Founding Engineer - Remote, Platform & Blockchain

Jobgether; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding-level ownership

Remote work from Canada

Autonomy and ownership

Cross-disciplinary exposure

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Founding Engineer based in Saudi Arabia to lead the development of a web app and blockchain-based infrastructure that accelerates scientific research and collaboration.

You will own technical decisions, shape the product and engineering from the ground up, recruit and guide a growing team, and establish scalable practices and an engineering culture with strong ownership and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building scalable, high-quality web or mobile apps.
• Strong engineering fundamentals and the ability to make sound technical decisions in an evolving product environment.
• Demonstrated experience building or leading high-quality engineering teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and thoughtfully.
• Strong ownership mentality and the ability to operate autonomously while maintaining alignment with broader product objectives.
• Humble, optimistic, energetic, and inspiring approach to collaboration and leadership.
• Experience with Django and React is highly desirable.
• Experience developing mobile applications with React Native is a plus.
• Experience writing Ethereum smart contracts and working with Solidity is a strong advantage.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL and modern web application architectures is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and evolution of the web application, delivering high-quality features aligned with product goals and user needs.
• Make and own engineering decisions that support the product roadmap, technical scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of the platform's cryptoeconomic structure and reward mechanisms.
• Establish scalable engineering practices, development processes, and quality standards that enable the organization to grow effectively.
• Help shape the technical direction and product vision as a founding member of the engineering organization.
• Following product-market fit, recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing engineering team.
• Establish a strong engineering culture centered on quality, collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with product and other stakeholders to translate ideas into reliable, scalable technology.

Skills

Web/mobile app development

Engineering leadership

Technical decision making

Communication skills

Ownership/autonomy

Django

React

React Native

Solidity

PostgreSQL

Tools

Django

React

React Native

Solidity

PostgreSQL

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Founding Engineer based in Saudi Arabia to lead the development of a web app and blockchain-based infrastructure that accelerates scientific research and collaboration.

You will own technical decisions, shape the product and engineering from the ground up, recruit and guide a growing team, and establish scalable practices and an engineering culture with strong ownership and collaboration.