Fullstack Engineer

Machine intelligence will soon take over humanity’s role in knowledge-keeping and creation. What started in the mid-1990s as the gradual off-loading of knowledge and decision making to search engines will be rapidly replaced by vast neural networks - with all knowledge compressed into their artificial neurons. Unlike organic life, machine intelligence, built within silicon, needs protocols to coordinate and grow. And, like nature, these protocols should be open, permissionless, and neutral. Starting with compute hardware, the Gensyn protocol networks together the core resources required for machine intelligence to flourish alongside human intelligence.

The Role

• Deliver consumer AI applications powered by the Gensyn network
  
  

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally to define requirements for Gensyn’s first consumer-facing product
• Establish the architecture and tech stack for products built on Gensyn’s decentralised AI network
• Develop and operationally support web applications for Gensyn users and community members
  
  

Competencies

Must have

• Experience delivering world-class web-based user experiences
• Understanding of modern TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Expertise in Go
• Experience designing data models, APIs, and service-oriented architectures
• Experience operating web servers, services, and databases in production
• Demonstrable success in high pressure/autonomy/ambiguous work environments.
  
  

Preferred

• Python familiarity
• Experience scaling applications in a high-growth startup environment
• Interest in crypto and/or decentralised applications
  
  

Nice to have

• Machine learning experience
• Experience with distributed systems
  
  

Compensation / Benefits

• Competitive salary + share of equity and token pool
• Fully remote work - we currently hire between the West Coast (PT) and Central Europe (CET) time zones
• Visa sponsorship - available for those who would like to relocate to the US after being hired
• 3-4x all expenses paid company retreats around the world, per year
• Whatever equipment you need
• Paid sick leave and flexible vacation
• Company-sponsored health, vision, and dental insurance - including spouse/dependents [🇺🇸 only]
  
  

Our Principles

Autonomy & Independence

• Don’t ask for permission - we have a constraint culture, not a permission culture.
• Claim ownership of any work stream and set its goals/deadlines, rather than waiting to be assigned work or relying on job specs.
• Push & pull context on your work rather than waiting for information from others and assuming people know what you’re doing.
• Communicate to be understood rather than pushing out information and expecting others to work to understand it.
• Stay a small team - misalignment and politics scale super-linearly with team size. Small protocol teams rival much larger traditional teams.
  
  

Rejection of mediocrity & high performance

• Give direct feedback to everyone immediately - rather than avoiding unpopularity, expecting things to improve naturally, or trading short-term pain for extreme long-term pain.
• Embrace an extreme learning rate - rather than assuming limits to your ability / knowledge.
• Don’t quit - push to the final outcome, despite any barriers.
• Be anti-fragile - balance short-term risk for long-term outcomes.
• Reject waste - guard the company’s time, rather than wasting it in meetings without clear purpose/focus, or bikeshedding.