Founding Engineer
Teracy is a presence app for remote workers and people who live apart â designed to help you feel close, even when far away. Weâre rethinking what it means to live and work together online with depth, presence, and care.
About Teracy
Weâre building a product that helps people truly share time and life together online, not just collaborate. No more cold tools for task management. We believe in designing software with soul, tools that enrich real human connection.
- Launched in Japan, used by startups, public companies, students, and communities (no ads or press)
- 1-week retention 80%, 30-day retention 72%
- Goal: 1M users by end of 2025 â 20K+ on the waitlist already
- Bootstrapped ($1.3M) + Pre-seed funded (~$1.7M raised)
- Preparing for global launch, starting with the US
What Weâre Building
A multi-platform presence app for teams, communities, and the people who matter most
Teracy is not just another productivity app. Itâs a reimagined layer for remote work and remote relationships â a product that redesigns presence in online life.
- âShared presenceâ experience that lets people live together online
- Web / Desktop / Mobile with real-time interaction (WebRTC, LiveKit)
- Brand and UX relaunch coming in Summer 2025
- Built with React, Electron, Swift, Node.js
What Weâre Looking For
You might be a fit if you:
- Feel frustrated with soulless tools or hyper-optimized culture
- Want to use your talent for something that makes life better
- Care deeply about people and software
- Have gritâbeen through hard things and came out stronger
- Value honesty, ownership, and shared growth
- Want to build something truly meaningful from the ground up
Requirements
Must-have:
- 5+ years experience or equivalent skill level
- Strength in either:
- Frontend: React / Electron
- Mobile: Swift (iOS)
- Backend: Node.js / Infra
- Comfortable working across platforms (Web, Mobile, Desktop)
- Experience in early-stage or cross-functional teams
- Fluent in async communication and fast feedback cycles
Nice-to-have:
- Tech lead or EM experience
- Cross-platform UI/UX experience
- Familiarity with LiveKit, WebRTC, or real-time systems
- Startup or founder-level product delivery experience
Compensation & Working Style
- Equity: Stock options or founder-level shares
- Location: Fully remote + optional offsite retreats
- Timezone: Any country â overlap with one of these:
- JP 9â13 / SF 17â21 / NY 20â24
- Tools: Slack, Notion, Figma, GitHub, Teracy
- Communication: Clear, async-first, written culture â work feels fun and connected, even remotely, on Teracy
Team & Culture
- Small team: 6 full-time (2 engineers + CPO who also codes = 3 devs), 1 intern
- Mostly Japan-based, moving to the US in 2025
- Cross-functional: design, engineering, product, growth
- Async-first but fast-moving
- Main language: English (with flexible Japanese use)
- We trust each other, take ownership, and move with care
More Detail
https://teracy.notion.site/Teracy-Introduction-EN-213a8897c4468089979fe40b0dedf48b?source=copy_link
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