1+ years of experience in building user-facing products using TypeScript and React.
Extensive experience in developing AI-powered products either professionally or through personal projects.
Ability to simplify complex AI functionalities for non-technical users.
Strong focus on code quality and user experience under tight deadlines.
Comfort with ambiguity and fast-paced environments of early-stage companies.
Responsibilities
Own significant parts of the AI product from conception to launch.
Collaborate closely with founding team members and design partners.
Iterate quickly on product features based on direct customer feedback.
Design user interfaces that balance complex AI capabilities with user-friendliness.
Contribute to establishing the foundational technologies of the company.
Benefits
Opportunity to be one of the first engineering hires and greatly influence product development.
High agency and autonomy in the work environment with rapid iteration cycles.
Direct access to customer insights and feedback from day one.
Support from a well-regarded early-stage venture fund to enable innovation.
Collaborate with a driven and experienced founding team.
Full Job Description
Title: Product Engineer
Location: San Francisco Company: Thorin Stage: Seed
About the Role
We're building an AI product for enterprise customers. We need someone who can own large pieces of it end to end.
You should be a strong frontend engineer (TypeScript, React) who ships fast and writes clean code. You should have real experience building AI-powered products at work or at home, but thinking hard about what new interaction patterns are possible when models get better. You should have good product taste and often-updated opinions about what to build, not just how.
What We're Looking For
1+ year(s) experience building and shipping user-facing products in TypeScript/React
Has built with AI extensively at work or with side projects
Can look at a complex AI capability and figure out how to make it simple and useful for a non-technical user
Fast. High standards for code and UX
Comfortable in ambiguity at an early-stage company
About the Team & Why Thorin
Be among the first engineering hires and help shape the core product and technical foundation.
Work closely with a small, highly driven founding team and design partners
Operate with high agency, rapid iteration, and direct customer exposure from day one.
Help define how a category-defining AI company builds and ships product from first principles.
Build with the backing of one of the strongest early-stage venture platforms in the industry.