Co-Founder & CTO (EdTech) — Angular/Node/MongoDBBe a true co-owner and start something BIG with us. We are a young, ambitious edtech startup founded by a teacher with 15 years of teaching experience. Cucua is a software that saves teachers up to 8 hours a week by automated tests, feedbacks and performance monitors. Our MVP is almost finished—only a handful of tasks remain before we ship and start scaling. We’re looking for a hands-on Co-Founder & CTO who’s strongest on the backend (Node + MongoDB), comfortable with Angular on the frontend, and excited to help lead us from launch to growth.Timing: We’re targeting a launch in early November 2025 and want to start ASAP.Compensation: This is an equity-first role (no salary until the first investment) with a significant ownership stake and real decision-making power.What you’ll doOwn the technology roadmap from MVP completion to scalable, secure, high-quality product.Collaborate on strategy with the founding team: product priorities, customer feedback loops, hiring plans, and investor conversations.Wear startup hats: from architecture to devops to quick UI tweaks—whatever moves the needle.Ship code daily (especially backend). You’ll architect, implement, review PRs, manage releases, and monitor production.Finish MVP: close out remaining tickets, harden the stack, set up CI/CD, testing, observability, and core analytics.Migrate from prototype to a scalable web app after first release: evolve architecture (clear modular boundaries, API versioning), refine data models and migrations, add caching/queuing and rate limiting, introduce SLOs/monitoring, strengthen security (OWASP/GDPR), and establish infra-as-code with robust CI/CD for a growing team.First months (until the first investment) will be mostly remote. After that, we will open an in-person office.Our stack (current & near-term)Frontend: AngularInfra/DevOps: CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions), Docker, cloud hosting (AWS/GCP), logging/metrics/alertsQuality: Jest or similar, E2E testing, linting/formatting, basic security checksWhat you bringWillingness to relocate to the Mannheim, Germany area within the next year.Founder mindset: drive, great communication, ownership, and resilience.7+ years professional software development, with deep backend expertise in Node.js and MongoDB.Solid Angular experience (enough to implement features and guide standards).Proven track record shipping production systems end-to-end (architecture, data modeling, testing, deployment, monitoring).Strong grasp of security, reliability, and performance in cloud environments.Product sense: you translate user needs and business goals into pragmatic technical choices.What we offerBig equity stake as a true co-founder with a say in product, tech, and company direction.Ownership of a product in an area with stellar growth rates.A driven founding team with a great plan to make this big.Hybrid work options.Hiring processOn top of submitting the application on LinkedIn, please fill out the Google Form. Start your first answer with "Hallo Mannheim": Website get-to-know chat (20–30 minutes) to see if there’s a mutual fit.Coding challenge tailored to our stack (Angular/Node/MongoDB).Technical interview.If you’re energized by building impactful tools for education—and want to own a big piece of something meaningful—let’s connect.Seniority levelExecutiveEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionBusiness Development and SalesIndustriesEducation #J-18808-Ljbffr