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Founders Associate
talentpluto
New York, NY, US
Source: talentpluto careers · View original posting
- Pay
- $175,000 — $350,000 USD per year
Employer job description
From talentpluto's posting. “We” and “our” refer to the employer.
- Founders Associate
- Location: New York City
- Work Model: In person
- Compensation: $175K–$350K+ base plus meaningful equity
About the company
Our partner is building on-chain access to the world’s most liquid markets for people who do not have reliable access to transparent, trustworthy brokers. The platform enables users to trade major markets permissionlessly with self-custody, using blockchain rails to make access more transparent and auditable. The company has raised roughly $27M to date, has generated $30M+ in revenue, and is operating with a team of about 35 people.
About the role
Our partner is hiring a Founders Associate to work directly with the CTO. This is not a generic assistant role. It is a high-trust, high-responsibility position for someone who can operate alongside a deeply technical leader, help drive execution across a fast-scaling engineering org, and earn credibility with an already strong team of developers, quants, and operators. The founder described it as someone helping the CTO lead a ~25-person dev team and stepping into work that requires real judgment, technical fluency, and intensity.
What you’ll do
- Work directly with the CTO as a force multiplier across technical and operational priorities
- Help prepare for standups and keep execution moving across a globally distributed engineering team
- Drive high-priority projects across product, engineering, and company-building initiatives
- Act as an organizational backbone for a fast-moving technical team
- Help coordinate across internal stakeholders and external touchpoints as the company scales
- Travel as needed for team collaboration, conferences, and strategic priorities
- Operate with a founder-level ownership mindset in an environment with very little hand-holding
What they’re looking for
- Strong technical foundation; this is a must-have