Backend Engineer for Payment Gateway API
Skills Required
Description
This engagement focuses on drafting a startup shareholder agreement that sets expectations early and prevents ambiguity later. The document should cover ownership, decision-making, and what happens when someone joins—or leaves.
Key sections will include voting rights, vesting schedules, founder departures, transfer restrictions, and dividend/distribution rules. Anti-dilution mechanics and pre-emptive rights should be addressed in a way that matches the company’s current stage.
Compliance isn’t optional. The agreement needs to align with applicable corporate law, reflect the cap table accurately, and play nicely with the ESOP and any existing SAFEs/convertible notes. Jurisdiction-specific nuances must be built in rather than bolted on.
Stakeholders won’t all want the same thing. The consultant should help shepherd negotiation, surface trade-offs clearly, and keep the process moving without letting small edits derail the timetable.
Speed matters. Expect tight turnaround on drafts and redlines, with async review and concise comment resolution so the team can sign without slipping milestones.
Deliverables should include a clean draft, a redline showing changes, and a short plain-English summary founders can share with advisors.
Language must be precise but readable. Jargon only where necessary; clear definitions throughout; no hidden traps.
If you’ve shipped clean, founder-friendly agreements for early-stage teams bef...