hermeneutic Investments is hiring a

Web3 Senior Frontend Engineer - Systematic

About Us / Why Join?

We are a rapidly growing crypto hedge fund, 2 years old, managing a 9-figure AUM, generating 200%+ annualized returns with a 4 Sharpe.

Our team has grown to approximately 40 professionals across Trading & Research, Technology, and Operations.

About the role

As a front-end focused Full-Stack Software Engineer, you’ll work with the team as we develop the UI system for facilitating our cryptocurrency trading business. This new front end system will be built from scratch relying on the existing backend trading engine and operate at the intersection of crypto and capital markets. Traders will use this UI to watch the market, place orders, and monitor the position and trades on a daily basis.

You will be joining the experienced development team as the first UI engineer. Depending on performance and desire, there is a chance to grow to the team lead in the future. We value strong communication skills and the ability to get things done in a collaborative environment. Trading systems experience is preferred, but not required.

Candidates with leadership experience will be considered for a lead role.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Collaborate with the traders and project managers to gain a comprehensive understanding of our mission-critical trading applications
• Collaborate with the development team to design, implement, test and deploy high performance user interfaces which display real-time prices, execution reports, and order entry interfaces
• Actively participate into feature implementation, system maintenance and optimization, and potentially help mentor the junior developers when the team grows
• Execute on an ambitious new feature roadmap in compliance with the target UI architecture
• Drive prioritization for small UI features, at a high delivery cadence with quick turn-around times
• Engage in ongoing learning and exploration of industry trends and advancements related to execution in the digital asset space
• Be part of an open and transparent culture

Requirements

Must Haves

• Hands-on experience dealing with huge volume traffic from the backend to render on the UI. As the application needs to process real-time market data from various sources the system performance is crucial to the end users.
• Experiences handling traffic from multiple back-end websocket servers and knowledge of efficient data structure and libraries to render data in real-time fashion
• Exceptional technical foundations in the following programming languages: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, TypeScript
• Deep understanding of the proper use of state management libraries such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
• Deep understanding of real-time data processing and its integration into third party visualization libraries
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure such as AWS, Google, or Azure.
• Experience setting up user management system ex. IAM and familiarity with cyber security
• Experience working with backend servers and knowledge of caching and hashing for efficient data processing
• A strong attention to detail, and a passion for creating frictionless and aesthetically satisfying user interfaces
• Demonstrated development experience with some sample works
• Bonus points for experience in either crypto or finance, or a strong desire to learn
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Have

• Bonus points for experience in either crypto or finance, or a strong desire to learn
• Experience working with backend servers and knowledge of caching and hashing for efficient data processing
• Deep understanding of real-time data processing and its integration into third party visualization libraries

Interview Process

1. In the first round, we will explain the firm, assess cultural fit, do a short technical screen, introduce the take home, and determine the ideal team you would match with
2. Take Home Assessment & Presentation
3. After the presentation, there will be an interview with our project manager and tech lead.
4. You will also have a group interview with select members of our team.
5. Additional rounds may be conducted as necessary with other team members or our partners.

Throughout the process, you'll be assessed for cultural fit through our company values:

1. Drive - We believe the best team members are passionate about what they do, and that propels them to greater heights in their career. It drives them to be part of the best teams where they are exposed to the best ideas.
2. Ownership - We aim to give ownership interest to as many people in the firm as possible, but in return, we expect everyone to act like owners. "Not my responsibility" is a repugnant phrase to us.
3. Judgement - We look for team members who consistently look at the big picture and spend their time on the activities that most drive PnL. They are pragmatic with their time; they don't stick to their narrow domain if it doesn't move the needle.
4. Openness - We want a culture where we proactively share information with one another and challenge each other with constructive debate to reach the truth.
5. Competence - We value people with high intellectual horsepower. They have already become an expert in one or more domains and learn extremely quickly when in unfamiliar territory.