Staff Engineer
MetaDAO is a platform for 'unruggable ICOs' that utilizes a novel governance model called Futarchy. It enables users to fund new crypto projects and trade on their subsequent decisions, aiming to improve crypto capital formation.
Funding
Investors
About MetaDAO
MetaDAO is a platform designed to reform crypto capital formation through a new governance model called Futarchy. It addresses the historical problems of public sales and ICOs by allowing communities to fund projects and then trade on their decisions, creating a market-driven governance system. The core principle of Futarchy is to harness the predictive power of financial markets, where participants place monetary stakes on their predictions for a project's success. This system aims to provide 'unruggable ICOs' and real transparency for decentralized organizations. The platform showcases launches, allows users to contribute funds, and provides data on trading volume and market activity.
Skills
About the Role
You will build, test, and maintain production services using TypeScript, Next.js, and Postgres. You will implement, integrate, and modify smart contracts that handle hundreds of millions of dollars of volume. You will drive ambitious engineering initiatives from specification through architecture, implementation, testing, monitoring, and maintenance, including realtime data indexing at scale. You will work with Unix systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI tools such as Claude Code and Cursor, and make engineering decisions based on business context.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade software systems with high-quality documented code
- 3+ years of experience with Unix systems
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure
- Experience with AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor
- Ability to make informed engineering decisions based on business context
- Demonstrated high agency and willingness to dive into unfamiliar technical and non-technical areas
- Demonstrated intellectual curiosity
- Experience working for venture-funded startups (preferred)
- Knowledge of capital markets or trading (preferred)
- Proficiency in Next.js and TypeScript (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Build, test, and maintain production services
- Implement, integrate, and modify smart contracts
- Drive engineering initiatives from specification through architecture implementation testing monitoring and maintenance
- Design and deliver realtime data indexing at scale
Benefits
- Equity 1%–2%