Frustrated by how discourse is so broken on social media that it seems to make us dumber instead of smarter?

• Product & UX: You own the frontend code and work closely with the founder and a senior product designer and as well as our early users to integrate components and monitor and iterate UX to perfection.
• Systems & Data: From designing Postgres schemas and RLS (Supabase), to writing edge APIs to supporting our backend workers, you shape much of the core infra.
• Web3 Innovation: You help enable cutting-edge digital asset UX leveraging WebAuthn, integrate our smart contracts, own blockchain indexer and work with our fintech partners.

• Top 0.5% intellectual ability and curiosity as demonstrated for example by a degree in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering from a top university, or similar
• 5+ years programming experience, 1+ of which as senior software engineer
• Proficient in Typescript and React; bonus: in Go/systems
• Extensive experience with databases such as Postgres
• Interest in Finance, Blockchains, Consumer Apps, User psychology and AI
• Security mindset
• Excellent written communication

• Competitive base salary depending on experience and location
• Generous additional compensation with significant upside as an early core team member in equity / tokens
• Create a consumer product from the ground up which will be beneficial for a large user base
• Work with cutting-edge technology
• Smart team, no BS, no formalities, few calls, high flexibility
• Team-retreats - occasionally deep-work (and party) with your colleagues in person (mostly in Europe)

Contro (https://www.contro.tech/) is a VC-backed startup leveraging fair markets to empower people and agents. We are driven by the believe that a real alternative to social media is possible when markets are used to set incentives for sharing information and for constructive behavior. This is why we are creating a transformative debating product that rewards sharing reasoning and insight on a wide range of topics, from light-hearted fun to pivotal questions - just like what working at Contro will feel like :)