Founding Design Engineer
About NeroNero is building the monetization rails for interactive livestreaming. We're infrastructure that works alongside existing platforms like Twitch, Instagram and TikTok to let creators monetize their audiences. We're starting with music, but the model extends to gaming, sports, chess, and any vertical where fans pay for direct creator engagement. Watch one of our artists, Sonny Digital, explaining it: .And if you couldn't tell already, we are NOT another enterprise SaaS company or an AI wrapper startup. We're reshaping the way artists earn money through livestreams. Creators have earned over $4M+ reviewing fan-submitted songs and we've raised $1.5M from Yamaha Music Innovation Fund, Antler, and various angels from the music industry.The RoleYou'll be the Founding Design Engineer at Nero, working directly with me (Gabe, CTO) to design and build features that don't exist yet.We need someone who can own complex product problems end-to-end, from UI to database design .You'll have significant autonomy to create and ship features that directly impacts 100k+ artists and fans per month. Over time, you'll shape the product, feel, and technical architecture.What You'll Work OnYou'll design the product and shape how Nero actually feels - like what a fan queue looks like, how an artist sees their revenue, what the submission flow does, etc. Always thinking about how our app looks and feel first.You'll build whole features, not just the frontend - the data model, the API, the live state. If the queue needs to update instantly across 500 viewers, you build it. If submissions need a new payment flow, you build that too.Must-haves1+ years of professional experience (open to new grads with strong internship experience)Experience with TypeScript, React, Node.js, and PostgreSQLYou're fluent in Claude Code/Cursor/WindsurfOpinionated on visual and technical designYou know what looks good and can implement itYou own problems and execute without hand-holding and quicklyWilling to work 50+ hour weeksYou have a passion outside of workNice-to-havesBuilt products from 0 → 1 with real users and revenueSide projects that show you building in publicYou go to hackathonsExperience with DevOps, monitoring, or distributed systems a plusCulture-fit:You love music and want to help artists and creatorsYou're down for adventure. We've worked from Mexico for a month, traveled to music conferences around the US, stuff like that.Interview Process15 minute phone screen2-3 hour Take-home30 minute Take-home review30 minute conversation with Eddie (CEO)Paid Work Trial