Founding Product Engineer

Success Matcher

Founding Product Engineer

New York, NY
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    About Our Client

    Our client is an early-stage, YC-backed startup developing the operating system for infrastructure construction. Their platform helps contractors and field operators manage daily production, subcontractor onboarding, and warehouse inventory—bringing real-time visibility and automation to a legacy industry.

    In just the past year, they have:

    • Grown revenue by 5x

    • Shipped 3 major product releases

    • Powered tens of millions of dollars in construction work

    • Achieved all of this without a sales team

    Why Join Our Client

    • Early-stage traction with real revenue and market demand

    • Small, high-performing team with experience from Instagram, McKinsey, Cash App, PagerDuty, and more

    • $2.7M in funding from Y Combinator and top-tier VCs

    • 5+ years of financial runway with capital still in the bank

    • Strong in-person culture: bi-weekly team lunches, in-office dinners, offsites (Hamptons, Bolinas)

    • Mission-driven product that modernizes critical infrastructure operations

    Key Responsibilities

    • Build and ship features across the full-stack TypeScript codebase (React, Remix, Node.js, Postgres)

    • Work directly with customers and the product team to define and validate features

    • Participate in the full product lifecycle: architecture, implementation, QA, launch, iteration

    • Influence engineering practices and team workflows

    • Lead or contribute to strategic initiatives that scale the product's impact

    Qualifications

    • 2–6 years of experience as a software engineer (excluding Solutions Engineering/Consulting)

    • Strong product development experience (preferably full-stack or frontend-heavy)

    • Background in early/growth-stage startups or selective, high-talent organizations

    • Product-focused mindset with attention to user outcomes and experience

    • Bachelor’s degree from a top 30 university or an elite engineering program (e.g., Waterloo, Georgia Tech)

    • Demonstrated initiative through side projects, open-source work, or a polished personal portfolio

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Hands-on experience with modern technologies (Tailwind, Remix, Postgres)

    • Past experience owning product outcomes in a startup environment

    • Strong contributions to open-source projects or personal coding initiatives

    • Familiarity with agile, iterative product development cycles

  • Compensation
    $150,000-$190,000 per year