Founding Engineer (Fullstack)
Own the frontend and help shape core infrastructure for Contro's Debate Prediction Game, including Postgres schemas, row-level security, edge APIs, backend workers, digital asset experiences, smart contracts, blockchain indexing, and fintech integrations.
Responsibilities
- Own the frontend code
- Work closely with the founder, senior product designer, and early users
- Monitor and iterate on the user experience
- Design Postgres schemas and row-level security policies in Supabase
- Write edge APIs
- Support backend workers
- Shape core infrastructure
- Enable digital asset experiences using WebAuthn
- Integrate smart contracts
- Own the blockchain indexer
- Work with fintech partners
Requirements
- Top 0.5% intellectual ability and curiosity, demonstrated through a quantitative degree from a top university or similar experience
- 5+ years of programming experience, including at least 1 year as a senior software engineer
- Proficiency in TypeScript and React
- Extensive experience with databases such as Postgres
- Interest in finance, blockchains, consumer applications, user psychology, and AI
- Security mindset
- Excellent written communication
- Go or systems programming experience is a bonus
Benefits
- Competitive base salary depending on experience and location
- Equity or token allocation as an early core team member
- Opportunity to create a consumer product from the ground up
- Work with cutting-edge technology
- High flexibility, few calls, and no formalities
- Occasional in-person team retreats, mostly in Europe