# Staff Product Engineer
**Company:** [Blacksmith](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/blacksmith)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Salary:** $280K-$380K
**Skills:** Ai Native Developer Tooling, Coding Agents, Agentic Development, Firecracker Vms, Bare-Metal Infrastructure, Ceph, Distributed Systems, GitHub Actions, Ci Orchestration
**Posted:** 2026-04-30
> Staff Product Engineer leads architecture and development of novel AI-native developer tooling products from 0-1, ensuring production reliability and mentoring senior engineers. Requires expertise in building exceptional products, power usage of coding agents, and influential technical leadership.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Own and drive the architectural direction for new product(s), designing and building next-generation AI native developer tooling.
- Translate business and product strategy into long-term technical roadmaps and execution plans.
- Drive development of products from 0-1.
- Accountable for production outcomes, including reliability, performance, and operational excellence.
- Mentor senior engineers and act as a force multiplier.
- Operate effectively in ambiguous problem spaces.

## Requirements
- Expertise in building products that customers love, with experience setting and leading technical direction from early stage to industry-recognized excellence.
- Power user of coding agents, with experience in agentic development.
- Track record of leading through influence and shaping technical direction as an individual contributor.
- Strong communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to engineers, leadership, and non-technical stakeholders.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive base + equity.
- Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance.
- 401K match.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Annual offsite.
- Early-exercise stock options.
- Unlimited agent tokens.
- 12 weeks fully paid parental leave (US).
**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/staff-product-engineer-at-blacksmith-9a27934a-c3aa-48f0-b689-fca516a9175a
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