Working at Elysium is not a normal job.

You'll help build a new category: experiential real estate—communities that make life feel bigger and cost less than the status quo. If you want comfort, certainty, and slow timelines… apply somewhere else.

Build housing that's affordable without feeling cheap
Design community as a system (food, mobility, wellness, belonging)
Ship real-world improvements, not just slide decks
Who we are

We're builders, operators, and human-systems nerds.

Elysium exists because "home" got priced out—and "community" got stripped out. We're rebuilding both with a model that combines:

High-experience living

Meals, mobility, wellness, events—integrated seamlessly into daily life.

AI-assisted operations

To cut waste, cost, and friction through intelligent automation.

Tokenized access & governance

To make ownership feel reachable again for everyone.

Our Mission

Make a six-star life accessible—by turning housing into a community-powered service.

Welcome to Elysium

Our cultural tenets describe how we work day-to-day, so you can decide if you'll thrive here.

1

Humans-first systems

We don't optimize for vibes or spreadsheets—we optimize for human outcomes (health, belonging, peace, momentum). If it doesn't measurably improve life, it's not "done."

2

High agency, high standards

We move fast and we own the consequences. You'll have autonomy, but you'll also be expected to ship, measure, and iterate like your name is on the building (because in a sense, it is).

3

Truth over theatre

No politics-as-performance. No meetings-as-pageantry. We argue cleanly, decide clearly, and build what we said we'd build.

Read the full culture doc
How we work

Elysium is a physical product—so we're hybrid by necessity

Remote-friendly

For many software, design, and ops roles

Field-anchored

For real estate, hospitality, construction, and community teams

On-site build weeks

Periodic, planned sessions where the whole company aligns in the real world

Teams

Cross-functional pods that own outcomes end-to-end

Real Estate & Development

Site selection, entitlements, build strategy

Community Experience

Programming, events, belonging, conflict-resilience

Hospitality & Food

Kitchens, menus, sourcing, service quality

Mobility & Utilities

Shared fleet, charging, solar cost optimization

Platform Engineering

Resident app, payments, identity, access control

AI & Optimization

Forecasting, dynamic pricing, personalization, operations "autopilot"

Safety & Trust

Standards, onboarding, incident response, privacy-by-design

Token & Governance

Access rights, staking logic, community incentives

Partnerships

Local healthcare, education, entertainment, vendors

G&A (Legal/Finance/People)

The stuff that keeps this lawful and scalable

Explore open roles by team
What you'll get to build

Make it vivid

Intentional Communities

Communities where your neighbors are selected for compatibility, not randomness

Affordable Abundance

A living model where meals + shared mobility + utilities reduce total monthly burn

New Homeownership

The "operating system" for a new kind of homeownership: access, not a mortgage

Benefits

What we offer

Competitive compensation

Competitive cash + meaningful upside (equity/tokens where applicable)

Wellness & recovery

Wellness stipend + recovery culture (this work is intense; burnout is expensive)

Travel support

Travel support for build weeks / on-sites

Live the product

If/when available: live-the-product options (resident/fellow placements)

How we hire

Simple, confidence-building

1

Application

Resume + short "why Elysium"

2

Recruiter screen

Mission-fit + role alignment

3

Skills loop

Work sample / case / technical

4

Values + systems thinking

How you reason, not just what you know

5

Founder / lead convo

Ownership, pace, real-world constraints

6

Offer

Welcome to the team

We provide reasonable accommodations throughout the process

Alternative ways to join

Don't see the perfect fit? We have options.

Fellowship Roles

Join Elysium through our fellowship program—an immersive opportunity to build, learn, and shape the future of community living.

What makes a great fellow:
  • Deep curiosity about housing, community, and human systems

  • Track record of building or scaling real-world projects

  • Comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration

  • Interest in operations, design, technology, or community building

  • Willingness to get hands-on with residents and real spaces

Apply for fellowship
Contract roles

Prefer to start as a contractor? We do that too.

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Open positions

Join our team

Open roles will be listed here. Check back soon or explore our fellowship program!

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Join us to rebuild the future of living—affordable, healthy, and actually fun.

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