Staff Engineer

About MetaDAOMetaDAO was founded to scale decision markets, a radical idea that would put markets in charge of making the world’s most important decisions. Our flagship product is a fundraising platform that uses decision markets to mitigate fraud and misallocation risk for investors. The product started monetizing in October 2025 and already generates ~$9M / year in run rate revenue. We’ve raised $12M from top-tier investors and are building an exceptional team. If you believe in the power of markets, join us. The RoleAs staff engineer, you would: Build, test, and maintain production services. Our current stack uses TypeScript, Next.js, and Postgres. Implement, integrate, and modify smart contracts that experience hundreds of millions of dollars of volume. Drive ambitious engineering initiatives (for example, realtime data indexing at scale) from inception to completion: specification, architecture, implementation, testing, monitoring, and maintenance.

Qualifications

3+ years of experience building and maintaining production-grade software systems, with high-quality and well-documented production 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 relevant business context Demonstrated track record of high agency, willingness to dive into unfamiliar technical and non-technical areas, and a team-first attitude Demonstrated intellectual curiosity Preferred Experience working for venture-funded startups Knowledge of capital markets, acquired either through working in finance or trading stocks and/or crypto personally Proficiency in Next.js and TypeScript