Job Description
What We’re Looking For
We need a fullstack and backend Rust engineer to architect and implement the core infrastructure of OleOle. This person will be our technical North Star — working directly with the CEO and playing a foundational role before we expand the team with mobile, frontend, and DevOps engineers.
This is not just a job — this is a co-founder level opportunity for the right engineer.
What You’ll Be Building
You’ll lay the foundation for an ambitious native Rust platform that includes:
- A decentralized social graph with public profiles, clubs, and messaging
- Real-time chat and video sharing (similar to WhatsApp and TikTok)
- A blockchain-integrated, no-fee marketplace with cashback in OleOle tokens
- A multilingual content engine with AI translation into 200 languages
- A mini-program ecosystem allowing brands, teams, and creators to build apps inside OleOle (like WeChat)
You’ll own and scale:
- Authentication and user identity (phone-based and wallet-based)
- Token-based rewards system
- API architecture for mobile and web frontends
- Messaging and real-time communication (event streams, sockets)
- Smart routing, caching layers, and database infrastructure
Project Scope and Vision
This isn’t a basic MVP — OleOle is aiming to be the dominant global platform for sports fans:
- Supporting over 200 countries, 20,000 professional teams, and millions of fans
- Disrupting the ticketing, media, betting, content, and e-commerce industries — across football, basketball, and beyond
- Backed by exclusive partnerships with federations like the Asian Football Confederation, and expansion plans into Latin America, Europe, and Asia
- Launching in 200 languages with global crypto wallets, real-time updates, and embedded commerce
We're not just building an app — we’re building an ecosystem.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Your Background
- 7-10+ years of software engineering experience (preferably at early-stage startups or high-growth platforms)
- 2+ years of experience working in Rust in production environments, ideally on scalable web or blockchain-native backends
- Strong experience designing modern, scalable backend architectures from scratch — including authentication, real-time messaging, microservices, APIs, caching, and database design
- Proficiency with Rust frameworks like Actix, Axum, Tokio, or Rocket
- Experience with WebAssembly, gRPC, or GraphQL is a plus
- Passion for decentralization, crypto, Web3, and building products that empower users
- Comfortable working without product managers, defining scope, and leading engineering direction
- Bonus: experience with blockchain integration, tokenomics, or building in no-fee marketplaces
OleOle – Where Fans Kick Off!
Additional Information
Solutions not problems .
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Creative problem solver who can courageously propose and support new ideas to our organization. Not interested in best practices, lets build something better!
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Ability to adapt. An ideal candidate will welcome the opportunity to solve a broad range of problems using a wide array of technologies.
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Comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities and general growing pains of an early-stage technology company
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An exceptional entrepreneurial judgment that fosters independence over micro-management
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Understanding of football and international sports a huge plus
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We are offering:
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Founding engineer-level equity and token allocation
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Deferred salary until funding is secured (we are in advanced fundraising conversations)
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Long-term ownership and technical leadership
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A mission-driven, elite team with deep experience in sports, media, crypto, and startups
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You’ll be one of the first engineers — which means maximum influence and upside.
Ole Ole is located in beautiful Austin Texas, however, this role requires some travel we are privately held and rapidly growing!