Lead Product Engineer
Location: United States — Remote
Type: Full-time
Languages: Fluent English required
Start Date: ASAP
About The Opportunity
Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company building critical infrastructure that powers high-volume, real-time business operations across multiple systems and platforms. We are seeking a Lead Founding Product Engineer to lead the company's most important new product initiatives and establish the technical foundations for future product lines.
Responsibilities
- Lead product engineering strategy for 0→1 initiatives.
- Work directly with executive, product, engineering, and customer teams.
- Define architectures and product development frameworks.
- Lead cross-functional teams through discovery and delivery.
- Turn customer problems into differentiated products.
- Establish engineering standards for emerging product teams.
- Mentor senior product engineers.
- Influence roadmap, architecture, and product strategy.
Requirements
- 8+ years of engineering experience.
- Proven track record of leading 0→1 products.
- Exceptional product and technical judgment.
- Strong leadership across engineering and product.
- Excellent customer and executive communication.
- Strong ability to operate with ambiguity.
Nice to Have
- AI/ML products.
- Scale-up experience.
- Previous founding or early engineering experience.
- Experience building new product teams.
Benefits
- Full benefit package.
- Competitive compensation: $200,000–$350,000 USD.
Why Join?
Our client is building highly scalable technology that sits at the core of critical business operations, offering engineers the opportunity to work on complex systems, large-scale integrations, and real-world technical challenges. You'll join a collaborative, fast-moving environment where ownership is encouraged, decisions are made quickly, and engineers have meaningful influence on architecture, product direction, and engineering culture. This role offers the opportunity to tackle challenging backend problems, work with modern technologies, and grow alongside an ambitious team building for scale.