Lead Frontend Developer (React, TypeScript)
Relay is hiring for the position of Lead Frontend Developer (React, TypeScript) as a remote role open to applicants in United States. The listing describes it as a full-time, senior position.
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Relay is hiring for the position of Lead Frontend Developer (React, TypeScript) as a remote role open to applicants in United States. The listing describes it as a full-time, senior position.
From the advert, the main requirements are 7+ years of experience.
The advert mentions JavaScript, TypeScript and React among the skills and tools for this role.
The employer does not state a salary in this listing; DGJ Insight below shows an official pay benchmark for the place where one exists.
Dev Global Jobs found this job on Himalayas on Oct 17, 2026; applications close on Dec 16, 2026.
- Employer
- Relay
- Location
- Remote (United States)
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level (from the title)
- senior
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Found
- Oct 17, 2026 on Himalayas
- Closes
- Dec 16, 2026
- Employer text
- 357 words, about 2 min to read
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- Compare your own experience with the 7+ years the advert asks for, and show it clearly near the top of your CV.
- Mirror the skills the advert names (JavaScript, TypeScript and React) in your CV where you really have them; applicant tracking systems look for these words.
- Plan to apply before Dec 16, 2026.
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About the role
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01Technical Responsibilities
- Facilitate technical growth for all members of the development team
- Develop, shape, and maintain technical processes and workflows
- “Set the tone” in terms of craftsmanship standards and code quality
- Carefully implement critical UI components, shared functionality, and certain subsystems (like monitoring, testing, validation, etc)
- Rapidly implement functional UI elements from design mocks and workflow diagrams, with an eye toward correctness and readability.
- Active/thoughtful participation in discussions surrounding ticket specification, design review, etc.
- Participate in active, intentional, and thorough code reviews.
02Lead Responsibilities
- Actively participate in GitHub discussions, issues, and pull requests
- Provide technical support and guidance in both GitHub and Discord
- Participate in growing the development team
03Requirements
- 5+ years building production, customer-facing React applications.
- 7+ years of experience building production, customer-facing frontend applications (using React or any other frontend toolchain).
- 1 year of TypeScript experience
- Minimum 3 years working with any strongly typed programming language
- Minimum 1 year leading or 2 years contributing to a web3-centric project
- Very strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Very strong understanding of idiomatic UI implementation patterns
- Deep understanding of JavaScript and TypeScript
- Strong understanding of the browser programming environment (the DOM, data-fetching APIs, storage APIs, sessions, HTTP, caching, etc).
- Working understanding of public key cryptography (encrypting, signing, etc) and associated user flows
- Desire to work in a semi-public-facing role as an OSS maintainer
Originally posted on Himalayas
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