Role Overview
Relay is hiring a Lead Frontend Developer (React, TypeScript). This is a full-time role. Part of Relay's Frontend hiring. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
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Job Description
This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: Canada, California (USA)
Relay is building the web3 messenger. We are looking for talented and motivated front-end engineers of all experience levels. Relay engineers thrive in a high-growth, high-velocity environment where success depends on the highest levels of communication, code quality, and pragmatism. Each engineer must be able to individually own a slice of the Relay codebase while also maintaining a working knowledge of others. Accordingly, Relay is looking for team members who are not only highly-skilled individual contributors but also strong collaborators and communicators.
Technical 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.
Lead 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
Requirements
- 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 maintainerRelay's benefits include unlimited and encouraged time off, 100% company-paid medical, dental, & vision for you and your dependents, 2-3x/week company lunches at local restaurants, and for remote employees: up to $2,000 USD home office setup stipend (all benefits are subject to applicable taxes and based on eligibility).
This offer from "Relay" has been enriched by Jobgether.com and got a 75% flex score.
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How do I apply for the Lead Frontend Developer (React, TypeScript) position at Relay?
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What does a Lead Frontend Developer (React, TypeScript) at Relay earn?
Relay has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.
When was the Lead Frontend Developer (React, TypeScript) role at Relay posted?
This role was posted on April 3, 2026 (66 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
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