Job Description
Job Description
Product Engineer – New Product, First Owner
Location : San Francisco, CA
Compensation : $150,000 – $400,000 + 0.1%–1% Equity
Type : Full-Time
Visa Sponsorship : H-1B, O-1, OPT
Priority : High
About Company
Client is a profitable, fast-growing, YC-backed company supported by top investors (GC, SV Angel, A Capital, Liquid 2, etc.). The company provides live company and people data via APIs and full dataset delivery, making hard-to-get data easy to use at scale. Their technology pipes in live data from over a dozen sources and delivers it instantly to customers, serving use cases such as :
- Automatic pipeline building
- Pipeline prioritization
- Champion watching
- Company and people triggers for sales and marketing automation
- Investment deal sourcing
Client’s goal is to index all important data on the web and deliver it to customers in an easy-to-use way. The company is launching a new consumer product to expand from
About the Role — Product Engineer (New Product, First Owner) :
The Company is seeking its first engineer dedicated to a new product line. This is a high-autonomy, high-ownership role for a builder, grinder, and founder-type engineer.
You will own the product end-to-end from 0→1, including discovery, prototyping, building, shipping, and iterating. The product is a consumer-facing, self-serve layer on top of Client’s data infrastructure, enabling non-technical users (HR, Sales, Ops) to create AI agents from natural language prompts.
Key Responsibilities :
Lead the 0→1 build of a new product on top of Client's APIs.Build core algorithms for deterministic AI agents created from natural language.Own product strategy and execution : user discovery, scoping, rapid prototyping, shipping, iteration, and metrics.Collaborate closely with Sales and Customer Success to identify high-leverage workflows.Build production-quality UX (fast, simple, correct).Work with the Head of Engineering on architecture, reliability, and data / privacy guardrails.Requirements :
5+ years shipping production-grade software.Strong full-stack engineering fundamentals.Proven 0→1 product experience.Experience working with sales / GTM teams.Ability to design and implement core algorithms, AI agent workflows, and natural language interfaces.Willingness / eligibility to work in-person in San Francisco for prototyping days (visa sponsorship available).Prior startup experience (Series A / B+ preferred).Preferred Qualifications (Green Flags) :
Experience in growth engineering at top companies (Ramp, Brex, Rippling, Workato).Founder or early-builder background, ideally in sales tooling, workflow automation, or data APIs.Strong CS fundamentals — graduates from IIT / IIIT / DTU or top-tier equivalents.Strong product mindset — ability to translate vague needs into shipped product.Familiarity with sales data ecosystems (funding, jobs, company data).Demonstrated ownership and tenure (2+ years in prior roles).Disqualifying Factors (Red Flags) :
Job hopping (No experience working with sales or customer-facing teams.Extreme over-engineering tendencies.Weak exposure to API-based tools, real-time data, or workflow systems.Lack of grinder mentality — low resilience for high-effort build cycles.Interview Process :
1. 30-min video call with CEO
2. 45-min technical screen with Head of Engineering
3. 1-day onsite prototyping
4. Final CEO chat
5. Offer
Ideal Companies From :
BrexRampRipplingPlaidAirtableNumeral(Also acceptable : strong growth-stage SaaS / data infra companies)Biggest Note :
Candidates who are top engineers, graduated from top universities, and have experience in big tech moving into startups are almost certain to be shortlisted.Client is open to candidates with ex-quant backgrounds as well.