Staff Product Engineer Company: Confidential — venture-backed technology company Location: New York, NY (Flatiron office, in person 5 days per week) Compensation: $280,000 - $380,000 + significant early-stage equity Employment Type: Full-time Visa Sponsorship: Visa transfers only (no new visas) About the Company The client started by making CI workloads run much faster: its first product runs GitHub Actions substantially faster and cheaper on its own global fleet of bare-metal machines instead of rented cloud VMs. It now orchestrates tens of millions of Firecracker VMs a month for 3,000+ companies, schedules 100k+ vCPUs concurrently, and runs a petabyte-scale Ceph cluster it manages itself. The client reached about $10M ARR in under two years, has grown revenue more than 5x since the start of 2026, and has raised $58.5M through its Series B. The Role The client is hiring a Staff Product Engineer to set the technical direction for new products: AI-native developer tooling that does not yet exist anywhere in the industry. The role operates at the organization level, owning architecture, solving complex product problems and driving 0-to-1 initiatives. You will be a key technical authority and force multiplier: raising engineering standards, mentoring senior engineers and owning production outcomes as a hands-on technical leader. What You Will Do • Own and drive the architecture of new products, designing and building the next generation of AI-native developer tooling. • Translate business and product strategy into long-term technical roadmaps and execution plans. • Drive new products from 0 to 1. • Own production outcomes, including reliability, performance and operational excellence. • Mentor senior engineers and act as a force multiplier. • Operate in ambiguous spaces where both the problem and the solution need defining. What You Bring • 7+ years as a full-stack engineer owning 0-to-1 product builds end to end • Designed, built and shipped exceptional products in high-growth environments with recognized engineering teams • Strong technical fundamentals across the stack, particularly TypeScript and React • Set and led the technical direction of a product from an early stage to one known for exceptional customer experience • Power user of coding agents and agentic tooling, with compelling examples • Track record of leading through influence as an individual contributor • Clear thinking and communication across engineers, leadership and non-technical stakeholders • Ability to work in person in New York 5 days a week Nice to Have • Experience at a developer tools or infrastructure startup building for engineers Interview Process Initial screen (30 min), technical interview I (45-60 min), technical interview II (2 hours), final onsite (30-45 min). Tech Stack TypeScript, React Before you apply: get a free recruiter-readiness score for your resume at CareerStanding — about a minute, no signup, and your resume stays in your browser.