Member of Technical Staff

Member of Technical Staff Location: NYC (onsite only – not remote) Alliance is the leading accelerator for crypto & AI founders. Since 2020 we’ve backed 300+ startups (Rain, Pump, Synthetix, Pendle, and many more), now collectively valued at $15B+. We’re hiring a Member of Technical Staff 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), 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). - Prioritizing 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. - In it for a quick win: crypto and AI move in long, brutal cycles – value compounds over years, not quarters. If you're optimizing for short-term liquidity or the current hot narrative, you'll be disappointed. We're missionaries, not mercenaries. 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. - Alliance 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.