Technical Cofounder

**Location**: Saskatoon, SK (in-person or hybrid with strong in-person involvement)

**Compensation**: Salary + meaningful equity

**Type**: Full-time, founding role

MetricLy is building a next-generation design-tech platform powered by AI. After two years of development, research, early MVP traction, and vendor interest, we are ready to move fast toward a unified V1 product.

We have:

- significant grant funding
- AI research teams building our recommendation engines
- a working consumer MVP
- strong vendor and retailer demand
- a clear market gap
- a growing internal team
- real customer excitement

The puzzle is built. The momentum is real.

Now we need the person who can pull it all together.

**About the Role**

We are searching for a **technical cofounder** who is energized by early-stage building. This is a hands-on role for a full-stack builder who ships quickly, simplifies aggressively, and thrives in a zero-to-one environment.

You will lead all technical direction, architecture decisions, and execution. You will work directly with the founder in Saskatoon to deliver our first unified product in a matter of months, not years.

This is not a traditional job posting. This is an ownership role with real equity and the opportunity to shape the future of a platform positioned to scale globally.

**You Are**
- a full-stack builder who can take an idea and make it real quickly
- someone who ships fast and iterates with real users
- skilled in React, Node, Go, Python, or similar modern stacks
- comfortable designing simple architecture that scales over time
- excited about AI integration and modern developer tools
- able to work in person regularly in Saskatoon
- the type who sees a problem and immediately wants to prototype a solution
- someone who wants ownership, autonomy, and the chance to lead
- steady under pressure, resourceful, and motivated by outcomes
- craving a role where your work directly moves the company forward

**What You Will Do**
- lead the rapid build of MetricLy’s V1 SaaS platform
- unify existing components (MVP, AI research outputs, vendor data, onboarding flows)
- make technical decisions that prioritize speed to market
- design architecture that is lightweight now and scalable later
- build and ship features end-to-end
- identify what we build now, what we cut, and what we build next
- collaborate daily with the founder to break down ideas into shippable pieces
- hire and manage a small focused engineering team as we grow
- create a technical culture of speed, simplicity, ownership, and clarity

**Our Current Stack**

We keep our stack modern, lightweight, and fast to build:
**Frontend**: React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Vite, Shadcn/UI

**Backend**: Node.js with TypeScript and Express

**Database + Auth**: PostgreSQL and Supabase

**DevOps**: Docker, Railway (or similar), GitHub Actions

**AI Integration**: Python microservices, embeddings, vector search, and applied AI research from our Sask Polytech partners

We are open to refinement, but this is the foundation today.

**What We Offer**
- **meaningful equity** as a true cofounder
- competitive salary as funding milestones unlock
- the chance to shape the entire technical direction of MetricLy
- a founder partnership rooted in trust, creativity, and shared ambition
- a company with early traction, funding, and a validated market
- support from existing researchers, UI/UX, and grant-backed teams
- the opportunity to build something that does not exist in the design industry

**Who This Role Is Not For**
- people who want large teams, long timelines, or slow planning cycles
- people who over-engineer instead of shipping quickly
- people looking to be managed rather than lead
- people who avoid ambiguity or pressure
- people who want remote-only work with mínimal founder interaction

**NO CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT A DIRECT MESSAGE OR COVER LETTER**

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Pay: $45,859.16-$158,252.71 per year

Work Location: In person