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Software Engineer Product & Growth
Location - San Francisco CA (Onsite 4 Days per Week)
Compensation - $160000 $280000 Base 0.1%0.5% Equity
Visa - Visa Sponsorship Available on a Case-by-Case Basis
Company Stage - Early-Stage AI Startup (Series A)
Industry - AI Productivity Software AI Agents Workflow Automation
About the Company
The company is building AI-powered productivity software that helps users automate workflows coordinate schedules and interact with intelligent agents across the tools they use every day.
Its platform combines LLM-powered agents with modern productivity workflows to help users manage tasks scheduling communication and collaboration across email calendars Slack and other business applications.
Backed by experienced founders and rapidly growing customer adoption the company is focused on building practical AI products that solve real user problems rather than AI demos. The engineering team owns products end-to-end shipping quickly while continuously iterating based on customer feedback.
As a Product & Growth Engineer youll own features across the entire product stackfrom backend systems and frontend experiences to AI agent capabilities and integrationswhile helping shape both product direction and user growth.
This is a rare opportunity to join an early-stage AI company where every engineer directly influences product strategy customer experience and company growth.
What Youll Do
Build product features end-to-end across frontend backend and AI agent systems
Design and develop new capabilities for AI agents and workflow automation
Build integrations with Slack email calendar providers and external platforms
Prototype new product ideas rapidly and iterate based on customer feedback
Collaborate closely with design product and GTM teams to identify customer pain points
Design reliable backend services and APIs powering production AI workflows
Build scalable systems supporting AI-powered productivity experiences
Improve user onboarding engagement and product adoption
Work directly with users to understand workflows and identify product opportunities
Balance rapid experimentation with production-quality engineering
Help shape long-term product architecture and engineering best practices
Contribute across the full technology stack whenever needed
Ideal Candidate Background
Experience Requirements
2 years of experience building and shipping production software
Experience working at a high-growth startup or well-regarded technology company
Experience building customer-facing product features
Experience shipping products that incorporate LLMs or AI functionality
Experience owning projects from concept through production deployment
Experience working closely with product and design teams
Experience building production software used by real customers
Demonstrated product ownership and execution
Startup experience strongly preferred
Technical Requirements
Strong backend engineering fundamentals
Experience designing scalable production systems
Comfortable working full stack when needed
Experience with AI/LLM-powered applications
Experience integrating external APIs and third-party services
Strong understanding of product architecture
Experience with TypeScript React or similar modern frameworks preferred
Experience working with PostgreSQL or relational databases
Experience building agentic workflows or human-in-the-loop systems preferred
Experience working with graph data contact graphs or social network models preferred
Strong debugging and performance optimization skills
Education
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical field preferred
Strong academic background from a top engineering program preferred
Soft Skills
Strong product mindset
High ownership mentality
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Strong customer empathy
Comfortable working in ambiguity
Self-directed and proactive
Bias toward execution
Passion for building intuitive user experiences
Startup mentality
Preferred Backgrounds
Product engineering teams
AI application startups
Productivity software companies
Workflow automation platforms
AI agent startups
Early-stage venture-backed startups
Collaboration software companies
Developer productivity tools
Consumer or B2B SaaS startups
Engineers building AI-powered customer products
Compensation & Benefits
Base Salary: $160000 $280000
Equity: 0.1%0.5%
Opportunity to shape core product strategy
Significant ownership over product development
Direct collaboration with founders
Exposure to cutting-edge AI agent technologies
Rapid career growth opportunities
High-impact engineering role
Onsite collaboration in San Francisco
Why Join
This is an opportunity to help build the next generation of AI-powered productivity software used by real customers every day.
Youll own features from idea through production while working across backend systems frontend experiences AI agents and external integrations.
As an early product engineer youll have outsized influence on product direction customer experience engineering culture and company growth while building practical AI applications that improve how people work.
Required Experience:
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Who is Recruiting from Scratch:Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers software and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire.Software Engineer Product ...
Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers software and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire.
Software Engineer Product & Growth
Location - San Francisco CA (Onsite 4 Days per Week)
Compensation - $160000 $280000 Base 0.1%0.5% Equity
Visa - Visa Sponsorship Available on a Case-by-Case Basis
Company Stage - Early-Stage AI Startup (Series A)
Industry - AI Productivity Software AI Agents Workflow Automation
About the Company
The company is building AI-powered productivity software that helps users automate workflows coordinate schedules and interact with intelligent agents across the tools they use every day.
Its platform combines LLM-powered agents with modern productivity workflows to help users manage tasks scheduling communication and collaboration across email calendars Slack and other business applications.
Backed by experienced founders and rapidly growing customer adoption the company is focused on building practical AI products that solve real user problems rather than AI demos. The engineering team owns products end-to-end shipping quickly while continuously iterating based on customer feedback.
As a Product & Growth Engineer youll own features across the entire product stackfrom backend systems and frontend experiences to AI agent capabilities and integrationswhile helping shape both product direction and user growth.
This is a rare opportunity to join an early-stage AI company where every engineer directly influences product strategy customer experience and company growth.
What Youll Do
Build product features end-to-end across frontend backend and AI agent systems
Design and develop new capabilities for AI agents and workflow automation
Build integrations with Slack email calendar providers and external platforms
Prototype new product ideas rapidly and iterate based on customer feedback
Collaborate closely with design product and GTM teams to identify customer pain points
Design reliable backend services and APIs powering production AI workflows
Build scalable systems supporting AI-powered productivity experiences
Improve user onboarding engagement and product adoption
Work directly with users to understand workflows and identify product opportunities
Balance rapid experimentation with production-quality engineering
Help shape long-term product architecture and engineering best practices
Contribute across the full technology stack whenever needed
Ideal Candidate Background
Experience Requirements
2 years of experience building and shipping production software
Experience working at a high-growth startup or well-regarded technology company
Experience building customer-facing product features
Experience shipping products that incorporate LLMs or AI functionality
Experience owning projects from concept through production deployment
Experience working closely with product and design teams
Experience building production software used by real customers
Demonstrated product ownership and execution
Startup experience strongly preferred
Technical Requirements
Strong backend engineering fundamentals
Experience designing scalable production systems
Comfortable working full stack when needed
Experience with AI/LLM-powered applications
Experience integrating external APIs and third-party services
Strong understanding of product architecture
Experience with TypeScript React or similar modern frameworks preferred
Experience working with PostgreSQL or relational databases
Experience building agentic workflows or human-in-the-loop systems preferred
Experience working with graph data contact graphs or social network models preferred
Strong debugging and performance optimization skills
Education
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical field preferred
Strong academic background from a top engineering program preferred
Soft Skills
Strong product mindset
High ownership mentality
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Strong customer empathy
Comfortable working in ambiguity
Self-directed and proactive
Bias toward execution
Passion for building intuitive user experiences
Startup mentality
Preferred Backgrounds
Product engineering teams
AI application startups
Productivity software companies
Workflow automation platforms
AI agent startups
Early-stage venture-backed startups
Collaboration software companies
Developer productivity tools
Consumer or B2B SaaS startups
Engineers building AI-powered customer products
Compensation & Benefits
Base Salary: $160000 $280000
Equity: 0.1%0.5%
Opportunity to shape core product strategy
Significant ownership over product development
Direct collaboration with founders
Exposure to cutting-edge AI agent technologies
Rapid career growth opportunities
High-impact engineering role
Onsite collaboration in San Francisco
Why Join
This is an opportunity to help build the next generation of AI-powered productivity software used by real customers every day.
Youll own features from idea through production while working across backend systems frontend experiences AI agents and external integrations.
As an early product engineer youll have outsized influence on product direction customer experience engineering culture and company growth while building practical AI applications that improve how people work.
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