Software Engineer: Core Marketplace & Exchange (Frontend)

Tradepost•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Tradepost is hiring a frontend Software Engineer to help scale its Core Marketplace & Exchange business. The company is building liquidity infrastructure for real-world cultural assets, making items such as collectibles, watches, and sports cars easier to trade. The engineer will shape products used by people trading and investing in these assets and is expected to make a significant impact on a rapidly growing business. The role owns UI/UX across the core Marketplace and Exchange, including maintaining and scaling products that already drive volume. Work includes building a real-time mobile trading interface for instantly settled spot markets; core marketplace buying and selling flows; and a professional trading terminal for market-makers and businesses. The engineer will also improve revenue-generating flows, conversion, and user trust, and help launch new products and lines of business. Tradepost expects the engineer to understand users, act with speed and agency, and work effectively with a small team. Base salary is $135,000–$200,000, depending on factors including experience, education, skills, qualifications, and business needs. Equity is offered.

Requirements

Move quickly once the desired outcome is clear.
Demonstrate strong agency and be willing to speak up about what works.
Show initiative and resourcefulness in finding opportunities.
Have taken meaningful risks to build or support something believed in.
Have strong business sense and understand both what and how to build, as well as why it matters to the mission.
Have worked on high-stakes production systems requiring diligence and thoughtful execution while moving quickly.

Responsibilities

Own UI/UX for products and features across the core Marketplace and Exchange.
Build the real-time mobile trading interface for instantly settled spot markets in cultural assets.
Develop marketplace buying and selling flows, including order, bid, and ask creation, discovery, deposits, and social features.
Build Tradepost Terminal, a professional trading tool for market-makers and businesses to manage inventory and liquidity.
Optimize revenue-generating flows and improve conversion and user trust.
Help build and launch new products, businesses, and lines of business.
Understand users and consider their needs when building products.
Work resourcefully and effectively as part of a small team.