Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Job Description

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Software Engineer (Full Stack) - this is an onsite role in New York. Salary range: 180-260K USD base plus benefits plus equity.

**Software Engineer**

**Location:** NYC (onsite only -- not remote)

We are the leading accelerator for crypto founders. Since 2020 we've backed 300+ startups (Pump, Synthetix, Pendle, Believe, and many more), now collectively valued at $10B+.

We're hiring a **Software Engineer** to join our in-house engineering team. You'll report directly to Carter (CTO) and will be responsible for owning features from the requirements definition stage to production.

**What You'll Do**

* **Own products end-to-end**: discovery ? definition ? design/UX ? implementation ? launch ? iteration.

* **Write production-grade TypeScript across the stack** (React/Next.js on the front-end; Node.js on the back-end) while following best practices.

* **Build and maintain internal tools** that make our team faster.

* **Ship features across our external sites and webapps**, including Space -- our founder portal -- and public marketing surfaces.

* **Craft polished UIs** with React and our internal component library; contribute components and patterns back to the library.

* **Integrate third-party APIs** (auth, payments, email) and own data models, caching, and performance.

* **Raise the bar on engineering quality**: code reviews, CI/CD, reliability, and accessibility.

**What we're looking for**

* **Product-minded builder** who can turn ambiguous problems into shipped software without a dedicated PM or designer.

* **Deep experience with TypeScript, React, and** **Node.js**; familiarity with Next.js and a modern database (e.g., Postgres/Prisma) is a plus.

* **Taste for UX/UI** and the ability to sketch flows or lightweight wireframes before coding.

* **Hands-on IC orientation** with a strong ownership bias: you set priorities, move fast, and sweat details.

* Extremely **high-agency**, entrepreneurial, self-driven.

* Comfortable using modern **AI tools** to move faster.

* **NYC-based or willing to relocate** (non-negotiable).

**Examples of strong qualifications (good to have but not required)**

* **Standout GitHub**: notable open-source projects, meaningful contributions, or traction.

* **Design-engineering portfolio** showing polished UI work, component systems, and attention to accessibility/performance.

* Founder or early team member of a VC-backed startup that raised millions in funding.

* SWE at Meta, Stripe, OpenAI, or another category-defining tech company.

* Clear signals of exceptional ability: competitive gaming/esports (chess, MtG, StarCraft), Math/Physics Olympiad medalist, top academic background (Harvard/Stanford/MIT), professional sports athlete, etc.

**Why NOT join us**

* Not willing to get hands dirty: doesn't matter how important you were in past organizations; at Alliance we're all builders, not managers (even though many of us were managers in past lives).

* Prioritising work/life balance: this role demands focus, hunger, and a career-defining level of commitment. You must be locked in.

* Low agency: if you need someone else to set your priorities or keep you on track, you will fail.

* You can't relocate to NYC. This is non-negotiable: our founders are here, and so are we.

**Why join us**

* Work with the most ambitious founders in crypto (and AI). Learn firsthand from hundreds of startups succeeding -- or failing.

* Join a small, high-trust, high-performance team with outsized impact. We're ex-Meta, WhatsApp, Coinbase, YC, and have collectively founded multiple venture-backed startups.

* We're backed by S-tier investors including Initialized Capital, Founders Fund, Multicoin, and Dragonfly, along with angels such as Balaji Srinivasan (ex-Coinbase CTO), Kevin Weil (CPO at OpenAI), Kevin Lin (Twitch co-founder), and Jeremy Allaire (Circle CEO), among many others.

* Direct ownership and visibility: your work shapes how the next generation of founders discovers Alliance.

* Career accelerator: this role sets you up, experience- and network-wise, for any high-impact path in crypto/AI -- at startups, venture firms, or your own company.

* Our startups are reinventing industries -- from media to payments -- and improving the lives of everyday people. You'll have a front-row seat as they change the world.

###### Compensation \& Package

Base Salary + 0.1%-0.4% equity (depending on seniority)