This JD is written for individuals with a missionary mindset.

Please Note

This position is currently a soft offer until the company secures Seed funding. It offers the opportunity to join a highly capable founding team and help build the system from the ground up. Upon securing funding, founding members will transition to competitive compensation and enter formal discussions regarding equity. This phase precedes early closed testing and Seed-stage operations.

Participation in weekly Scrum sessions is optional. Candidates may choose to attend to stay aligned with progress and understand current technical challenges.

About Vanamonde

We are a computation-focused startup building a new **computation environment** that combines on-chain infrastructure with AI-driven execution.

At the core of our work is SIAS (Semantic Interaction Asset System) and CSTG (Composable State Transition Graph), designed to support assets that can carry structured behavior and state transitions across applications.

Our SIAS prototype is complete, and we are currently defining the minimum viable prototype of CSTG. Data sovereignty has been designed as a core system principle from the start.

Vanamonde is currently bootstrapped and preparing for Seed financing, aiming to secure funding within 6–12 months while continuing system development and early research. The focus is on building foundational infrastructure for composable computation and user-owned computation.

Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Full-Stack Engineer to join Vanamonde once we officially launch, helping us develop the computation environment from its current prototype stage.

This is an early opportunity to join a computation-focused startup at its foundational stage. You will work on building AI and blockchain-native infrastructure, contributing directly to SIAS and CSTG-based architecture and the early system layer.

This is not a conventional engineering role. It is an opportunity to help define and implement the core system logic that enables composable computational interactions.

Team Culture & Growth

Vanamonde operates with high ownership and minimal bureaucracy. We evaluate impact, not hours. Engineers are expected to move decisively, ship frequently, and maintain architectural integrity under ambiguity.

Experimentation is encouraged, but system correctness and composability are treated as first-order constraints.

Early team members shape the technical foundation of the system and grow with the authority that comes from building core infrastructure.

Your Responsibilities

Design and build scalable architecture for Vanamonde’s core system modules, including Genesis Diary, in close collaboration with the tech team. (Our founding team includes engineers with experience in blockchain protocol development, with backgrounds spanning enterprise systems and regulated environments.)

• Design system-level logic for persistent, composable state interactions across modules and services
• Develop APIs, services, and data pipelines that interact with blockchain components and CSTG-based state systems
• Translate system-level composable logic into structured user-facing interactions and workflows
• Build front-end applications and interfaces for narrative-driven asset interactions grounded in system state
• Define engineering standards for code quality, testing, and reliability across the system stack
• Participate in defining and implementing the CSTG minimum viable prototype and the evolution of the broader system architecture

What We're Looking For

Required:

• Ability to design system-level architectures involving state, data flow, and modular components
• Strong full-stack experience (React / Node.js / TypeScript), with ability to work across backend and frontend
• Experience integrating with blockchain or distributed systems
• Understanding of composable on-chain systems (e.g., NFTs or asset-based interactions with structured behavior)
• Comfort working in early-stage environments with evolving system definitions and incomplete specifications

Bonus Skills:

• Experience with Ethereum smart contracts, L2s, or on-chain indexing systems
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures or backend workflow systems
• Exposure to systems involving persistent or structured state (e.g. queues, pipelines, stateful services)
• Basic experience integrating AI models into product or backend workflows
• Interest or prior exploration in composable digital systems or experimental on-chain applications

Compensation & Benefits

(Salary will begin after we secure funding — not at this stage.)

Equity: Equity will be formally discussed and documented only after the company secures financing. Any equity range mentioned during the recruitment process is indicative only and does not constitute a grant, promise, or verbal commitment.

Remote work + PTO and holidays

Once Seed funding is secured, soft offer members will transition to full-time employment with competitive compensation, and eligible founding members may enter into formal equity agreements subject to company approval and applicable legal terms.

Ready to Build the System?

Join early and become a core engineer in building a computation environment that connects on-chain assets with structured interaction logic.

If you are interested in working at the system layer rather than application-only development, this is an opportunity to contribute at the earliest stage of a new computation architecture.

Message from Founder Raphael

Raphael likens our journey to navigating the Grand Line—a vast and challenging ocean. If you are ready for a bold adventure and want to help shape the future of new computation, come aboard.