Frontend Engineer

*Join the Pioneer Crypto Brand in the Philippines!*

Coins is the most established crypto brand in The Philippines and has gained the trust of more than 18 million users. Through the easy-to-use mobile app, users can buy and sell a variety of different cryptocurrencies and access a wide range of financial services.

Coins is fully regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and is the first ever crypto-based company in Asia to hold both Virtual Currency and Electronic Money Issuer licenses from a central bank.

Key Responsibilities

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product Owners and UX Designers to deeply understand product requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Architectural Decision-Making: Make informed design and technical architecture trade-offs when scoping and building new features to balance speed, scalability, and code quality.
• Front-End Development: Leverage the latest versions of modern JavaScript frameworks to build high-quality, responsive, and robust user-facing products.
• Code Quality & Peer Review: Conduct thorough peer code reviews to surface potential design flaws, optimize implementation, and maintain high engineering standards.
• Risk & Dependency Management: Proactively identify, communicate, and mitigate technical risks and dependencies throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Automated Testing: Write robust unit tests and automated functional tests to guarantee feature reliability and prevent regressions.
• Performance Optimization: Take full accountability for the end-to-end performance, operational stability, and overall serviceability of the user experience.
• Continuous Learning: Research and evaluate cutting-edge technologies to assess their potential to improve our existing tech stack and system architecture.
• Culture of Innovation: Foster an innovative mindset within the daily workflow, proactively proposing creative solutions to complex technical challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Professional Experience of 3+ years of front-end development experience, with at least 1+ years focused on front-end architecture and system design.
• Deep understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) and standard software design patterns.
• In-depth knowledge of JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS, along with WeChat Mini-Program frameworks (WXSS / WXML).
• High proficiency in React and Vue, including their full ecosystem and state-management tools.
• Solid familiarity with network protocols (HTTP/HTTPS) and RESTful API specifications.
• A passionate, collaborative team player with excellent drive and positive energy. Strong written and verbal English communication skills are highly preferred.