Founding Engineer (Remote)

Job summary

This role is a high-impact opportunity for a founding engineer to lead the development of a web application and blockchain infrastructure aimed at enhancing scientific research and collaboration. The position emphasizes hands-on building, technical decision-making, and engineering leadership from the ground up.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in building scalable, testable, and high-quality web or mobile applications.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals with the ability to make sound technical decisions in a dynamic environment.
• Experience in building or leading high-quality engineering teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong ownership mentality and ability to work autonomously while aligning with product objectives.
• Collaborative, humble, optimistic, and inspiring leadership style.
• Experience with Django and React is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with Ethereum smart contracts and Solidity is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

Benefits

• Lead the development and evolution of the web application, ensuring high-quality features meet product goals.
• Own engineering decisions that support the product roadmap and technical scalability.
• Contribute to the design of the platform's cryptoeconomic structure and reward mechanisms.
• Establish scalable engineering practices and quality standards.
• Shape the technical direction and product vision as a founding member of the engineering team.
• Recruit and lead a high-performing engineering team post product-market fit.
• Foster a strong engineering culture focused on quality and collaboration.
• Founding-level ownership and influence over product and engineering direction.
• Flexibility to work remotely.
• Opportunity to work with innovative technologies across web development and blockchain.
• Significant autonomy in technical decision-making.
• Potential for growth into a key engineering leadership position.