Senior Front-End Developer (Rust-Integrated / AWS) startup experience
About The Position
OleOle is building a global, football-specific social network and super-app for the world’s 3 billion football fans. The platform combines real-time social feeds, short-form video, live scores, messaging, AI-powered translation, deep football history, and a crypto-enabled rewards layer into a single native product. We are looking for a Senior Front-End Engineer to help architect and build core user-facing experiences across web and mobile surfaces. This role involves owning major front-end systems, developing scalable and reusable UI components, and working closely with backend engineers on real-time, data-driven features. The ideal candidate has strong experience building complex consumer products, cares deeply about performance and UX, and is comfortable operating with autonomy in a fast-moving startup environment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional front-end development with JavaScript/TypeScript ES6+.
- Deep expertise in React (or Vue/Angular with willingness to switch) and ecosystem (Hooks, Context, Redux/Zustand, RTK Query, Next.js or Remix for SSR).
- Demonstrated experience integrating with Rust backends (or other strongly-typed services) via REST, gRPC, or GraphQL.
- Solid grasp of AWS front-end workflows, including: Cognito / Cognito Hosted UI for auth & SSO API Gateway / AppSync for API orchestration S3 + CloudFront for static asset delivery & edge caching Amplify or CDK pipelines for CI/CD
- Proficiency with modern tooling: Vite/Webpack, ESLint/Prettier, Storybook, Playwright/Cypress, GitHub Flow.
- Strong UX sensibility: responsive design, WCAG-2.1 AA accessibility, Lighthouse/CLS performance budgets.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills; ability to explain complex topics to cross-functional audiences.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working alongside blockchain, fintech, or real-time systems is a plus
- Understanding of football and international sports a huge plus
Responsibilities
- Own major parts of the front-end architecture
- Translate product vision into scalable UI systems
- Build reusable components that support massive content growth
- Work closely with backend, mobile, and UX teams
- Anticipate problems before they become technical debt
- Help set front-end standards and best practices
- Ship features that millions of users could rely on during live matches
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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