Full Stack Software Engineer (China)

About Story

Story is a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for intellectual property. With Story, creators can register IP on-chain and set usage terms in seconds—dramatically lowering the barrier of today’s complex and antiquated IP legal systems.

For example, instead of requiring lawyers and months of negotiation, you could enforce terms like “you owe me 50% of commercial revenue if you use my IP” through the protocol itself.

By making IP programmable, Story transforms intellectual property into a transparent, decentralized, global repository—where AI agents, developers, and humans alike can transact, license, and monetize IP with a simple API call.

In February 2025, we launched the Story mainnet. As we build out the next era of programmable IP infrastructure, we’re looking for an experienced Full Stack Engineer to help prototype and build end-to-end applications on top of Story.

The Role

We are seeking a highly versatile Full Stack Engineer with 3–5 years of experience to join our China engineering team. This role is focused on end-to-end application prototyping, spanning frontend, backend, infrastructure, and blockchain integrations.

You will build complete, production-grade prototypes and internal tools that interact with Story’s Layer 1 blockchain and smart contracts. Working closely with product, protocol, SDK, and ecosystem teams, you will help translate new ideas into working applications quickly, while maintaining strong engineering fundamentals.

This is a hands-on role ideal for engineers who enjoy ownership, rapid iteration, and building across the full technical stack.

• Design, prototype, and build end-to-end applications from frontend to backend, including infrastructure and deployment.
• Develop user-facing web applications that interact with Story’s blockchain, SDKs, and smart contracts.
• Build and maintain backend services, APIs, and data pipelines to support application logic and integrations.
• Design and manage application infrastructure, including cloud services, deployment pipelines, and environment configuration.
• Collaborate closely with product, protocol, SDK, and ecosystem teams to understand requirements and translate them into working prototypes.
• Rapidly iterate on ideas, proof-of-concepts, and demos that validate new product directions and ecosystem use cases.
• Ensure applications are reliable, maintainable, and well-documented as they mature beyond prototype stage.
• Continuously improve development workflows, tooling, and internal best practices to increase team velocity.

• Experienced Full Stack Engineer. You have 3–5 years of hands-on experience building full stack applications, from frontend UI to backend systems and infrastructure.
• Frontend and backend proficiency. Comfortable building modern web frontends and backend services using TypeScript and Python, or equivalent backend experience.
• Infrastructure-aware. Experience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments. Familiar with CI/CD, containerization, or similar infrastructure tools.
• Blockchain familiarity. Experience interacting with smart contracts or blockchain systems, or strong interest in learning and working deeply in this space.
• Rapid prototyper. You enjoy building quickly, iterating often, and owning projects end to end.
• AI tools proponent. Eager to use AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, quality, and speed.
• Strong communicator. Able to work closely with cross-functional teams, gather requirements, and clearly explain technical tradeoffs.
• Ownership mindset. Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable taking responsibility for ambiguous problems and evolving requirements.
• Languages: English, professional proficiency & Chinese, professional proficiency