Talent · Open for early signals
We will hire.
You can already raise your hand.
WARD is a small team today, and growing. As the standard gains ground, we plan to open a few focused roles. This page is for people who want to be on the list before they do.
The first four
Roles we expect to open
Not job listings yet. These are the shapes of work we know we will need. Read the one closest to you — or pick “general” if none fit perfectly.
Co-founder / BD
Sales · PartnershipsEnterprise sales to EU publishers, dialogue with regulators, first revenue motion. Someone who has sold complex infrastructure before and can hold a room of decision-makers.
Raise your hand for this role →Engineer #1
TypeScript · Infra · Crypto-curiousThe first hire after the co-founder. Owns the open-source standard's reference implementation, the monitoring SaaS, and the WARD-Pay layer (GNU Taler integration). Likes cryptography problems.
Raise your hand for this role →Policy / Standards Lead
W3C · EU AI Act · Public affairsDrives the W3C Community Group submission, maintains the regulatory dialogue (EU AI Act Art. 53, DSM Art. 4), authors policy briefs. Bridge between code and law.
Raise your hand for this role →Designer / Brand
Open-source ergonomics · CommunicationDesigns for a standard, not just a SaaS — docs, examples, dashboards, public-facing pages. Open-source ergonomics over pixel-pushing. Cares about clarity.
Raise your hand for this role →How to raise your hand
One email. No form. No CV required.
To:
hi@slavaspitsyn.com
Subject:
WARD Talent — [Co-founder | Engineer | Policy | Designer | general]
Body:
One paragraph: who you are.
One paragraph: why this role pulls you in.
(Attach a CV if you want — but don't let it replace the writing.)
Response within one week. Always. English, Deutsch, Русский.
Why no form
Writing beats credentials at this stage
Forms select for people who know how to fill out forms. CVs select for people who already have the right background. At this stage of WARD, both filters are wrong.
Two paragraphs of thinking tell us more than a CV ever could: how you frame the problem, what you find interesting, what you would build first. That is the signal that matters when a team is being assembled, not yet running.
When the role opens for real, the list of people who wrote first is where we start looking. No applicant tracking system. No black box. Just a folder of letters.
Not sure which role fits?
Write anyway. Use subject WARD Talent — general and tell us what you would bring. We'll figure out the shape together.
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