Jobs · Engineering · California

Founding Product Engineer

Nowadays · San Francisco, CA · 6 mo ago
On-siteEngineering$130k–$170k/yrFull-time

About the role

As a Founding Product Engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our tech, product, and culture — and in building the future of how people gather.

Responsibilities

  • Build full-stack features using React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Node/Python, with a strong emphasis on design and user experience
  • Work directly with large enterprise customers to understand their needs and deliver custom solutions
  • Own the end-to-end product development lifecycle—from customer conversations to production
  • Partner closely with sales and operations to prioritize high-impact customer requests
  • Make key product and technical decisions that shape our platform for enterprise use cases
  • Ship quickly and iterate based on real customer feedback
  • Help define our product culture and processes from day one
  • Experience building and shipping full-stack products with excellent design and UX
  • Strong product intuition and the ability to turn customer needs into elegant solutions
  • Comfort working directly with customers and gathering requirements
  • A strong eye for design and the ability to build polished, beautiful interfaces
  • Confidence with modern web frameworks and SQL
  • A bias toward action—you like moving fast, taking ownership, and shipping
  • Excitement about shaping the product and working closely with enterprise customers
  • Experience building custom features for enterprise customers
  • Strong design skills or close collaboration with designers
  • Background in product management or customer-facing engineering roles
  • Zero-to-one startup experience
  • Experience with B2B SaaS platforms

Requirements

  • Experience building and shipping full-stack products with excellent design and UX
  • Strong product intuition and the ability to turn customer needs into elegant solutions
  • Comfort working directly with customers and gathering requirements
  • A strong eye for design and the ability to build polished, beautiful interfaces
  • Confidence with modern web frameworks and SQL
  • A bias toward action—you like moving fast, taking ownership, and shipping
  • Experience building custom features for enterprise customers
  • Strong design skills or close collaboration with designers
  • Background in product management or customer-facing engineering roles
  • Zero-to-one startup experience
  • Experience with B2B SaaS platforms

Qualifications

  • Experience with React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Node/Python
  • Strong understanding of modern web frameworks and SQL
  • Experience working with enterprise customers and delivering custom solutions
  • Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Skills

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Modern web frameworks
  • Design and UX
  • Customer relationship management
  • Product management
  • Enterprise software development

Benefits

  • Free lunch and dinner
  • Quarterly team offsites (yes, we went to the White Lotus S3 hotel in Thailand)
  • Monthly fitness stipend
  • Health insurance
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave
  • Generous PTO with required time off to recharge
  • High ownership, autonomy, and direct access to founders
  • Access to top venues, events, and travel experiences

Pay

$130K - $170K

Schedule

US (PST) Hours

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