High-Functioning Psychopath (Front End)
WFA Digital Insight
XION’s call for a "high‑functioning psychopath" is less about a medical label and more a cultural cue: they want engineers who thrive on chaos, rapid iteration, and the occasional sanity‑testing debugging marathon. The role sits at the intersection of web2 UI work and experimental web3 integrations, meaning you’ll be toggling between conventional React componentry and edge‑case crypto libraries. Ownership is baked in – from design hand‑off to production release, you’ll be expected to ship features without a safety net of extensive QA. The team’s self‑selected, high‑adrenaline vibe makes this a fit for developers who enjoy pushing boundaries daily rather than polishing incremental updates.
Job Description
We’re a fast-growing tech scale-up with $36M in funding, revolutionizing the modern internet with cutting-edge solutions that drive mass-adoption. We already work with major brands such as Uber, Amazon, North Face, Temu, Lego, BMW, North Face and 100’s more. Our secret? Removing all blockchain and crypto complexities that are barriers to creating user-friendly applications solving real-world use-cases. Our investors include Multicoin, Circle Ventures, Animoca, Valor, Alliance DAO, and more. With a community of over 1M followers across all socials and a CEO who has been featured on the NYSE and NASDAQ, we believe we are only at the beginning of making XION a global brand.
We are looking for a high-functioning psychopath to help bring the next wave of hybrid web2/3 applications.
You will be joining a team of top-tier self-selected sado-masochists, who work here because they can’t really work anywhere else. We value rapid communication and direct feedback, both internal and external. Breakneck pace shipping, autonomy and ownership, and constant experimentation are table stakes. Apologies in advance.
What Sparks Your Enthusiasm
- Shipping nonsense to billions of users
- That point of a futile debugging session where you start to question your sanity and everything becomes hilarious
- Finding interesting/troubling ways to solve engineering problems
- “Huh, that’s weird”, gives you a sense of giddy panic
- A constant feeling like your spinal column has been struck by lightning
What Turns You Away
- “It works on my machine”
- “The user should be able to figure it out”
- “That isn’t my problem”
- Feeling generally calm and in control of the situation
Requirements:
- Typescript
- React
- Self-destructive tendencies
- CSS Frameworks (Tailwind, MUI, etc.)
- Medically significant but non-terminal caffeine addiction
- Experience with Git/Github in a distributed team
- Experience integrating with REST/GraphQL/GRPC APIs
- Security Minded
- Comfort in a young, chaotic, rapidly evolving small team startup environment
- Ability to pick up and learn new stacks and tools on zero notice
Nice to haves:
- Cosm.js or Web3.js experience, general experience developing with crypto focused javascript libraries.
- Experience with NPM release best practices
- Experience working with and configuring bundlers (Webpack, Vite, etc.)
- Experience with browser and mobile data storage, ie LocalStorage, SQLite
- Performance conscious development, as the majority of the global user base is on mobile phones
- Integration and unit testing experience
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
Actual:
- Desperate banging on keyboard
- Ripping hair out over encoding errors
- Not learning from previous mistakes about encoding errors
- Ripping hair out over encoding errors
Formal:
- Design Implementation: Work closely with the design team to bring concepts to life, using provided designs as a foundation while exercising autonomy in execution.
- Feature Development: Take ownership of features from planning to release, including scoping, task management, and prioritization.
- Documentation Analysis: Research and review available documentation to guide development, navigating and interpreting scarce or ambiguous resources.
- Testing and Debugging: Conduct thorough testing and extensive debugging to ensure high-quality deliverables, iterating through multiple cycles as needed.
- Collaboration: Engage with the protocol team to facilitate smooth integration of features, providing technical guidance and feedback.
- Continuous Improvement: Participate in the release process, ensuring stability and performance, and contribute to ongoing improvements and refinements.
Cultural:
- Take on new features or bug fixes, with full ownership
- Scoff at the lack of documentation in our field
- “Reverse engineer” protocol level … stuff… to integrate into client
- Debug, debug, debug
- Release and iterate
How to Stand Out
- Prepare a portfolio that showcases React projects with TypeScript and at least one CSS framework; include live URLs and code snippets.
- Highlight any experience with REST, GraphQL, or gRPC APIs in your resume; concrete examples of integration challenges win points.
- During interviews, be ready to walk through a debugging session for an encoding error; demonstrate your thought process aloud.
- If you have crypto‑related library experience, bring a short demo or code sample that illustrates your familiarity.
- Negotiate equity by asking about the company’s token model and vesting schedule, given the startup’s focus on web3.
- Watch for red flags such as vague expectations around work‑life balance; the job description hints at a high‑intensity pace.
- Show your caffeine tolerance humorously but professionally—cultural fit matters as much as technical skill in this environment.
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