
Coverstar is the safe and gamified social app. Our mission is to create a better world through positivity and play.

Coverstar is the safe and gamified social app. Our mission is to create a better world through positivity and play.
Product: COPPA-compliant mobile social app for ~ages 9–16 with short-form video, avatars, and livestreaming (no DMs)
Safety: AI-assisted plus human moderation; vetted creators and no private messaging
Location & founding: Headquartered in Berkeley, California; founded 2017 (legal name Norae Inc.)
Investors: Reported backers include A16Z GAMES (Speedrun), Draper Associates, CoreNest Capital
Unsafe or unsupervised mainstream short-form social platforms for children and teens.
2017
Social Networking Platforms
Listed as an early funding event on company profiles (date reported on Crunchbase)
Listed as a Seed round on company profiles (date reported on Crunchbase)
Listed as a Seed round on company profiles with CoreNest Capital named among recent investors
“Backed by institutional investors including A16Z GAMES (Speedrun), Draper Associates, and CoreNest Capital”
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About Coverstar
Coverstar is building the first safe, creative, AI-native social platform for Gen Alpha. We’ve built a COPPA-compliant community where kids can create, collaborate, and grow safely.
We’re backed by top investors like a16z, moving fast, and hiring a mission-aligned Engineering Lead to help us power the next generation of personalized content and community.
The Role
We're looking for an allrounder, someone who can serve as the right hand of the CTO. You're senior enough to engage in architectural design discussions and make meaningful technical decisions, but you also thrive when rolling up your sleeves and diving into the details of the codebase. This role sits at the intersection of technical leadership and hands-on engineering, with significant ownership over code quality, project execution, and engineering processes.
You'll work side-by-side with the CTO in our Zurich office, helping to scale our platform, mentor the team, and ship features that directly impact our users.
What You'll Do
Technical Leadership & Code Quality
Project Management & Delivery
Process Improvement
AI/ML Infrastructure Support
Infrastructure Management
What We're Looking For
Backend & Cloud Expertise
AI/ML Experience
Full-Stack Capability
Mindset & Working Style
Why Join Coverstar?