Senior Product Engineer

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Senior Product Engineer
Location - New York City, NY (Onsite)
Compensation - $180,000 - $270,000 Base + Equity (0.25% - 0.8%)
Visa - No Visa Sponsorship Available
Company Stage - Early-Stage Startup (YC W23, $2.7M Raised, 5+ Years Runway)
Industry - Construction Technology, Infrastructure Software, SaaS
About the Company

The company is building software that automates back-office operations for infrastructure construction projects.

Its platform powers tens of millions of dollars in construction activity and helps infrastructure companies streamline workflows, reduce operational overhead, and manage projects more efficiently.

Backed by Y Combinator and leading venture investors, the company has achieved seven-figure revenue within its first 18 months while operating without a dedicated sales team. Over the past year, the business has grown rapidly, expanding its customer base 5x and launching multiple new products.

The team is now hiring a Senior Product Engineer to help scale both the product and engineering organization during the next phase of growth.

This is an opportunity to join a product-driven startup with strong product-market fit, significant financial runway, and a culture that values ownership, craftsmanship, and business impact.
What You'll Do

• Own customer-facing product development from concept through deployment
• Work across the entire stack to build new product functionality and improve existing systems
• Partner directly with customers to understand workflows and identify opportunities for product improvement
• Translate business problems into intuitive product experiences and scalable technical solutions
• Design and implement user interfaces, backend services, APIs, and data models
• Influence product direction, roadmap decisions, and engineering best practices
• Collaborate closely with founders and leadership on company strategy and execution
• Build high-quality software with strong attention to user experience, reliability, and maintainability
• Participate in system design discussions and architectural decision-making
• Help shape the future engineering culture and mentor less experienced engineers

Ideal Candidate Background
Experience Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a full-stack software engineer
• Experience operating at Senior or Staff Engineer level
• Strong product-oriented engineering background
• Experience owning customer-facing products end-to-end
• Experience working in startup environments with significant ownership
• Demonstrated ability to influence product direction and business outcomes
• Experience working closely with customers, stakeholders, or end users
• Experience at high-caliber technology companies or fast-growing startups preferred
• Evidence of career progression, promotions, leadership growth, or increasing responsibility

Technical Requirements

• Strong full-stack engineering fundamentals
• Experience building production software systems
• Experience with TypeScript, React, and Node.js preferred
• Experience designing scalable product architectures
• Strong system design and software architecture skills
• Experience building user-facing SaaS products
• Strong debugging and problem-solving abilities
• Experience working across frontend, backend, and database layers
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL and modern web application development
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and frameworks

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred
• Strong academic background from a highly regarded university or engineering program preferred

Soft Skills

• High ownership mentality
• Strong product intuition
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer-centric mindset
• Entrepreneurial attitude
• Strong collaboration skills
• Continuous learning mindset
• Ability to operate independently
• Strong business judgment
• Bias toward action and execution

Preferred Backgrounds

• Product-focused SaaS startups
• Series A-E venture-backed companies
• Full-stack product engineering teams
• Founding Engineer backgrounds
• Startup operators with demonstrated ownership
• Engineers who have launched products from 0→1
• High-growth software companies
• Candidates with side projects, entrepreneurial experience, or startup exposure

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $180,000 - $270,000
• Equity: 0.25% - 0.8%
• Significant ownership and influence over product direction
• Direct collaboration with founders and leadership
• Opportunity to shape engineering culture and hiring
• Strong financial position with 5+ years of runway
• Product with proven market traction and growing customer base
• Collaborative, high-ownership environment
• Career growth opportunities as the company scales
• Office located in New York City

Why Join

This is an opportunity to join a startup with proven product-market fit, strong revenue growth, and substantial runway while remaining early enough to have outsized impact.

You'll help build products that customers rely on every day, working directly with users, founders, and teammates to shape both the product and the business.

As one of the key engineering hires during the company's growth phase, you'll have significant influence over product strategy, technical architecture, engineering culture, and long-term company direction while participating in meaningful equity upside.