Founding Engineer ($140K-$180K + Equity) at Nero

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Job Title: Founding Engineer

Salary: $140K-$180K + Equity

Company Description: Nero - VC-backed monetization infrastructure for interactive livestreaming

Job Description:
As the founding engineer at Nero, you will work directly with the CTO to build and scale the monetization rails for platforms like Twitch and TikTok. You will own complex technical problems end-to-end, from architecting real-time websocket systems to designing fan CRM tools, impacting over 600,000 monthly users in the creator economy.

Location: San Francisco, USA

Why this role is remarkable:

• Massive existing traction with $500K+ monthly GMV and creators already earning over $2.75M, offering the stability of a proven model with the upside of a founding role.

• Backed by prestigious investors including Yamaha Music Innovation Fund and Antler, providing deep industry connections and capital to scale the infrastructure for all interactive media.

• High-autonomy environment with a unique culture that blends technical excellence with a passion for music, including past team work-trips to Mexico and major US music conferences.

What you will do:

• Architect and implement high-performance real-time systems, including websocket-based live queues and secure peer-to-peer payment processing for fan submissions.

• Build and ship complete 0-1 products from scratch, such as automated clipping engines and fan CRM systems, using TypeScript, React, and Node.js.

• Own the entire infrastructure and reliability stack, establishing CI/CD pipelines and monitoring systems to support hundreds of thousands of concurrent concurrent users.

The ideal candidate:

• Strong fullstack developer with professional experience in TypeScript, React, and Node.js who is highly proficient in AI-assisted development tools like Cursor or Claude Code.

• A builder with a creative soul—you have a personal creative practice in music, production, or photography and viscerally understand the needs of the artists you are building for.

• High-velocity executor who thrives in a seed-stage environment, is comfortable with 50+ hour weeks, and takes total ownership of problems without needing hand-holding.

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