Principal Software Engineer

pubGENIUS is a React.js and Next.js development agency and ad-tech startup. We build websites and apps for clients across the US and Europe, specializing in decentralized finance (DeFi, crypto, NFT, blockchain), fintech, and healthcare, with occasional work in e-commerce and other verticals. Beyond client work, we operate our own high-revenue web product with a website, mobile app, and machine learning systems powering our ad-tech optimization engine. Performance is not a preference here, it is a core requirement.

### What You'll Own - End-to-end technical ownership of a high-revenue web platform and mobile app - Architecture design and long-term technical strategy - Server-side rendering pipeline using Node.js, Fastify 5, and React 19 - Data layer across MySQL and BigQuery - GCP infrastructure including Cloud Run, Cloud Build, and Global Load Balancer - Ad-tech integrations including Google Ad Manager, GTM, GTag, and GPT.js - Performance optimization at scale, where every millisecond counts - ML pipeline maintenance and optimization for ad-tech performance

### Must-Have Qualifications These are non-negotiable. Please only apply if you have strong, production-proven experience in all of the following: - Node.js with TypeScript in production - React in a server-side rendering context - MySQL including database design, query optimization, and ORM usage - BigQuery for querying and managing large-scale datasets - GCP with hands-on experience in Cloud Run, Cloud Build, Cloud SQL, and Load Balancing. GCP certification is a significant bonus ### Nice-to-Have Experience - Ad-tech industry experience including ad serving, yield optimization, and programmatic advertising - Affiliate marketing experience, particularly with Anura and Everflow - Cloudflare including CDN configuration, caching strategies, and Workers - Fastify, especially Fastify 5 patterns - Flutter for mobile app contribution - Golang or Rust for high-performance service work - Machine learning applied to ad-tech optimization (not LLMs or agents) - Experience in DeFi, crypto, NFT, blockchain, fintech, or healthcare verticals

### About Working With Us We are a small, senior team that moves fast and cares deeply about craft. You will have genuine ownership and direct influence over product and technical direction. No committee approvals, no lengthy processes, just high-autonomy contract work across interesting problems. ### Benefits - Fully remote work - Flexible hours - Paid vacation and sick days

pubGENIUS is a custom software development company specializing in high-performance React, Node.js, and AI applications, as well as web and mobile apps for startups and scale-ups. They emphasize rapid deployment within 2-4 weeks, serving clients worldwide with teams in the USA, Nigeria, India, and Malaysia.