Founding engineer

Accountabilities

• • Lead the development and evolution of the web application, delivering high-quality features aligned with product goals and user needs.
  • Make and own engineering decisions that support the product roadmap, technical scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
  • Contribute to the design and evolution of the platform's cryptoeconomic structure and reward mechanisms.
  • Establish scalable engineering practices, development processes, and quality standards that enable the organization to grow effectively.
  • Help shape the technical direction and product vision as a founding member of the engineering organization.
  • Following product-market fit, recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing engineering team.
  • Establish a strong engineering culture centered on quality, collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.
  • Collaborate closely with product and other stakeholders to translate ideas into reliable, scalable technology.

  Requirements

  • Proven experience building scalable, testable, and high-quality web or mobile applications.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to make sound technical decisions in an evolving product environment.
  • Demonstrated experience building or leading high-quality engineering teams.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and thoughtfully.
  • Strong ownership mentality and the ability to operate autonomously while maintaining alignment with broader product objectives.
  • Humble, optimistic, energetic, and inspiring approach to collaboration and leadership.
  • Experience with Django and React is highly desirable.
  • Experience developing mobile applications with React Native is a plus.
  • Experience writing Ethereum smart contracts and working with Solidity is a strong advantage.
  • Familiarity with PostgreSQL and modern web application architectures is beneficial.

  Benefits

  • Founding-level ownership and influence over product and engineering direction.
  • Opportunity to shape an engineering organization and culture from an early stage.
  • Remote working environment with the flexibility to contribute from Canada.
  • Opportunity to work across web development, blockchain, smart contracts, and innovative technology.
  • Significant autonomy in technical decision-making and execution.
  • Opportunity to help build products designed to accelerate scientific research and collaboration.
  • Potential to grow into a key engineering leadership position as the organization scales.