About DoraHacks
DoraHacks is the leading global hackathon community and open source developer incentive platform. DoraHacks provides toolkits for open source technology platforms to organize hackathons and fund early-stage ecosystem startups.
DoraHacks creates a global hacker movement in Blockchain, Web3, Quantum Computing, AI, and Space Tech. So far, more than 21,000 startup teams from the DoraHacks community have received over $80M in funding. A large number of open source communities, companies and blockchain ecosystems are actively using DoraHacks together with its BUIDL AI capabilities for organizing hackathons and funding open source initiatives.
DoraHacks is at the forefront of open-source innovation. Join us to create autonomous open source communities and agentic hackathons with our BUIDL AI initiative.
About the Role
We are seeking a Full Stack Engineer with strong backend and frontend development skills. You’ll be building scalable applications, APIs and developer tools that integrate cryptographic governance protocols with AI-driven enhancements. This role blends full stack engineering with cryptographic protocols — helping Dora Factory push the boundaries of decentralized governance.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build and maintain full-stack applications and backend services powering Dorahacks’ governance products.
Build Web3-less integrations with blockchain protocols, wallets, and identity systems.
Deploy and optimize transformer-based models (e.g., Llama or similar) to support novel governance use cases.
Ensure scalability, performance and security of AI-driven features in production.
Collaborate with protocol engineers, cryptographers and product teams to deliver user-centric, AI-enabled governance tools.
Write clean, testable and well-documented code, as well as contribute to open-source and product repositories.
Use applied AI technologies to improve governance workflows.
Requirements
Deep Understanding in Computer Engineering or related fields.
3+ years of experience in full-stack - frontend and backend software engineering.
Hands-on experience with Llama or other transformer-based models.
Strong proficiency in backend technologies.
Familiarity with frontend frameworks such as React.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) for AI model deployment.
Skilled in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
Deep understanding of blockchain technology and reasonable understanding of cryptography.
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with CosmosSDK.
Contributions to AI/ML or blockchain-related open-source projects.
Flexibility with ability to collaborate across global time zones.
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