BUCCONOMICS™ is building open-source community finance infrastructure for a new type of economy — one where communities can pool capital, fund local enterprise, govern financial decisions transparently, and keep more value circulating locally.
We are building the operational layer for Bubble-Up Economics: a shift away from extractive financial systems and toward regenerative, community-owned financial infrastructure.
The current system was not designed for local resilience. Capital often leaves communities. SMEs struggle to access fair credit. Public and community funds are slow to deploy. Impact is difficult to measure. Trust is fragile.
BUCCONOMICS™ exists to change that.
Our platform combines open-source technology, transparent reporting, privacy-preserving identity, DAO-style governance, and compliant financial infrastructure to help councils, community organisations, alternative lenders, mission-driven institutions, and local ecosystems deploy capital more fairly and effectively.
Each BUCC is designed to support local capital pooling, SME and community funding, transparent decision-making, and visible social and economic impact.
Our mission is simple:
Finance should work for people, not against them.
We are now inviting a small group of mission-aligned contributors to help shape the foundations of the project before its next stage of funding and growth.
Role Description
This is a remote, voluntary open-source contributor role for people who want to help build BUCCONOMICS™ from the ground up.
We are looking for 3 additional contributors across frontend, backend, smart contracts, and DevOps / infrastructure.
This is not a typical internship.
This is a voluntary open-source opportunity for people who are technically capable, self-directed, and aligned with the mission of building more transparent, inclusive, and community-owned financial infrastructure.
Depending on your skills, you may contribute to one or more areas of the BUCCONOMICS™ stack, including:
• Frontend application flows
• Community dashboards
• Onboarding and wallet user experience
• Governance interfaces
• Backend APIs
• Webhook integrations
• Smart contract testing
• Identity and verification primitives
• Lending and treasury logic
• DevOps workflows
• Infrastructure-as-code
• GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipelines
• Technical documentation
• Open-source project hygiene
Day-to-day contributions may include working on GitHub issues, opening pull requests, writing tests, improving documentation, participating in code reviews, and helping translate the BUCCONOMICS™ vision into reliable technical infrastructure.
As BUCCONOMICS™ raises funding and moves into its next stage, we intend to look first at contributors who have already shown meaningful engagement with the project when considering early paid roles, contractor opportunities, or founding team pathways.
Contribution does not guarantee future employment.
But it does give you the chance to help shape the foundations of a mission-led financial infrastructure project before it becomes fully funded.
Ideal Qualifications
We do not expect every contributor to know every part of the stack. We are looking for people with strong foundations, a willingness to learn, and the discipline to contribute responsibly in an open-source environment.
Universal Skills
All contributors should ideally have familiarity with:
• TypeScript
• Git and GitHub workflows
• Pull requests and branch-based development
• Monorepo navigation
• Turborepo or npm workspaces
• Test-driven development principles
• Clear documentation
• Asynchronous collaboration
• Open-source contribution practices
Frontend Skills
Relevant experience may include:
• Next.js 15
• React 19
• TypeScript
• TailwindCSS
• Web3 wallet state management
• Zustand or React Context
• Ethers.js or Viem
• Dashboard UI
• Onboarding flows
• Governance or community interfaces
Backend Skills
Relevant experience may include:
• Node.js
• Express or similar frameworks
• TypeScript
• API design
• NoSQL database design
• DynamoDB or equivalent databases
• Webhook architecture
• Secure third-party integrations
• Zod, Joi, or equivalent data validation libraries
Smart Contract Skills
Relevant experience may include:
• Solidity v0.8+
• Foundry / Forge
• Smart contract testing
• ERC20 mechanics
• DeFi primitives
• Liquidity pools
• Senior / junior tranche models
• ERC-4337 account abstraction
• Paymasters and smart accounts
DevOps & Infrastructure Skills
Relevant experience may include:
• Pulumi using TypeScript
• AWS fundamentals
• IAM roles
• DynamoDB provisioning
• Cloud resource tagging
• GitHub Actions
• Turborepo workflows
• Husky and lint-staged
• CI/CD pipelines
Personal Qualities
You are likely to thrive here if you are:
• Mission-led
• Technically curious
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Reliable in asynchronous collaboration
• Clear in written communication
• Willing to contribute through GitHub
• Interested in fintech, Web3, local economies, or regenerative finance
• Serious about security, compliance, and responsible innovation
• Able to balance bold vision with practical engineering discipline
This role is especially suited to people who believe technology should decentralise power, not concentrate it — and who want to use their skills to help build financial infrastructure that serves real communities.
• No specific degree is required.
• Proof-of-work, curiosity, reliability, and mission alignment matter more.
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