[Hiring] Frontend Engineer @Perena

Role Description

What You'll Do:

• Build and own the frontend applications that bring Perena's financial products to life, from minting and redeeming USD* to portfolio dashboards, yield analytics, and on-chain transaction flows, using Next.js and TypeScript as the core stack.
• Design and implement a scalable component library and design system that ensures consistency, accessibility, and reusability across all Perena surfaces, including public-facing apps, internal operations tools, and documentation.
• Integrate directly with on-chain data and wallet infrastructure, building seamless interactions with Solana programs, wallet adapters, and real-time blockchain state to create intuitive user experiences around complex DeFi primitives.
• Collaborate closely with protocol engineers, designers, and product to translate sophisticated financial concepts (yield strategies, collateral flows, risk metrics) into clear, trustworthy interfaces that inspire user confidence.
• Own frontend performance, reliability, and observability, including optimizing load times, implementing error boundaries, building monitoring and analytics pipelines, and ensuring the app performs under real-world conditions across devices and regions.
• Drive data-driven iteration by instrumenting user flows, analyzing engagement and conversion metrics, and shipping improvements that make Perena's products easier and more compelling to use.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional frontend engineering experience with a strong emphasis on Next.js (App Router) and TypeScript in production environments.
• Deep understanding of React patterns, server components, client/server rendering strategies, caching, and data fetching in modern Next.js applications.
• Experience building and maintaining component libraries or design systems (e.g., using Tailwind CSS, Radix, Shadcn, or similar) with a strong eye for craft and detail.
• Familiarity with wallet integration and on-chain data in a frontend context (Solana wallet adapters, RPC calls, transaction signing) or clear ability to ramp fast.
• Track record shipping user-facing products in fast-paced environments where you owned features end-to-end, from design handoff through deployment and iteration.
• Strong instinct for UX in high-stakes financial contexts: you think about trust, clarity, error states, and edge cases before they become problems.
• Experience with frontend testing strategies (unit, integration, E2E) and CI/CD pipelines to maintain quality at speed.
• Comfort working with designers in Figma, translating visual specs into pixel-perfect, responsive, and accessible implementations.
• Familiarity with DeFi or fintech products is a strong signal, but not required. What matters is you can learn fast and reason about how users interact with money.
• Earlier in your career? Apply anyway if you can show real ownership of shipped products, clean code, and a sharp eye for design and usability.

Benefits

• Stablecoins are transforming how the world stores, moves, and grows value — and we're still early. This is a once-in-a-generation shift: from legacy money to programmable, accessible, internet-native finance.
• We own our future — we trust each other to take initiative. Voices are heard and outcomes matter.
• We treat our work as craft — thoughtful, opinionated, and precise. Many of us come from design, art, or cultural backgrounds.
• We think from first principles — Perena is a reimagining of financial infrastructure. That starts with reimagining how we build.
• We work in public — we value clarity, writing, and sharing progress openly within the team and with our community.