San Francisco, CA · On-site
$190K - $210K/yr
About the Role A well-funded, early-stage fintech startup is looking for a Founding Product Engineer to join a small, senior team building a new kind of collaborative financial product. You'll have ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$190K - $210K/yr
About the Role A well-funded, early-stage fintech startup is looking for a Founding Product Engineer to join a small, senior team building a new kind of collaborative financial product. You'll have ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$190K - $210K/yr
About the Role A well-funded, early-stage fintech startup is looking for a Founding Product Engineer to join a small, senior team building a new kind of collaborative financial product. You'll have ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$190K - $210K/yr
About the Role A well-funded, early-stage fintech startup is looking for a Founding Product Engineer to join a small, senior team building a new kind of collaborative financial product. You'll have ...
Youtube Channel * Medium blog The Role We're looking for a Founding Product Designer to help shape how AI-native systems are built and used inside real enterprise operations. This is not a ...
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Youtube Channel * Medium blog The Role We're looking for a Founding Product Designer to help shape how AI-native systems are built and used inside real enterprise operations. This is not a ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200K - $250K/yr
We're looking for a Founding Product Engineer to own entire product modules end-to-end, work directly with customers, and help set the technical and engineering culture of the company. This is a ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200K - $250K/yr
We're looking for a Founding Product Engineer to own entire product modules end-to-end, work directly with customers, and help set the technical and engineering culture of the company. This is a ...
Youtube Channel * Medium blog The Role We're looking for a Founding Product Designer to help shape how AI-native systems are built and used inside real enterprise operations. This is not a ...
Youtube Channel * Medium blog The Role We're looking for a Founding Product Designer to help shape how AI-native systems are built and used inside real enterprise operations. This is not a ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$120K - $180K/yr
About the Role This is a founding product engineering role at a seed-stage AI/construction-tech startup, sitting on a small, high-impact team building computer vision and AI tools that automate ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$120K - $180K/yr
About the Role This is a founding product engineering role at a seed-stage AI/construction-tech startup, sitting on a small, high-impact team building computer vision and AI tools that automate ...
Youtube Channel * Medium blog The Role We're looking for a Founding Product Designer to help shape how AI-native systems are built and used inside real enterprise operations. This is not a ...
Youtube Channel * Medium blog The Role We're looking for a Founding Product Designer to help shape how AI-native systems are built and used inside real enterprise operations. This is not a ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200K - $275K/yr
What we're working on - Changelog Role Overview We're looking for a Founding Product Designer to drive design across the full Gumloop product. You'll own work from concept to delivery, contribute to ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200K - $275K/yr
What we're working on - Changelog Role Overview We're looking for a Founding Product Designer to drive design across the full Gumloop product. You'll own work from concept to delivery, contribute to ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$175K - $230K/yr
Founding Product Marketer About Vooma Enterprise software is in the midst of a revolution. The world is shifting from "systems of record" to "systems of automation" - LLM-powered agents that perform ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$175K - $230K/yr
Founding Product Marketer About Vooma Enterprise software is in the midst of a revolution. The world is shifting from "systems of record" to "systems of automation" - LLM-powered agents that perform ...
They are seeking a Founding Product Engineer who will lead the development of their web dashboard and mobile app, focusing on UI/UX design to enhance user interaction with their AI assistant.
They are seeking a Founding Product Engineer who will lead the development of their web dashboard and mobile app, focusing on UI/UX design to enhance user interaction with their AI assistant.
Washington, DC · On-site
$40 - $50/hr
Buckstop is looking for a highly talented Founding Product Designer to help shape the user experience, workflows, and visual direction of our platform. This is not a role for someone who simply ...
Washington, DC · On-site
$40 - $50/hr
Buckstop is looking for a highly talented Founding Product Designer to help shape the user experience, workflows, and visual direction of our platform. This is not a role for someone who simply ...
The Founding Product Manager will shape the future of Data Spend Optimization by defining the product roadmap, driving execution, and owning the user experience end-to-end. Responsibilities : • Own ...
The Founding Product Manager will shape the future of Data Spend Optimization by defining the product roadmap, driving execution, and owning the user experience end-to-end. Responsibilities : • Own ...
$170K - $190K/yr
... Founding Product Engineer in San Francisco. As the third engineering hire, you will work directly with the CTO and Backend Lead to own the "last mile" of product delivery. You will take new products ...
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$170K - $190K/yr
... Founding Product Engineer in San Francisco. As the third engineering hire, you will work directly with the CTO and Backend Lead to own the "last mile" of product delivery. You will take new products ...
They are seeking a Founding Product Manager to define the product roadmap and drive execution, working closely with founders and engineering leadership. Responsibilities : • Own product discovery ...
