Estra Finance
Website:
estrafinance.com.ph
Company:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/estra-finance
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Industries: Loan Brokers
Job details:
Full-Time | Equity-First for 3–4 Months | Salary + Long-Term Leadership Path
A Rare Founding-Level Opportunity
Join Estra Finance at the stage where your work, decisions and ownership could have the greatest long-term upside.
We are building an ambitious AI-powered fintech and proptech company for the Philippine market. The successful engineer will receive meaningful early-stage equity, direct influence over the product and architecture, and the opportunity to grow into Head of Engineering as the company expands.
For the first 3–4 months, this will be a full-time, equity-only role. After this period, the position is intended to transition into a competitive salary, continued equity and, as the company grows, a highly compensated engineering leadership role.
Startup equity is not guaranteed to have value, but if Estra reaches its long-term potential, the upside could be substantial and potentially life-changing and worth millions.
The Role
We are looking for a highly capable, hands-on Lead Engineer to take ownership of our existing platform and lead its next stage of development.
You will work directly with the founders and have influence over:
- Product and technical architecture
- Frontend, backend and database development
- Platform reliability, security and scalability
- Engineering standards and testing
- Technical hiring and future team leadership
- The long-term technology direction of the company
Full proprietary product details will only be shared with shortlisted candidates.
Technology Stack
- Frontend: Next.js and TypeScript
- Backend: NestJS and TypeScript
- Database: Supabase and PostgreSQL
What We Need
You should have strong experience with:
- Next.js, NestJS and TypeScript
- PostgreSQL and Supabase
- APIs, authentication and secure data handling
- Complex business logic and data-heavy systems
- Automated testing and production deployments
- Debugging issues across frontend, backend and database layers
- Making practical architecture decisions in an early-stage environment
Experience in fintech, banking, lending, PropTech, AI integrations or recommendation systems would be highly valuable.
Who This Suits
This opportunity is for someone who:
- Wants founding-level ownership rather than another standard development job
- Can commit full-time for the initial equity-only period
- Is highly hands-on and able to ship production code
- Thinks like a technical co-founder
- Takes responsibility for outcomes, not only assigned tickets
- Wants to build and eventually lead an engineering team
- Is comfortable with the risk and potential upside of an early-stage startup
This is not a freelance, agency or part-time role.
Compensation
- Meaningful early-stage equity
- Equity-only for the initial 3–4 months
- Planned transition to a competitive full-time salary
- Continued equity ownership
- Long-term pathway to Head of Engineering
- Potential for a very high salary as the company scales
All equity, vesting, salary-transition and role terms will be formally documented before commencement.
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