Senior Full-Stack Engineer / Tech lead

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Founding Engineer & Tech Lead - Wingbits
Location: Stockholm, Sweden - Hybrid

Compensation: Highly competitive salary + Equity

About Wingbits:
Wingbits is a pioneering startup at the intersection of blockchain technology and flight tracking. Our mission is to revolutionize flight tracking networks worldwide, enhancing safety, efficiency, and transparency in the aviation industry. As we are finalizing our seed funding round, we're well-positioned for rapid expansion. This is a unique opportunity to join us at a pivotal moment and shape the future of aviation technology.

We are currently closing our Seed round where we will secure approximately 3.5 million dollars. This will allow us a minimum of 2.5-year runway while being able to provide at or above market rate salaries.

The Role:
We're seeking a Founding Engineer & Tech Lead who is not just looking for a job, but is passionate about building a company from the ground up. This role is for someone who is ready to roll up their sleeves and dive deep into coding, while also driving the vision and technical strategy. With a focus on hands-on development, you'll spend the majority of your time coding, alongside leading our engineering efforts. This position demands a unique blend of technical prowess, innovation, and leadership to execute our ambitious projects, working closely with the founders to propel our technology forward.

Key Responsibilities:

• Development Leadership: Lead the development and scaling of our blockchain-based flight tracking network, ensuring our technology not only meets but exceeds industry standards.
• Proactive Initiative: Work autonomously and proactively to identify and address challenges, driving projects forward with minimal guidance.
• Culture of Excellence: Foster a culture of innovation, excellence, and accountability within the engineering team, setting high standards for our work and interactions.
• Strategic Collaboration: Collaborate with teams across the company to align engineering projects with overall business goals, ensuring a cohesive approach to our mission.
• Reliability and Performance: Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our platform, maintaining our commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.
• Team Expansion: Play an integral role in hiring and expanding two developer teams, shaping the future of our engineering department by selecting talented individuals who share our vision and drive.
  

Ideal Candidate:

• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and is deeply passionate about software development, engaging with coding and technology projects outside of work as a hobby.
• Has at least 10 years of experience in software development, with a strong preference for expertise in C++, Rust, or Python. Front-end development knowledge is a plus.
• Demonstrates exceptional problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to work, capable of operating with minimal direction.
• Exhibits strong leadership skills, capable of guiding and inspiring a team.
• Has a 'hacker' mindset, with a background that may be traditional or self-taught in computer science. Academic credentials are secondary to practical experience and a demonstrable track record.
• Is willing to commit to being on-premise, understanding the value of collaboration and direct engagement with the team.
  

Expectations
Joining Wingbits as the Head of Engineering means stepping into a world where innovation, speed, and flexibility are at the core of everything we do. This role is not just about leading; it's about doing, creating, and sometimes, improvising. Here's what we expect from you:

• Flexible Work, Results-Driven: At Wingbits, we offer the freedom to manage your own schedule, recognizing that innovation doesn't always fit within a 9-to-5 framework. What we care about are results and your ability to deliver on commitments. This means there will be times when exceeding the standard 40-hour workweek is necessary to meet our goals. If you're someone who measures success by outcomes and is willing to put in the extra effort when it counts, you'll thrive with us.
• Embrace the Chaos: Startups are inherently chaotic and unpredictable. You should thrive in this environment, remaining agile and proactive amidst the ever-changing landscape.
• Ownership and Initiative: Treat Wingbits as your own business. We expect you to take ownership of challenges, showing initiative to solve problems and contribute wherever necessary, regardless of whether it falls within your formal job description.
• Versatility: Be willing and eager to wear multiple hats. One day you might be deep in code, the next strategizing our next big move or jumping in to support customer engagement. Flexibility is key.
• Commitment to Success: We're on a mission to revolutionize flight tracking through blockchain technology. This means we expect you to be all-in, ready to do whatever it takes to propel us to success.
• Mindset: Positive, solutions oriented person.
  

Why Wingbits?

• Impact: Play a pivotal role in transforming the aviation industry through cutting-edge technology.
• Growth: Be part of our journey from the ground up, with significant opportunities for personal and professional development.
• Culture: Join a team where innovation, passion, and hard work are valued and supported.
• Rewards: Receive a highly competitive salary, equity, and the chance to share in our success.
• Other Benefits: Private health insurance, health/fitness reimbursement, fun office environment.
  

For more information or questions please contact us atrobin@wingbits.com

Perks and benefits
This job comes with several perks and benefits

Equity package

Remote work allowed

Flexible working hours

Paid holiday

New tech gear

Skill development

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Working at
Wingbits

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Wingbits, based in Stockholm, is an innovative startup revolutionizing flight tracking with blockchain technology. Funded initially by Antler in November, then also by Borderless Capital in December, our core mission is to globally aggregate flight data to develop advanced models, like delay prediction algorithms. This aims to bring a proactive edge to the traditionally reactive aviation sector. In 2022, flight delays cost the aviation industry a staggering $75 billion, not to mention the environmental toll. At Wingbits, we envision a world free of unexpected flight delays. From a business standpoint, we hit the ground running with revenue generation from our first month and have maintained an impressive organic growth rate of over 200% month-over-month since September 2023. With a comfortable runway ahead, we're gearing up for our next investment round in the first half of 2024. This will enable us to scale rapidly, expanding our team across development, commercial, marketing, and community management domains. Join us at Wingbits, where we're not just tracking flights - we're setting new standards in aviation efficiency and predictability.

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