Staff Software Engineer, DubClub
Full-Stack
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21-100 employees
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21-100 employees
Company mission
To help people win more together.
Role
Who you are
- Based in Chicago (we’re building a local hub)
- 6–10+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in startups/scaleups
- Proven track record of shipping impactful features across the stack
- Passionate about technology and adding value for users through elegant, beautiful product. You thrive on building practical solutions that people love to use as part of their everyday routine. You build in an "AI-first" fashion that allows you to ship faster, at higher quality
- Strong technical judgment: you know when to optimize, when to cut scope, and when to refactor
- Excellent communicator and collaborator, especially with non-technical teammates
- Excited about the sports betting space and eager to shape the future of how creators and fans interact
- Bonus: experience in marketplaces, fintech, or consumer-facing products
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a Staff Software Engineer to join our Chicago hub. This is a senior IC role for someone who wants to own projects end-to-end and ship directly to millions of passionate users
- You’ll be embedded directly with our founders and GTM leaders to identify opportunities, scope solutions, and deliver features on tight timelines
- Your mandate: maximize value creation for users and business impact through speed, craft, and deep understanding of our space
- Partner with customer-facing “co-pilots” (founders and GTM leaders) to define roadmap and deliver value for DubClub's users
- Lead design and development of full-stack product features in the mobile and web app
- Balance speed, scope, and maintainability—delivering immediate impact while keeping long-term scalability in mind
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and architectural guidance to other engineers
- Collaborate with product and design to create intuitive, reliable, and valuable user experiences
- Our backend runs on Python (Django) and Go, with PostgreSQL for data storage
- The frontend is built with TypeScript and Svelte
- Our mobile app is built in ReactNative
- We use Docker for containerization, with GitHub Actions for CI/CD and Terraform for infrastructure management
Our take
Sports content creators, known as Cappers, are valuable information sources for those placing bets on sports matches. However, the founders of DubClub discovered that collating all these creators' information was an unreliable process of scrolling through different sources. Its solution is a platform where sports content creators are paid to publish their videos and blogs on one platform, creating a centralized source of information for bettors and sports content subscribers.
The concept behind DubClub is multifaceted in that it works both as a betting source for odds and strategies, but also as a social media and publishing marketplace for the casual sports fan. The paid subscriptions to specific content creators mean that income for creators isn’t diluted through aggregated monthly earnings, meaning that in theory, content creators would make more direct income than on other platforms reliant on advertising.
Though a small company, more informed betting and higher earnings for content creators are an attractive prospect for consumers and creators alike. DubClub is only set to grow off the back of 2024’s round of $7.5 million in Series A funding. It’ll be interesting to see how the company develops its platform and market share.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2024
$7.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $7.5m
Company HQ
Horace Mann and SJSU, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Ryan Gaertner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked at Otter.ai, Scribd, Kajabi and Visual Lease within Investment departments.
Lewis Burik
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously worked within Strategy and Venture at TechNexus Venture Collaborative, Investment Banking at Rothschild & Co. and was a Summer Analyst at Altamont Capital Partners.
Andrew Daschbach
(Co-Founder)Previously played Baseball professionally for the Baltimore Orioles.
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