Company Description
We are a B2C/B2B2C social enterprise that supports people in solving the climate problem with financial confidence.
Problem Introduction
The problem a social enterprise startup is trying to solve is the most important since it determines the market size, the minimal viable product, and the talent a startup needs. Hence, here is the introduction to the problem we are solving now.
Most of us agree that climate change is a human-made crisis.
It is a growing, urgent global problem that will increase the number of irreversible disasters if we don’t take action now.
Accordingly, many ecosystem stakeholders propose different solutions to solve the problem. Despite the hard work, our current progress is not fast enough to limit the temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius.
After several reflections, our current climate ecosystem problem has at least 3 layers:
- Current Climate Responsibility Problem
- Decarbonization without Nature Biodiversity
- Climate Action Movement without Finance
All these layers together make climate change a systemic problem that is hard to solve.
For the full details of each problem layer, visit here: https://optivide.com/problem
For the importance of the collective climate movement, read “When communism fails, why will collective climate action win”: https://optivide.com/knowledgehub/communism-and-top-1-of-wealthiest
If this is something that you are interested in, we are happy to talk with you.
Role Description & Current Techstack
This is a part-time remote role for a CTO who executes with coding and pays the monthly business operational expenses together with other founders. You will contribute substantially of your time on the following fields:
- Build up the Company’s mobile product and service with sustainability design.
- Conduct all sustainable generative artificial intelligence-related work with software monitoring
- Ensure the company’s products and services with robust security practices.
- Identify and mitigate technology-related risks from system failures.
- Lead the cross-team collaboration with data insights and quarterly improvement plan
- Implement the Company’s technology strategy with scalability potential.
- Develop standard operating procedure guidance for all the responsibilities on Notion workspace.
- Work diligently on all other business aspects reasonably required to achieve the Company's long-term success.
- Software Toolkit: Notion, Firebase, Docker and Github, Voiceflow, Civic ID/Civic Auth, Rows, Supabase/MongoDB/Firebase
- Required Language: JavaScript/TypeScript, React Native, Node.js with Express, PostgreSQL,NoSQL Query Languages, GraphQL, Dockerfile & YAML, JSON, MCP, and Python.
- LinkedIn Promotion Requirements: 7 Posts/Month, Personal/Business Mix Depends on The Needs
The experience and knowledge above will help us build our first minimal viable product. As our startup evolves, you will cooperate with the core founder team to work on green mobile app full stack development, user authentication, backend database, cyber security policy, green IT infrastructure development, API/SDK integration & automation, Model Context Protocol(MCP),privacy protection, quality assurance, quality control, product development, project management, feature prioritization, software architecture, quality assurance, software reliability testing, and fintech regulation.
Commitment & Compensation
As a co-founder, the compensation should not be your primary joining driver. Here are the expected commitment & the potential compensation.
Stage 1: Part-time Chief Technology Officer(CTO)
Reminder: Do not quit your full-time job with no income
Condition: Before Securing 100,000USD external funding
Commitment: If you have a job, you will need to use the afterwork time and weekend to deliver the outcomes.
Cash Commitment: We do not ask for upfront large sum investment from each founder but equally covers the monthly business expenses before securing 100,000USD external funding.
Equity Compensation: 16-25% shares transferred from Danny Chen
Stage 2: Full-time Chief Technology Officer(CTO)
Condition: After securing 100,000USD external funding
Commitment: If you have a job, you will need to quit your job to engage to deliver the outcome with the speed and quality required.
Cash Commitment: 0. All business expenses will covered by Optivide.
Stage 2: Monthly Net Salary
- Before Operational Breakeven: 3,000-5,500USD/month
- After Operational Breakeven: 5,000-8,500USD/month
- Business Annual Cash and Cash Equivalent Exceed the Past 2 Years Annual Operational Cost On a Rolling Basis: 9,000-15,000USD/month
Stage 2: Additional Package
- Provide 401(K) retirement account information
- All annual salaries will be adjusted based on the inflation rate
Application Process
There will be 3 rounds in our interview process.
Round 1: Background Check We would like a brief overview of yourself and what you do. Please provide your Github URL.
Round 2: Coffee Chat as a Friend We want to know more about your values, motivation, and lifestyle priorities.
Round 3: Small Project Collaboration(First 3 Months with Cash Commitment) We would like to learn how we can collaborate as an effective team.
The application should be no more than 5 pages of A4 for demonstration, where a personal Github link is a must-provided information.
We value the execution and outcome deliveries more than the title or logos. Execution is extremely important for the early stage startup. The shortlisted candidates will be notified of the interview within 2 weeks.
We are dedicated to creating a diverse environment for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color(BIPOC) and prioritize our hiring process. It's hard to reduce the rich complexity into a few diverse classifications, so if you are comfortable sharing your diverse backgrounds, such as gender, disability, and parent education, we would love to hear from you.
Compliance & Obligations
Payment is critical to support our business operation that provides the solution to our users.
Please directly apply or send your application to office@optivide.com. The shortlisted candidates will be notified of the interview within 2 weeks.