Seeking a hands-on, highly autonomous and fluent in English Full-Stack Software Engineer to help build, scale, and secure a new multi-sided social marketplace centered on writers. Working directly alongside the CEO, you will write the foundational code, implement the system architecture, and ship initial platform versions directly to users.

This position requires a unique builder capable of engineering a simultaneous, synchronized release of both our web platform and our companion mobile applications (iOS & Android) from a single shared-code framework.

LOCATION, WORKING MODEL & AVAILABILITY

Global Remote & Asynchronous-First: We operate on a deeply asynchronous-first model that values deep focus, uninterrupted build blocks, and autonomy over constant meetings. You entirely own your scheduling during standard daytime hours, relying on exceptional written documentation, clear project tracking, and clean code frameworks to move the product forward.

Synchronized Collaboration Windows: To facilitate seamless sprint planning, rapid interactive code reviews, and live architectural alignment directly with the CEO, you must guarantee a minimum of 3 hours of daily active, online overlap during the following core windows:

· Monday through Friday: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST

· Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Develop Platform Infrastructure: Build, develop, and deploy the core architecture of the TSOI platform, ensuring high performance, scalability, and security for social interactions, subscription models, and marketplace transactions across both web and mobile interfaces.

· Launch Web & Mobile Simultaneously: Architect the platform using contemporary cross-platform frameworks to deploy fully aligned, synchronized website and mobile feature rollouts from day one.

· Implement Studio-Grade Content Security: Design and implement a highly secure media-streaming and text-delivery pipeline using Multi-DRM concepts (e.g., Apple FairPlay, Google Widevine) to natively restrict unauthorized screen-capturing, native screenshots, and digital recording.

· Architect Dual-Pipeline Monetization: Integrate and maintain secure payment architectures, handling standard web payment gateways (Stripe) seamlessly alongside native mobile In-App Purchases (IAP) for digital goods.

· Synchronize Real-Time Social Ecosystems: Implement robust state management and real-time data streaming (via WebSockets or server-sent events) to handle instantaneous user engagement, social feeds, and live cross-platform activity syncing.

· Build Marketplace Trust & Safety Systems: Implement technical solutions for Content Moderation, AI-Generated Content (AIGC) filtering, Anti-Fraud protocols, and automated anti-scraping boundaries.

· Deploy Dynamic Watermarking: Develop server-side or client-side overlays to inject dynamic user identifiers (e.g., username, IP address, timestamp)



onto premium creator content to deter physical piracy and tracking leaks.

· Bridge Engineering & Community Operations: Translate raw user feedback, bug reports, and UX friction points synthesized by the team into structured, prioritized technical sprints.

· Optimize the Tech & Support Stack: Configure and maintain the underlying cloud infrastructure, databases, and third-party APIs while integrating product infrastructure with user operations tools (e.g., Zendesk, Sift).

· Drive Growth via Technical Innovation: Collaborating with the CEO to build, test, and optimize user acquisition features, analytics tracking, SEO infrastructure, and platform growth-loops.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

· Full Spectrum Development & Design: Prior experience or deep mastery in full-stack engineering, frontend web development, mobile design, frontend design, and mobile app design. Possesses both the logical backend skills to scale architecture and the visual layout eye to craft exceptional user experiences.

· Cross-Platform Architecture Mastery: Deep operational knowledge of contemporary cross-platform frameworks (e.g., React Native, Flutter) optimized to build, test, and simultaneously launch shared-code architectures across Web, iOS, and Android ecosystems.

· Mobile Ecosystem Deployment: Proven experience navigating the strict submission protocols, security guidelines, privacy compliance policies, and production release pipelines of the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

· Platform Experience: Experience engineering robust web or mobile platforms, preferably for a multi-sided marketplace, creator economy platform, or social network (e.g., Substack, Wattpad, Patreon, Medium).

· Dual-Engine Billing Integration: Experience implementing hybrid billing architectures that safely manage traditional web processing pipelines alongside native mobile In-App Purchases (IAP) for digital content.

· Cloud Infrastructure Savvy: Prior operational experience with, or a proven capacity to learn and rapidly deploy on, major cloud spaces including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), IBM Cloud, and DigitalOcean.

· Architecture, Rich Text & Database Design: Experience choosing modern tech stacks, designing scalable databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB), handling high-volume media uploads (text/audio/PDF), securing proprietary digital text against scraping, and implementing flexible WYSIWYG text editors (e.g., TipTap,



ProseMirror).

· Product Data Analytics: Expertise setting up and tracking product health, retention, and user flow metrics via product analytics platforms (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude, Google Analytics).

START-UP SKILLS & OPERATIONAL AUTONOMY

· Pragmatic MVP Scoping Mindset: Possesses a highly practical approach to building a Minimum Viable Product. Exceptional at balancing speed-to-market with structural durability; intuitive grasp of when to deploy an iterative, functional V1 feature to test market validity versus when to build bulletproof infrastructure.

· Product-Led Growth (PLG) Intuition: Deep understanding of how technical layout decisions impact user growth. Ability to construct seamless user-onboarding tracks that effortlessly convert standard Readers into paying platform subscribers.

· Context-Switching & Firefighting: Maintains strong technical agility. Capable of smoothly pivoting between backend deployment, urgent database bug-squashing, and front-end interface adjustments amidst fast-paced startup timelines.

· Stack Optimization & Efficiency: Resourceful deployment of third-party architectures and low-code integrations (e.g., connecting Stripe API, automated data relays, or webhooks) to save vital engineering cycles and maximize corporate runway.

· Documentation & Handoff Cleanliness: Commitment to building well-documented, clean code frameworks so that future engineering hires can seamlessly onboard into the platform codebase.

· Scrappy Cybersecurity Hygiene: Proactive execution of fundamental security standards (data encryption, secure APIs, and protection of intellectual property) to guarantee complete marketplace safety against automated exploits.

RELATIONAL AND COMMUNICATION

· Collaborative Problem-Solving: Exceptional capacity to align in lockstep with founders, translating business objectives and core market features into transparent, actionable sprint cycles.

· Cross-Functional Synergy: Highly articulate and professional under structural pressure. Capable of easily breaking down technical trade-offs, engineering scope constraints, or timeline variations for the team.

· Mission Connection: A genuine appreciation for the literary, storytelling, or creator ecosystem (e.g., you enjoy reading, writing, consuming indie digital media, or empowering creators to independently monetize their work).

OTHER CORE EXPECTATIONS

· Code Quality: Exceptional attention to foundational code patterns and deep multi-platform security boundaries.

· Agility: Strong time-management, prioritization, and rapid-delivery execution skills.

· Autonomy: Proven capacity to function fully independently as a solo individual contributor in an early-stage environment.

· Judgment: Sound technical judgment, architectural tact, and an unyielding, product-focused mindset.

📌 Full Stack Software Engineer (India)
🏢 Tha Short of It
📍 India