Job Description

DoubleDutch is looking for a part-time CTO/Technical Co-founder to help build the company’s products.

Our mission is to "reinvent life insurance" by building a truly decentralized, open, and fully transparent life insurance solution using a combination of smartphone apps, fitness trackers, blockchain technology, stable coins, and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Once complete, DoubleDutch will sell life insurance policies to consumers and allow individual investors to invest stable coins into asset pools filled with life insurance policies (like mortgage-backed securities), in exchange for an APY. The stable coins will provide much needed liquidity to demonstrate our ability to pay out claims. Policies will be sold to individuals who demonstrate their commitment to physical fitness by allowing us to track their steps, distance traveled, heart rate, calories burned etc... in exchange for rewards. Rewards will be paid in our native token and companies will purchase our token to run sponsored activities. Consumers will own their own data and will profit from it. We will use AI to build tailored fitness plans for our users in addition to using AI to increase operational efficiencies. All of this will be implemented in a phased approach that has been well thought out.

The Role

DoubleDutch is seeking a visionary CTO/Technical Co-Founder whose mission will be to build our products and participate in all technology related growth initiatives.

As one of the founding team-members, you will be the technology leader within DoubleDutch, responsible for designing and developing the software that powers all the solutions. You will work alongside the leadership team to identify and implement the product features. You will also be responsible for driving and executing the engineering roadmap.

The position starts as a part-time gig and is 100% equity based. You will join the team to help raise capital for the company’s new health and wellness solution integrated with Polkadot. Once funded, you will be a paid member of the team.

Tech Stack (proposed)

  • React, Angular or Vue - front end
  • Node.js & Asp.net - back end
  • Substrate – blockchain
  • iOS & Android – mobile apps
  • SQL - core database
  • Azure - hosting

  • Azure DevOps - source code management

Development to date

The CEO is a developer. He has built an iOS and Android app (MVP) using Asp.net Maui. The apps are integrated with Apple HealthKit and GoogleFit respectively. He's also built a DeFi application (MVP), in Blazor Web Assembly with an ASP.net backend, running on Azure SQL. The DeFi app is using MetaMask to sign blockchain transactions on Moonbeam's Moonbase Alpha Network. Several smart contracts (MVP), written in Solidity, manage the native token, investing functionality, and policy management.

Immediate need

Phase 1 of the plan entails reselling life insurance using an iOS and Android app. The immediate need is for an iOS and Android developer to either commercialize the existing mobile applications or start from scratch. The ASP.net backend contains API's for all the mobile application functions. We would also need a way to resell / originate life insurance policies using the mobile apps.

What you'll do...

  • Architect - You will be expected to envision and define the technical architecture for all solutions. The other founder will assist you.
  • Code - You will be expected to write code – implementing front end, back end, mobile applications etc… The other founder will assist you.
  • Scale - Help scale our solutions in a sustainable and efficient manner.
  • Integrate - Work with our partners and external service providers to white label their products into our own IP as well as integrate their data into our own IP.
  • Communicate - Communicate effectively and work together well with the team to execute on business goals
  • Strategize - Contribute to the technology strategy for the studio and its solutions.
  • Security – Responsible for making sure the solutions are secure and software patches are kept up-to-date. The other founder will assist you.

  • Fund raising – Help develop slide decks and participate in fund raising activities when needed.

You have…

Some of the items are less important in the beginning but will become more critical over time.

  • An entrepreneurial spirit and mindset for building disruptive businesses
  • Grit, desire, and determination to build forward-thinking, revenue generating solutions
  • You have extensive engineering experience at startups or tech companies (bonus points if you have direct fintech or De-Fi experience)
  • You are confident in developing, releasing, and maintaining web applications in a fast paced, iterative environment
  • You’re comfortable with a full stack role (front/back end)
  • You have experience with building a mobile-first application (iOS & Android)
  • You have experience with our proposed tech stack or are confident you can learn it quickly
  • You're comfortable with Azure or similar (e.g. AWS)
  • Broad-based functional IT experience, including security, infrastructure, and architecture.
  • A passion for the customer and solving their problems
  • API integration, dashboard, and report building experience
  • A proven ability to create innovative consumer facing products, as well as internal tools and systems that improve the efficiency of the team
  • A technical mindset, enabling you to speak fluently and credibly with other engineers
  • A strong strategic mindset along with a desire to solve business, product, and technical challenges
  • Strong communication skills plus the ability to clearly article plans and projects to senior level executives, junior team members as well as customers
  • A good understanding of algorithms and how they can be used in variable pricing models

  • Experience in managing people and growing teams

Compensation

  • 10-25% equity upon funding

  • Salary TBD