Duets Network | Founding Engineer
- Location: REMOTE (US)
- Commitment: ~10–15 hrs/wk
- Compensation: Equity + discretionary cash
- Source: Hacker News
About Duets Network
Duets Network is an AI-powered platform connecting startups and investors across the sports and entertainment industries. We are building a dynamic ecosystem that bridges founders, capital, and strategic partners to drive meaningful growth and collaboration at the intersection of technology and culture.
The initial product is built out, and we're now looking for a fractional Founding Engineer to guide the technical side moving forward: architecture, infrastructure, data/recommendation systems, security, and scalability.
Our founding team includes a CEO (ex-Universal Music Group) and a CBO (ex-Andreessen Horowitz). You would work directly with the founders, with no existing engineering org.
Responsibilities
- Assess and improve the existing React / Node.js / PostgreSQL / AWS codebase and infrastructure.
- Set engineering architecture, standards, and technical priorities.
- Design the data + recommendation/scoring layer behind founder/investor/partner matching.
- Build out DevOps, CI/CD, monitoring, and deployment processes.
- Make pragmatic build-vs-buy decisions and coordinate external engineers/vendors as needed.
- Serve as the primary technical team member, with real influence over the technology foundation and future engineering org.
Requirements
- Experience owning architecture end-to-end.
- Ideally, experience in matching, recommendation, ranking, or scoring systems.
- Comfortable explaining technical tradeoffs to non-technical founders and investors.
- Curious, adaptable, and excited to build in an early-stage, fast-moving environment.
How to Apply
If interested, email team[at]duetsnetwork[dot]com with "Founding Engineer" in the subject line.