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title: Hanover Park
description: Software Engineer (Fullstack). Where the loop stands, who is in it, and what happens Wednesday.
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  label: Loop overview
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Inbound loop. Chris Hladczuk (co-founder/CEO) cold-emailed on 2026-08-20; every step since has been driven by their side. Next step is the in-person system design with Nick Puljic (co-founder/CTO).

:::warning[Wednesday 2026-09-09, 3:30pm, in person]
115 East 23rd St, 8th floor. Arrive 3:20 to 3:25, no earlier. Tell Gabe (office manager) you are there for an interview with Nick; Nick collects you. Dave is remote that day; La Rosa is onsite. About one hour: small talk, then one system design problem. Notepad available; whiteboarding optional.
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<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Nick Puljic" href="/hanover-park/nick-puljic" icon="user">
    Who he is, what he built, how he grades.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Shared ground" href="/hanover-park/shared-ground" icon="users">
    Where his path and mine overlap: YC, cofounding, fintech 0 to 1, leaving a company.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Questions to ask" href="/hanover-park/questions" icon="message-circle">
    Founder-to-founder and technical questions, with what each one is for.
  </Card>
  <Card title="System design rubric" href="/hanover-park/system-design" icon="pencil-ruler">
    What Dave and John said the interview is, and what passes.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Process

<Steps>
  <Step title="Recruiter screen with Dave (2026-08-27)">
    Done. Comp positioning set: my ask 300 to 350k total, their stated floor "north of 200k" driven by leveling.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Technical screen with John (2026-09-02)">
    Done. La Rosa scorecard: extremely strong technical ability; product sense assumed from background but not demonstrated in the room.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Prep call with Dave (2026-09-03)">
    Done. Logistics, rubric, and the read on Nick. See the system design page.
  </Step>
  <Step title="System design with Nick (2026-09-09)">
    Next. Full-stack assessment, creativity weighted above correctness.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Onsite work trial">
    Following week (company WFH Thu/Fri for the office move; new office from Monday). Real tickets in a demo environment under NDA; ship to prod if possible, short demo at end of day. Graded on communication and the final demo.
  </Step>
  <Step title="References, offer, close">
    No LeetCode at any stage.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## People in the loop

| Person | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Hladczuk | Co-founder, CEO | Public voice. Sold everything organic until the first two AEs signed this month. Hands-on in recruiting. |
| Nick Puljic | Co-founder, CTO | Wednesday's interviewer. Low public surface area, deeply technical. |
| David "Dave" May | Founding Talent Lead | 18 years recruiting (Amex, Bloomberg, ZocDoc, Chainalysis, Coalition). Six months in; hire #25. |
| John | Engineer since ~5 people | Barcelona; runs the fund-admin migration pipeline (4 to 6 months of onboarding down to 4 to 6 hours). |
| La Rosa | Engineer | Ran the technical screen; onsite Wednesday. |
| Gabe | Office manager | First person you meet on the 8th floor. |

## Company snapshot

- AI-native fund administration for VC and PE: general ledger, waterfall engine, investor portal, portfolio management, rebuilt from scratch rather than wrapping QuickBooks or Carta.
- Operating model: agents prepare (parse emails and documents, propose journal entries, categorize ~90% of cash transactions), CPAs approve. Zero-fault-tolerance domain.
- 27M Series A led by Emergence with Lux and Susa (Mar 2026). AUA figures vary by source: 15B in the March press, 25B+ in the May JD, 30B+ on the careers page. Say "north of 25 to 30B" and let him correct.
- Pricing is basis points on AUM, not seats. They refuse funds under ~100M and refuse to unbundle.
- Engineering: ~20 engineers, 35 to 40% ex-founders, no PMs, no designers, no QA. Five days in office, Gramercy. Scaling 50 to 100 people by year end.
- 409A at 175M, which Dave flagged as a discount against actual growth.

## Watch items

- Relocation from Virginia to NYC; Dave: "cross that bridge when we get there."
- Comp gap between my 300k+ ask and their stated 200k+ floor. Final number is leveling plus interview performance, so Wednesday moves the number.
- Work-trial day is a real time cost; treat the demo as release quality.