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title: Hanover Park
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description: Software Engineer (Fullstack). Where the loop stands, who is in it, and what happens Wednesday.
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sidebar:
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label: Loop overview
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icon: calendar
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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).
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:::warning[Wednesday 2026-09-09, 3:30pm, in person]
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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}>
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<Card title="Nick Puljic" href="/hanover-park/nick-puljic" icon="user">
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Who he is, what he built, how he grades.
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</Card>
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<Card title="Shared ground" href="/hanover-park/shared-ground" icon="users">
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Where his path and mine overlap: YC, cofounding, fintech 0 to 1, leaving a company.
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</Card>
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<Card title="Questions to ask" href="/hanover-park/questions" icon="message-circle">
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Founder-to-founder and technical questions, with what each one is for.
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</Card>
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<Card title="System design rubric" href="/hanover-park/system-design" icon="pencil-ruler">
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What Dave and John said the interview is, and what passes.
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</Card>
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</CardGroup>
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## Process
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<Steps>
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<Step title="Recruiter screen with Dave (2026-08-27)">
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Done. Comp positioning set: my ask 300 to 350k total, their stated floor "north of 200k" driven by leveling.
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</Step>
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<Step title="Technical screen with John (2026-09-02)">
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Done. La Rosa scorecard: extremely strong technical ability; product sense assumed from background but not demonstrated in the room.
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</Step>
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<Step title="Prep call with Dave (2026-09-03)">
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Done. Logistics, rubric, and the read on Nick. See the system design page.
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</Step>
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<Step title="System design with Nick (2026-09-09)">
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Next. Full-stack assessment, creativity weighted above correctness.
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</Step>
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<Step title="Onsite work trial">
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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.
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</Step>
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<Step title="References, offer, close">
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No LeetCode at any stage.
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</Step>
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</Steps>
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## People in the loop
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| Person | Role | Notes |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| Chris Hladczuk | Co-founder, CEO | Public voice. Sold everything organic until the first two AEs signed this month. Hands-on in recruiting. |
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| Nick Puljic | Co-founder, CTO | Wednesday's interviewer. Low public surface area, deeply technical. |
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| David "Dave" May | Founding Talent Lead | 18 years recruiting (Amex, Bloomberg, ZocDoc, Chainalysis, Coalition). Six months in; hire #25. |
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| John | Engineer since ~5 people | Barcelona; runs the fund-admin migration pipeline (4 to 6 months of onboarding down to 4 to 6 hours). |
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| La Rosa | Engineer | Ran the technical screen; onsite Wednesday. |
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| Gabe | Office manager | First person you meet on the 8th floor. |
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## Company snapshot
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- 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.
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- Operating model: agents prepare (parse emails and documents, propose journal entries, categorize ~90% of cash transactions), CPAs approve. Zero-fault-tolerance domain.
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- 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.
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- Pricing is basis points on AUM, not seats. They refuse funds under ~100M and refuse to unbundle.
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- 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.
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- 409A at 175M, which Dave flagged as a discount against actual growth.
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## Watch items
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- Relocation from Virginia to NYC; Dave: "cross that bridge when we get there."
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- Comp gap between my 300k+ ask and their stated 200k+ floor. Final number is leveling plus interview performance, so Wednesday moves the number.
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- Work-trial day is a real time cost; treat the demo as release quality.
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