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Full Stack Engineer
Refute
Salary
$100k – $150k
Equity
0.1- 0.25%
Work mode
Remote
What we're looking for
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience designing and implementing systems from scratch
- Comfortable working without established frameworks
- Able to make architectural decisions independently
- Previous experience at early-stage startups or building products from scratch
- Go programming language is a must have requirement
About the role
ABOUT THE ROLE
We’re looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to design and build systems from scratch across both backend and frontend. This is a hands-on role for someone comfortable shaping architecture and writing production code without relying on pre-existing frameworks.
You’ll work across the full stack, owning features end-to-end and contributing to key technical decisions.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
Senior engineering experience
7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Systems building
Experience designing and implementing systems from scratch.
Autonomy
Comfortable working without established frameworks and making architectural decisions independently.
Startup experience
Previous experience at early-stage startups or building products from scratch.
Go expertise
Go programming language is required.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end features across backend and frontend
Build scalable and maintainable systems from the ground up
Collaborate with product, design, and engineering on architecture and technology choices
Explore and experiment with new technologies and approaches
Troubleshoot, optimize, and ensure performance across full stack applications
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Salary
$100,000 – $150,000
Equity
0.1–0.25% equity
Perks
Opportunity to shape architecture and technology from day one
Collaborative, hands-on work environment
We’re looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to design and build systems from scratch across both backend and frontend. This is a hands-on role for someone comfortable shaping architecture and writing production code without relying on pre-existing frameworks.
You’ll work across the full stack, owning features end-to-end and contributing to key technical decisions.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
Senior engineering experience
7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Systems building
Experience designing and implementing systems from scratch.
Autonomy
Comfortable working without established frameworks and making architectural decisions independently.
Startup experience
Previous experience at early-stage startups or building products from scratch.
Go expertise
Go programming language is required.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end features across backend and frontend
Build scalable and maintainable systems from the ground up
Collaborate with product, design, and engineering on architecture and technology choices
Explore and experiment with new technologies and approaches
Troubleshoot, optimize, and ensure performance across full stack applications
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Salary
$100,000 – $150,000
Equity
0.1–0.25% equity
Perks
Opportunity to shape architecture and technology from day one
Collaborative, hands-on work environment
Compensation & benefits
Competitive base salary
Equity participation (0.25%)
Opportunity to shape the architecture and technology stack from day one
Collaborative, innovative, and hands-on work environment
Equity details
Type: equity
Percentage: 0.1- 0.25%
About Refute
We’re building AI systems to help organisations detect and respond to disinformation attacks in real time. Our platform combines machine learning, proprietary knowledge of attack and defence techniques, and experience building large-scale, high-throughput data analysis systems. The founding team brings over forty years of combined experience creating data systems used by national security and commercial organisations. After strong early traction, we’re now accelerating the build-out of the platform.