the mobile application
- Evolve the mobile design system and its interaction components
- Partner with product designers on motion and interaction design
- Profile and optimize rendering performance
- Contribute to UI responsiveness architecture
- Establish mobile interaction patterns through reviews and documentation
Hiring Process
Candidates may complete job-related skills or work-style assessments. Results are considered alongside experience and interviews and are not the sole basis for an employment decision.