Product Engineer (Mid-Level)

ABOUT THE ROLE This is a full-stack product engineering role at an early-stage AI recruiting startup, working directly alongside founders and a small team to build the core product. You will own features end-to-end, integrate AI capabilities into real user-facing flows, and help shape technical direction at a critical point in the company's growth. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own product features from scoping and design through deployment and iteration in production. - Design APIs and data models, and implement both frontend and backend code. - Ship user-facing experiences that balance usability and performance, iterating based on feedback and metrics. - Integrate LLM and AI capabilities into product flows to make intelligence reliable for end users. - Design and maintain scalable backend services, data schemas, and operational tooling including CI/CD, monitoring, and testing. - Collaborate directly with founders, product, and design to prioritize work and define success metrics. - Participate in architecture and roadmap discussions, making pragmatic tradeoffs suited to early-stage growth. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 2 to 8 years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping user-facing products. - Strong full-stack skills: TypeScript and React or Next.js on the frontend, plus backend development in Python or Node.js. - Experience with PostgreSQL and cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP. - Practical, production-focused experience integrating LLMs or AI services into applications (engineering, not research). - Clear product sense and the ability to translate user problems into measurable, practical solutions. - Comfort operating in small teams with limited process, high ambiguity, and broad scope across frontend, backend, and DevOps. - Experience building multi-tenant or enterprise-ready systems, designing APIs, or working with real-time or high-throughput applications is a strong plus. - Background in regulated industries such as healthcare, fintech, or legal, or experience with complex internal tooling, is a plus. - Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows is a plus. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary range: $150,000 to $300,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.