Product Engineer (Full Stack / Backend-Leaning)
Compensation: $130K-$210K base (varies by level and interview performance) + equity
Location: San Francisco, CA
Work Policy: 5 days/week in-office
Sponsorship: TN and OPT visa transfers supported
Stage: Seed-stage startup | $3.1M raised | YC-backed | 10+ enterprise customers

What Will You Do?
Design and ship full product features across frontend and backend layers.
Build and scale AI-driven interfaces used in high-stakes environments.
Work directly in React/Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL, and ClickHouse.
Collaborate closely with founders to solve real-time decisioning challenges balancing precision, speed, and user trust.
Run fast pilots, demos, and production rollouts across industries.
Contribute to architectural decisions that enable scaling to billions of events.

What Will You Need?
3+ years of software engineering experience (mid to senior level).
Experience in startup environments or strong signal backgrounds (top-tier schools, impressive GitHub, or top-tier tech companies).
Hands-on experience with React/Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL, and familiarity with ClickHouse.
Strong fundamentals in full stack development with the ability to own features end-to-end.
Passion for craftsmanship and strong opinions about code quality and product design.
Comfort working in a high-urgency, fast-paced, in-person environment.

Strongly Preferred
Growth-stage startup experience.
Experience at top-tier technology companies.
Experience with event sourcing, stream processing, or languages like Elixir, Rust, or Scala.

Must Not Have
Job hopping history.
Employment gaps without strong explanation.
Consulting-only background.
Long-time manager/CTO transitioning back to IC without recent hands-on depth.
Primarily DevOps or infrastructure-focused profile.
Experience limited to internal dashboards, refactoring, or low-complexity projects.