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