Product Engineer (Mid-Level)

About the Role

We're a small, fast-moving team building an AI-driven platform that's reshaping how talent connects with companies. As a Mid-Level Product Engineer, you'll work directly with founders, product, and design to own features end-to-end — from scoping to production. You'll help shape technical direction at an early stage, integrate AI/LLM capabilities into real product flows, and ship reliable, user-focused experiences that make a measurable difference.

This is a high-ownership role suited to engineers who thrive in ambiguity, care deeply about the product, and are comfortable moving fluidly between frontend, backend, and DevOps responsibilities.

What You'll Do

• Own end-to-end product features from requirements and scoping through to deployment in production.

• Design APIs and data models; implement both frontend and backend code.

• Ship user-facing experiences that balance usability and performance, iterating based on feedback and metrics.

• Integrate LLM and AI capabilities into product flows to make intelligence reliable and practical for end users.

• Design and implement scalable backend services, data schemas, and operational tooling (CI/CD, monitoring, testing, observability).

• Collaborate directly with founders and cross-functional teammates to prioritize work and define success metrics.

• Contribute to architecture and roadmap discussions, making pragmatic tradeoffs appropriate for early-stage growth.

What We're Looking For

Required:

• 2–8 years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping user-facing products.

• Strong full-stack skills: TypeScript and React/Next.js on the frontend; Python or Node.js on the backend.

• Experience with PostgreSQL and cloud platforms (AWS or GCP).

• Practical, production-grade experience integrating LLMs or AI services into applications (engineering focus, not research).

• Demonstrated product sense — ability to translate user problems into practical, measurable solutions.

• Experience implementing monitoring, observability, and automated testing as part of CI/CD pipelines (metrics, tracing, logging, health checks).

• Comfort operating in small teams with limited process and high ambiguity, moving between frontend, backend, and DevOps tasks.

Nice to Have:

• Experience building multi-tenant or enterprise-ready systems, real-time systems, or high-throughput applications.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., Cursor).

• Background in a regulated industry (healthcare, fintech, legal) or building complex internal tools.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $150,000 – $300,000 USD annually (commensurate with experience)

• Early-stage equity opportunity

• Visa sponsorship: Not available

Location

This role is on-site in San Francisco, CA. You'll be working closely with a tight-knit founding team in person.