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Senior Frontend UX Engineer
Katana
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
JavaScriptNext.jsReactSCSSSpringWeb3
About the role
- Do you thrive at the intersection of design, code, and human psychology? At Katana Network, we’re building more than a DeFi L2 chain - we’re crafting an experience that keeps both web2 and web3 users engaged, delighted, and coming back for more.
- As a senior frontend UX engineer, you’ll be the guardian of polish, flow, and usability across the Katana Network application. You won’t just make things “work” - you’ll make them sing. From reimagining onboarding to refining complex yield-tracking dashboards, your mission is to turn functional DeFi workflows into intuitive, gamified journeys that enhance user engagement and foster long-term usage.
- This is not a greenfield role. Instead, you’ll be leveling up existing experiences, integrating collaboratively built modules like quests and leaderboards, and ensuring every interaction feels cohesive, elegant, and performance-optimized. You’ll collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product teams to deliver frontends that match the Katana Network ambition: powerful, fluid, and unforgettable.
- Elevate onboarding flows: Design smooth, intuitive entry points with clear loading states, error handling, and user feedback.
- Craft cohesion: Develop and maintain a scalable design system and reusable frontend component library.
- Delight through detail: Build animations, transitions, and micro-interactions that reduce friction and guide user attention.
- Simplify the complex: Restructure information hierarchies across intricate DeFi workflows - yield tracking, portfolio management, bridging, and more.
- Own integrations: Refine and seamlessly embed externally built modules (e.g. quests, leaderboards, gamified elements) into the main app experience.
- Champion accessibility: Ensure responsive, inclusive, and mobile-friendly experiences that welcome every user.
Requirements
- 4+ years of frontend engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on DeFi product interfaces.
- Expert proficiency in React and Next.js, with a sharp eye for performance and UX.
- Mastery of CSS/SCSS and animation libraries (Framer Motion, React Spring, or similar).
- Experience building and maintaining design systems and accessible component libraries.
- Familiarity with DeFi-specific patterns (wallet flows, governance, bridging, analytics dashboards).
- Strong grasp of responsive design and performance tuning in data-heavy environments.
