Frontend Developer
Quick facts
- Pay
- $175,000 - $225,000 USD per year
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- New York City, New York
- Skills
- JavaScript, TypeScript, React
- Industry
- Information Technology — 677 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B, OPT
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
A seed-stage consumer trading startup in New York City is hiring its first frontend engineer, with a $175K to $225K base and 1 to 2% founding equity.
- Type: Full-time
- Location: On-site, New York City
- Experience: 2 to 8 years of frontend engineering
- Base salary: $175K to $225K, depending on experience
- Equity: 1 to 2% (founding engineer equity)
- Tech stack: React, TypeScript, JavaScript
About the company
The company is building an exchange where sports fans can invest in the performance of individual professional athletes and trade 24/7, all season long. Unlike single-game player props or fantasy roster management, fans hold positions in players over time.
The team is 4 people, founded in 2025, with backgrounds at Apple, Google, Microsoft, and startups that built leading trading platforms. They have raised $4.1M in seed funding from top-tier crypto investors who were early backers of leading prediction markets.
What you'll do
- Own and lead development of the company's consumer web trading platform.
- Build fast, intuitive trading and portfolio experiences that make onchain settlement invisible to sports fans.
- Work directly with the two cofounders, a former crypto VC partner and product manager and a former Big Tech tech lead, to shape the product and technical roadmap.
- Drive frontend architecture decisions across a service-based stack, managing complex application state and real-time data flows.
- Help design APIs and transaction flows that bridge blockchain infrastructure and a seamless user experience.
- Help set a culture of high ownership and velocity as a true founding team member.
What we're looking for
- 2 to 8 years of frontend engineering experience.
- A track record of shipping polished consumer web applications.
- Deep understanding of performance, reliability, and complex application state.
- Comfort working in a small, fast-moving team alongside founders from Apple, Google, and leading crypto firms.
- Strong product judgment: not just how things look, but how they work and feel in a user's hands.
Bonus points: experience building trading products, fintech platforms, or anything with real-time data and charts.
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary of $175,000 to $225,000, depending on experience.
- 1 to 2% equity. This is true founding engineer equity, a significant ownership stake that reflects the company's early stage and the importance of this hire.
- Health coverage.
- Expensed lunches.
- Laptop and desktop provided.
Location and work authorization
- On-site in Manhattan, with a strong preference for 4 to 5 days per week in the office.
- Flexible hours. This is not a strict 9am team, so coming in at 11 and staying late is fine.
- Candidates already based in New York City or the surrounding area are preferred. Relocation support may be considered case by case for candidates specifically targeting a move to NYC.
- Open to visa transfers, such as OPT and H1B transfers.
Visa sponsorship record
No public sponsorship records foundWe didn't find H-1B, H-1B1, E-3 or green card (PERM) filings under the name Syndesus, Inc. in the Department of Labor and USCIS data. That doesn't mean the job can't be sponsored — the company may file under a different legal name, be new to sponsorship, or sponsor a visa that isn't in these datasets (for example H-2B or J-1).
Tip: ask the recruiter early, in writing, which visa they sponsor and whether they cover the legal and filing fees.
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B, OPT
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level III (experienced)Software Developers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $109,845 | ~15% |
| Level II | $137,717 | ~31% |
| Level III | $165,589 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $193,461 | ~61% |
This job pays $175,000–$225,000 a year — that's Level III (experienced). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level III registration gets 3 entries; estimated selection chance about 46% — better than average.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.