Founding Product Engineer

Product-Minded Software Engineer Opportunity

Type is an AI-native document editor. Our mission is to help people communicate confidently.

We believe that writing is and will always be the backbone of clear thinking and effective communication, especially in the AI era.

Tools like Type free writers up to do more high-level thinking exploring more ideas before coming to a conclusion, testing lots of approaches to expressing a message, and arguing with the AI about the oxford comma.

We're backed by Y Combinator and have thousands of customers who love our product.

We're looking for a product-minded software engineer to join our small, formidable team in Brooklyn. Our ideal candidate is high-ownership, low ego, obsessed with their craft, and excited to work at a startup.

If this resonates with you, please apply.

What You'll Do

Here's a sample of some things you might work on :

• Building advanced rich text editing features
• Working on sync and offline first features using data structures such as CRDTs
• Building multiplayer features for collaborative editing
• Building LLM-based writing and editing features that span all levels in the stack
• Prototyping experimental AI writing and editing workflows

What We're Looking For In You

Technical Skills

We value curiosity and adaptability in our engineers. Your specific technical background should include :

Must Have :

Nice to Have :

Benefits

We actively encourage people of all backgrounds particularly those from underrepresented groups to apply. We believe a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences strengthen our team and product, and we're committed to building an inclusive work environment.