Product Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of high-impact product areas and ship improvements daily
• Rapidly iterate on UI, UX, and core application logic based on real user feedback and production data
• Decompose ambiguous product goals into clear engineering plans, execute them, and measure outcomes
• Build and maintain TypeScript codebases across frontend (Svelte/SvelteKit), backend (Postgres, auth, edge logic), and infrastructure (Cloudflare Workers)
• Use AI pair-programming tools to 5–10x your productivity
• Collaborate directly with design, product, and the founding team to shape what gets built and why
• Monitor production metrics, troubleshoot issues in real time, and own the reliability of what you ship
• Contribute to platform architecture decisions that will define how the product scales
• Work closely with customers and CS to understand pain points, translate feedback into product decisions, and close the loop

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-stack engineering with a proven record of shipping customer-facing features end-to-end
• Strong frontend TypeScript skills with modern frameworks (Svelte/SvelteKit strongly preferred; React/Next.js acceptable)
• Hands-on Postgres and backend TypeScript experience (designed schemas, written migrations, optimized queries)
• Proficiency with AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf)—daily use
• Ability to decompose ambiguous problems into shippable increments and communicate tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving, early-stage environment where priorities shift and you own the outcome
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and production monitoring

Bonus

• Experience with AI SDK (Vercel AI SDK or similar), AI-first UX patterns, RAG pipelines, AI agent architectures, or government/GovTech data

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $180,000 - $250,000
• Equity: Meaningful stake in a well-funded, fast-growing startup
• Benefits: 100% employer-paid medical, vision, and dental (Bronze coverage)
• Unlimited PTO
• Direct access to the founding team and end-to-end ownership from day one