Founding Product Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

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