# Early Product Engineer - US

**Company:** [Coefficient](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coefficient)
**Location:** San Mateo, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, Flask, APIs, Distributed Systems
**Posted:** 2026-04-01

> Early-career Product Engineer working directly with founders to define product direction, build core systems including web apps, backends, and data-intensive features for an AI agentic data platform. Requires 2-4 years experience across full stack with strong ownership and curiosity.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work directly with founders to define product direction, build core systems, and ship end-to-end experiences.
- Take full ownership of problems from idea to production.
- Build production web applications, backend systems, APIs, and data-intensive applications.

## Requirements
- 2–4 years of experience building production web applications.
- Proficiency in modern web stacks (e.g. TypeScript, React, Next.js, or similar).
- Experience with backend systems and APIs (e.g. Node, Python, Flask, or similar).
- Comfortable working with data-intensive applications and distributed systems.
- Ability to pick up new technologies quickly and move across the stack.
- Solid understanding of performance, system design, and scalability.
- Experience building and shipping production systems.
- High agency, strong ownership, deep curiosity, thrive in ambiguity.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Relentlessly curious, think from first principles, care deeply about product quality, UX, and craft.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range for San Francisco Bay Area: $150,000-250,000 (adjusted for location outside Bay Area).
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Parental Leave.
- 401K Plan.

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