Founding Engineer, Fullstack

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Founding Engineer (Fullstack) at VC-backed startup Contro. Building a debate product using web3 and blockchain technology to enhance discourse.

Responsibilities:

  • You own the frontend code and work closely with the founder and a senior product designer and as well as our early users to integrate components and monitor and iterate UX to perfection.
  • From designing Postgres schemas and RLS (Supabase), to writing edge APIs to supporting our backend workers, you shape much of the core infra.
  • You help enable cutting-edge digital asset UX leveraging WebAuthn, integrate our smart contracts, own blockchain indexer and work with our fintech partners.

Requirements:

  • Top 0.5% intellectual ability and curiosity as demonstrated for example by a degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering from a top university, or similar
  • 5+ years programming experience, 1+ of which as senior software engineer
  • Proficient in Typescript and React; bonus: in Go/systems
  • Extensive experience with databases such as Postgres
  • Interest in Finance, Blockchains, Consumer Apps, User psychology and AI
  • Security mindset
  • Excellent written communication

Benefits:

  • Competitive base salary depending on experience and location
  • Generous additional compensation with significant upside as an early core team member in equity / tokens
  • Create a consumer product from the ground up which will be beneficial for a large user base
  • Work with cutting-edge technology
  • Smart team, no BS, no formalities, few calls, high flexibility
  • Team-retreats - occasionally deep-work (and party) with your colleagues in person (mostly in Europe)