Lead Full Stack Engineer

fan3 are building a new entertainment ecosystem. A platform that gives artists control and ownership of their data, and puts genuine tickets in the hands of genuine fans. A team born in music and creativity, we believe in enhancing direct connection through emerging technologies and real world experiences. Extending global fan engagement beyond just the ticket, and bringing fans closer to their idols. We believe fan loyalty should be recognised and rewarded. Artists successfully use our fraud prevention tools to authenticate fandom, and put genuine tickets in the hands of genuine fans with outlier results.

The mission: a revolutionised music industry, free of bots, scammers and scalpers. Owned by those who create it, and those that love it.

At the forefront of innovation, we are developing cutting-edge products, including NFC enabled physical items and NFT-integrated smartphone passes. These solutions grant fans exclusive access to pre-sales, premium content, merchandise, and unique experiences. Our adoption rate at live events has reached an impressive 80% and we have over half a million users on the platform. Following a successful funding round, we are gearing up for rapid product development and business expansion.

This is a rare opportunity as a Full Stack Engineer to work at a venture-backed startup on a totally greenfield project where you will have direct responsibility in making technology choices and defining the future of the product. fan3 operates in a market with a quickly shifting landscape where being scrappy and nimble are essential characteristics for winning and you’ll get to work with cutting edge tech that enables us to stay ahead of the pack. You will be an early hire into a small team and you’ll get to work on apps featuring high profile media, sport and entertainment figures that end up in the hands of countless end-users. fan3 is not just about work, and you’ll be welcome to join the many social occasions we host with taste-makers inside the worlds of tech, sport, music and entertainment.

As a Full Stack Developer you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality, scalable, and performant Next.js / React web applications on Google Cloud Platform + Firebase, both frontend and backend.
• Have considerable experience with App deployment and management on the Vercel cloud computing platform.
• Take an AI-first approach to software engineering, including using CLI tools, AI first IDEs and IDE plugins, while still understanding the underlying architecture of our systems and correcting AI agents where they go wrong.
• Occasionally contribute to development and maintenance of React Native and mobile web front-end.
• Build and manage resources on Google Cloud Platform, serverless functions and other cloud technologies.
• Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code while adhering to coding standards and best practices.
• Work closely with UI/UX designers to implement user-friendly interfaces and ensure a seamless user experience.
• Optimise application performance and resolve any technical issues or bugs that arise during the development process.
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to junior team members to improve overall code quality.
• Collaborate effectively within a cross-functional team to deliver high-quality solutions on time.
• Participate in the entire software development lifecycle, from planning and design to implementation, testing, and deployment.

As a Full Stack Engineer you enjoy fast-paced, agile startup culture and have an aptitude for quickly growing new technologies. You’re a self-starter and effective independent worker, who can function well in an environment where the market landscape shifts quickly and requirements are not always fully understood prior to development. You know how to harness AI / agentic engineering to best effect, and understand the trade-offs in which AI use doesn’t always provide strong results. As well as being a proficient technologist, you will have a knack and desire for helping define the nature of new software products. As a developer you will bring a positive attitude to work and enjoy being adaptable whilst always delivering excellent results. We move fast, and we move together.

You will have:

• Established professional experience as a full stack developer.
• Strong hands-on Next.js and React experience.
• Considerable experience with Vercel.
• Strong backend API development experience with serverless functions in TypeScript / Node.js on Google Cloud Platform.
• Keen understanding of how to build scalable backend systems on cloud and serverless technology.
• Firebase backend knowledge.
• Strong experience with NoSQL databases.
• Agentic engineering experience with a variety of LLMs and AI tools.
• Experience integrating with third-party services.
• Familiarity with web3 and blockchain technologies.
• Solid understanding of software development principles, including agile methodologies, version control (via Github), and automated testing (unit, integration, and end-to-end).
• Ability to write clean, modular, and maintainable code while following coding standards and best practices.
• Knowledgeable of common software design patterns and architectures, including those applicable for functional programming, object oriented programming, and domain driven design.
• Understanding of the tradeoffs between different design and architecture choices.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot and debug complex issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within a team environment.

You may also have:

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Being able to demonstrate equivalent work experience will be considered of equal value.
• Prior working experience implementing Apple + Google Wallet passes.
• Experience building dApps that interface with blockchain technology.
• Experience building truly native mobile apps in Swift or Kotlin.
• Experience with React Native and other cross platform mobile tech.
• Strong understanding of web protocols.
• Comfortable with relational databases.

Working at the leading edge of innovation can be exhausting. Achieving things that haven’t been done before requires focus, adaptability and bravery. This can be draining and sometimes all consuming. We understand this and as we progress on our journey, we will endeavour to provide a wide range of support tools for our teams. People are not happy or effective when they are tired or stressed so we encourage you to take some time off (phone actually off!) every quarter. We encourage you to share your outside interests with us and we will support you to find the time to do the things that are important to you.

We are intentional and we are brave. We stay true to our values and we always support each other. We don’t shy away from difficult conversations, and we approach them with candour and respect. Working at fan3 you will be given the autonomy to create impact and we believe trust is given, not earned. As such we work flexibly and remotely. We have a globally distributed team and choose to operate in a decentralised way, staying true to the digital revolution we are part of. We expect you to own and be accountable for your outcomes. Technology sits at the heart of our collaboration and task management, and we are always looking to learn and adapt how we work.

At fan3 we embrace difference and celebrate our individual stories and qualities that make us all unique. We all had a life before Web3 and it is these lived experiences that bring richness and strength to our culture, creativity and innovation. We fundamentally believe that different perspectives create stronger group outcomes, solve bigger problems and create braver solutions. Web3 is democratising access to opportunity, creativity and prosperity and we understand our responsibility as a vehicle for adoption of this new world. We want to play our part in building a better internet, and that starts with ourselves. How we show up, how we hire and how we behave. It is everyone’s responsibility in the business to continually promote diversity, equity and inclusion. We understand that we are on a journey and we will continually evaluate our progress and make improvements.