Staff Software Engineer, Frontend
Sound.xyz was a platform for artists and collectors. It is now offline as of January 16, 2026; collected music and metadata remain available through onchain and decentralized storage.
Funding history
About Sound.xyz
Sound.xyz states that it shut down its platform on January 16, 2026 to focus on Vault. Artists can still claim remaining funds from the Sound contract through Splits, while collectors’ proof of support remains onchain and music and metadata remain in decentralized storage.
Skills
About the Role
You will lead technical direction for frontend engineering while contributing as an individual contributor. You will build and maintain core user-facing features such as song and artist pages, artist tools, community management, governance, and membership functionality. You will design and improve frontend infrastructure, architect scalable systems, and create reusable components with robust unit and integration tests. You will prioritize performance and accessibility, raise code quality and developer experience, and mentor other engineers while participating in product decisions that shape the end user experience.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience writing production software
- Live between GMT-8 and GMT-5
- Advanced knowledge of React
- Advanced knowledge of TypeScript
- Public contributions to open source projects
- Experience with Next.js
- Experience with GraphQL
- Full-stack experience with Node.js
Responsibilities
- Set technical direction for the frontend team
- Lead architecture of scalable frontend systems
- Build and maintain user-facing frontend features
- Design and improve frontend infrastructure
- Create reusable components and maintain high code quality
- Write unit and integration tests
- Optimize performance and accessibility
- Mentor and train other engineers
- Participate in product decisions impacting user experience
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Mental health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Remote work (remote-first)
- Work-from-home / remote office stipend
- Team offsites
