Founding Engineer (Fullstack)
Contro is an onchain debate platform for meaningful debates where users can trade arguments, earn rewards, and shape smarter discourse.
About Contro
Contro is an onchain debate platform where users can engage in meaningful debates and monetize their insights. The platform allows users to compete in tournament-style intellectual combat, host their own debates on any topic, and build their reputation. It is powered by a proprietary technology called Gradual Limit Order Books (GLOBs), which facilitates fair peer-to-peer markets without a house or preset odds, aiming to eliminate frontrunning and MEV. Users can trade arguments, win rewards in the form of $GLOBs, and climb leaderboards. The platform is currently live on testnet with a full public launch planned for its own GLOB chain.
Skills
About the Role
You will own the frontend code, working closely with the founder and a senior product designer as well as early users to integrate components and continuously monitor and iterate on the UX until it's perfect. You will shape much of the core infrastructure, from designing Postgres schemas and row-level security policies in Supabase, to writing edge APIs and supporting backend workers. You will also help enable cutting-edge digital asset experiences leveraging WebAuthn, integrate smart contracts, own the blockchain indexer, and work directly with fintech partners.
Requirements
- Top 0.5% intellectual ability and curiosity, e.g. a degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or Electrical Engineering from a top university
- 5+ years programming experience, 1+ of which as senior software engineer
- Proficient in Typescript and React; bonus: Go/systems
- Extensive experience with databases such as Postgres
- Interest in Finance, Blockchains, Consumer Apps, User psychology and AI
- Security mindset
- Excellent written communication
Responsibilities
- Own the frontend code
- Work closely with the founder and senior product designer to integrate components
- Monitor and iterate UX to perfection
- Design Postgres schemas and RLS (Supabase)
- Write edge APIs
- Support backend workers
- Shape core infrastructure
- Enable digital asset UX leveraging WebAuthn
- Integrate smart contracts
- Own the blockchain indexer
- Work with fintech partners
Benefits
- Equity / token allocation as an early core team member
- High flexibility, few calls, no formalities
- Team-retreats in person, mostly in Europe