About the position
OleOle is building the world’s leading social network and messaging platform for football fans—a super app designed to bring together the global football community in a way never seen before. Inspired by platforms like WeChat, our decentralized ecosystem allows fans to connect, create content, and engage with clubs, brands, and fellow supporters. Football is the world’s most popular sport, with 2 billion fans worldwide, yet no dedicated social network exists to unite them. OleOle is solving this by providing an interactive platform where users get live scores, exclusive team content, fan-driven discussions, and even the ability to buy hard-to-get tickets, all in one place. In the next phase, OleOle will integrate live match betting and an e-commerce marketplace, making it the ultimate hub for everything football.
Responsibilities
- Lead & build our Rust-native platform from the ground up.
- Mentor & develop a young engineering team working for deferred compensation.
- Ensure scalability, security, and performance of our architecture.
- Work hands-on with the codebase, setting up best practices.
- Coordinate development timelines for Phase 1 (7–8 months) and Phase 2 (9–10 months).
- Align with our vision to build the world's largest sports social platform.
Requirements
- 7-10+ years as a CTO with experience leading engineering teams at early-stage startups.
- Strong background in Rust or the ability to adapt quickly.
- Experience in leading distributed teams across multiple time zones.
- Willingness to work for deferred compensation until funding closes.
- Access to capital or investor connections is a plus.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in network, blockchain, gambling, games, and e-commerce.
- Ability to motivate and develop junior engineers.
- Experience building a business at scale.
Benefits
- Equity & Upside – Deferred now, but big rewards as funding closes.
- Startup Culture – Be a founding leader in a fast-moving, high-impact environment.
- Global Reach – Work with a team of top engineers worldwide.