They are seeking a Founding Product Manager to define the product roadmap and drive execution, working closely with founders and engineering leadership. Responsibilities : • Own product discovery ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$120K - $180K/yr
About the Role This is a founding product engineering role at a seed-stage AI/construction-tech startup, sitting on a small, high-impact team building computer vision and AI tools that automate ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$120K - $180K/yr
About the Role This is a founding product engineering role at a seed-stage AI/construction-tech startup, sitting on a small, high-impact team building computer vision and AI tools that automate ...
Coval is a pioneering company in the voice AI space, seeking a Founding Product Engineer to lead the development of their innovative product. The role involves defining product direction, building ...
Coval is a pioneering company in the voice AI space, seeking a Founding Product Engineer to lead the development of their innovative product. The role involves defining product direction, building ...
About the role Slash is hiring its Founding Product Designer. This is the first dedicated design hire at the company, and you'll set the visual and product language for everything we build, from the ...
About the role Slash is hiring its Founding Product Designer. This is the first dedicated design hire at the company, and you'll set the visual and product language for everything we build, from the ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200K - $250K/yr
About the Role This is a founding-team engineering role at an early-stage AI-driven pricing and monetization platform for B2B SaaS companies. You'll own entire product modules end-to-end -- from ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200K - $250K/yr
About the Role This is a founding-team engineering role at an early-stage AI-driven pricing and monetization platform for B2B SaaS companies. You'll own entire product modules end-to-end -- from ...
San Diego, CA · On-site
A Founding Product Engineer owns problems end-to-end - from an edge device, through the cloud platform, to the surface a safety manager touches - and moves fluidly between them depending on what the ...
San Diego, CA · On-site
A Founding Product Engineer owns problems end-to-end - from an edge device, through the cloud platform, to the surface a safety manager touches - and moves fluidly between them depending on what the ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200K - $250K/yr
About the Role This is a founding-team engineering role at an early-stage AI-driven pricing and monetization platform for B2B SaaS companies. You'll own entire product modules end-to-end - from ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200K - $250K/yr
About the Role This is a founding-team engineering role at an early-stage AI-driven pricing and monetization platform for B2B SaaS companies. You'll own entire product modules end-to-end - from ...
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A Founding Product role is an early-stage product leadership position in a startup, often responsible for defining the product vision, building the initial roadmap, and driving execution. This role combines product management, strategy, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, design, and business teams. Founding Product managers work closely with founders to shape the company’s direction, validate market fit, and scale the product. Given the dynamic nature of startups, they often wear multiple hats, including user research, growth, and operations.
Founding Product leaders in startups often face the unique challenge of building product strategy from the ground up while iterating rapidly based on limited data and evolving user feedback. You will frequently wear multiple hats, balancing hands-on execution with roadmap planning and stakeholder alignment. Collaboration is critical, as you’ll work closely with engineering, design, and company founders to prioritize features and pivot direction as needed. The fast-paced, resource-constrained environment demands resilience, creative problem-solving, and an entrepreneurial mindset. While challenging, this role offers a rare opportunity to shape a product’s vision and trajectory from its inception.
To thrive as a Founding Product leader, you need a strong foundation in product management, market analysis, and user-centered design, often supported by prior startup or product launch experience. Proficiency with tools like Jira, Figma, analytics platforms, and agile methodologies is essential for success. Exceptional communication, adaptability, and collaborative leadership stand out as crucial soft skills. These competencies ensure you can drive early-stage product strategy, align cross-functional teams, and adapt quickly to changing startup environments.
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$190K - $210K/yr
Full-time
Re-posted 13 days ago
A well-funded, early-stage fintech startup is looking for a Founding Product Engineer to join a small, senior team building a new kind of collaborative financial product. You'll have broad ownership across the stack, working directly with the founding team to ship high-quality, polished features for a consumer-facing application with a 40,000+ person waitlist.
What You'll DoDesign, develop, and deliver features, fixes, and improvements across the core product, marketing site, and internal tools.
Take end-to-end ownership of major product areas — such as debit card functionality or internal risk assessment tooling — from concept through launch.
Work closely with the founder, lead engineer, and designer to architect and implement solutions that delight users.
Build and wire up APIs across a full stack of React, TypeScript, Go, and PostgreSQL.
Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and contribute to a culture of high-quality engineering.
Help scale the product to meet rapidly growing consumer demand.
Required:
Strong proficiency in TypeScript (React) on the front end and comfort with Go on the back end.
Prior experience shipping and maintaining features for B2C / consumer-facing products.
Solid experience with PostgreSQL and Redis.
Familiarity with AWS, Terraform, and Docker for infrastructure and deployment.
Experience building and integrating REST or GraphQL APIs.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment with broad ownership.
Nice to Have:
Experience using AI coding assistants and prototyping tools to accelerate development.
Background in fintech, payments, or financial services.
Familiarity with tools like Slack, Linear, GitHub, and Figma.
Salary: $190,000 – $210,000 USD annually
Early-stage equity
Visa sponsorship is not available
This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, CA. Candidates in Los Angeles, CA or New York City, NY may also be considered. Remote-only candidates will not be considered at this time.
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