Product Builder & Mini-Founder - Own & Ship MVPs
Pensive
About Pensive About the Role We are hiring Problem Solvers : builders who can take ownership of a product and drive it from zero to scale. You may work on an established product such as our AI grading platform , or lead the creation of an entirely new product within the Pensive ecosystem. In this role, you will operate as a mini founder inside the company , responsible for turning ambiguous problems into products used by thousands of instructors and students. You will: Own a product end-to-end , from identifying the problem to shipping solutions and growing adoption. Design, build, and launch MVPs quickly to test new ideas. Work across product, engineering, and data to create high-quality user experiences. Talk to instructors, students, and employers to deeply understand their problems. Iterate rapidly through the cycle of hypothesis → rapid prototyping → customer validation → improvement to find product–market fit. Technical Expectations You do not need to be an experienced engineer, but you must be able to build and ship MVPs independently . This includes: Basic engineering ability to build web or mobile prototypes Experience using AI-powered coding tools and agentic development workflows Ability to rapidly translate ideas into working products #J-18808-Ljbffr Pensive
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