Staff Engineer
The Meta DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization focused on building and funding metaverse projects.
Maintainer signals as of 8/12/2026
Funding history
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About MetaDAO
MetaDAO is the first futarchy-governed DAO, launched in November 2023 with a $10k treasury. It uses prediction markets to determine policy decisions. The DAO aims to be a market-governed organization that makes decisions based on forecasts of their consequences.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
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%