Generative Art Developer
Heretic-Fund in San Francisco
Heretic Ventures is seeking an experienced, product focused Software Engineer, who is highly skilled in using java and/or javascript to create algorithms capable of generating visually complex and beautiful outputs. You will be reporting to the Chief Product Officer of Heretic Ventures, and will work in a small product team that moves fast to test, validate and scale concepts that become investment bets and future companies.
This is a unique opportunity to help build the next billion-dollar creator company while learning from successful repeat entrepreneurs and a stable of powerful and experienced mentors and advisors. This is a full-time position with a competitive salary, benefits, and equity in the companies you help to build.
About Heretic
Heretic Ventures was founded with a passion for pursuing culture-defining ideas and businesses. We recognize this moment as an inflection point where the lines between consumer and creator are blurred, and we aim to provide equitable opportunities to everyone in the creator economy ecosystem. We possess a relentless commitment to championing and protecting creators and other talent, giving everyone the opportunity to pursue their passions and thrive doing so.
Heretic Ventures is a San Francisco-based venture studio ideating and launching new businesses in the creator economy, including those that capitalize on blockchain / crypto technology. Heretic is run by Managing Partner Mariam Naficy, who founded and built the pioneering internet companies Minted and Eve.com . Heretic is backed by household names in Silicon Valley (investors and entrepreneurs), who act as the studio’s advisors both in selecting and in advising companies.
We are focused on launching consumer-facing companies in the creator economy that gain widespread adoption. Our belief is that a company is born with DNA that has an outsized impact on its ultimate fate. Our aim is to found companies with as exceptional DNA as possible at inception—from defining a great brand and culture, to designing a business idea that creates structural advantages and an infinite source of growth.
In our companies, and in our studio, we strive for excellence and forward-thinking that challenges the status quo with new and creative ways to make an impact. We are fearless in championing new ideas, and unafraid of contrarian viewpoints. “That’s a bad space” or “people have tried that before and it didn’t work” are fuel to our collective heretical spirit, knowing there are always new and better paths to a positive end.
We believe talent comes in many forms and from unexpected places. We believe in building and telling stories that have lasting impactWe work to encourage true creative and other risk-takingWe want to reward creators and talent who take courageous risks, creating business platforms and intermediaries taking their fair share, not a disproportionate share, of gains. We believe we can create good in the world—and make the world fairer to those without systemic advantages
— Heretic is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and will consider all qualified applicants for employment in accordance with all state, local, and federal laws.