Digital collectibles marketplace with authentication, grading, and trading infrastructure
Arena Club operates a digital collectibles platform centered on trading cards, authentication, and marketplace transactions. The stack is frontend-heavy (React Native, React, TypeScript, Redux) paired with backend services (Node.js, PostgreSQL) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Docker, Terraform), reflecting a mobile-first consumer product. Active pain points around scaling mobile and frontend architecture, plus backend bottlenecks, signal rapid growth outpacing infrastructure — hiring velocity is accelerating across engineering and marketing, with a senior-skewed team composition suggesting they're building out leadership capacity alongside IC depth.
Arena Club is a digital marketplace for collectibles, primarily trading cards, founded in 2021 and based in Los Angeles. The platform combines authentication, professional grading, secure asset vaulting, and digital pack openings. Operations span multiple product categories, with recent expansion into watches. The company is expanding beyond cards into new verticals while simultaneously building foundational systems for reporting, fulfillment, and performance marketing. Hiring is active across engineering, marketing, data, and operations, with offices in the United States and India.
Frontend: React Native, React, TypeScript, Redux, Webpack. Backend: Node.js, PostgreSQL. Infrastructure: AWS, GCP, Docker, Terraform. Tooling: Tableau, Domo, Metabase for analytics; Figma for design.
Core projects: digital card show marketplace, design systems, backend APIs, and fulfillment tooling. Active expansion into new collectible categories (watches) and foundational reporting infrastructure for marketing.
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