Founder & CTO for air quality data DePIN (m/w/d)

The role and a bit about us

We are a team of hungry entrepreneurs, engineers and creatives, driven by the opportunity to have a real-world impact.

If you identify with the above, you’re not just looking for a 9-5, and are ready to take complete ownership of this position - we look forward to hearing from you.

We are looking for an Entrepreneur-in-residence and co-founder to join our team and help us build and scale the platform.

The project is a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) with the purpose of revolutionizing air quality monitoring by leveraging blockchain technology and community participation. Its innovative approach replaces traditional, high-cost systems with an accessible, real-time network of advanced sensors. By actively involving the community, they are able to capture timely, critical data that can make a life-saving difference. The project has an existing team, a product in production and market traction with tens of thousands of users.

Responsibilities

• Develop the overall technology strategy for the project platform, including appropriate technologies and tools selection working closely with the project’s co-founders.
• Lead the development of the platform’s infrastructure and web application.
• Build the early working prototypes eventually construct a fully scalable product. Alongside - build, manage and lead a high-caliber developer team.
• Actively lead customer discovery calls to identify pain points first hand and prioritize capabilities that should be built into the platform.
• Serve as project’s technical front to liaise with advisors, investors and other stakeholders.
• Monitor reliability and performance of all internal systems, ensuring compliance with security regulations.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the web3 industry, identify new innovation opportunities and apply relevant knowledge in the product’s strategy.

What you bring to the table

• Being hands-on with an aptitude to build-test-learn-deploy fast.
• Deep production experience in tech for a full stack blockchain application.
• Strong fundamental understanding of smart contract and DeFi ecosystems, their potential and limits.
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Good with integrations, having understanding of different APIs to connect software systems robustly.
• Strong leadership, management, and communication skills, with an ability to inspire and motivate a team towards a common goal, especially when things get tough.
• Ability to harmonize your hunger to learn more, push boundaries and deliver results.
• Passion and drive to create an impactful dent in the market, challenging conventions.

Preferred to have

• Previous experience as a technical co-founder, or senior technology leader in a startup, spin-off venture or similar.

What you can expect

• This role will evolve into being a CTO for the project.
• The opportunity to contribute to innovative projects in a new and exciting industry that has the potential to positively shape our world.
• High growth potential.
• A warm and open culture at an international organization with team members coming from all four corners of the globe.
• An environment that values freedom, autonomy, team spirit and open communication.
• Flexible working hours.
• Decentralized (remote) working possibilities.

What guides us

• We believe that great teams are made of missionaries, not mercenaries.
• We believe that great teams can only deliver great results consistently if they work under conditions that give them creative freedom and a manageable workload, creating full focus on what's important.
• We want to work with humans, not with robots (yet).
• We find strength in diversity and authenticity.
• We give you the freedom you need to be great at what you do.
• We aim to create a space where people can do what they love and live up to their potential.

We look forward to working with you.