Founding Product Engineer
- Location
- New York
- Workplace
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Compensation
- $175k – $250k + equity
- Visa
- US Work Authorization Required
About this role
We are looking for a Product Engineer with 0-3 years of experience (or a strong new grad) to take over much of the founder's feature building at Softlight. We want a self-starter with sharp product judgment and a practical sense of what is actually useful, ideally someone who has independently shipped a real product. You will spend most of your time with customers and prototyping fast, then ship what solves their problem. Softlight's AI uses your product, flags UX issues, and posts redesigns, so you will help shape how teams build better software. You will work directly with the founder and cofounder in New York.
What will you be doing?
- Monitor customer Slack, spot patterns, and turn them into product directions
- Prototype quickly and align the team on what to build
- Ship features and validate that they actually solved the customer's problem
- Own product features end to end (infrastructure stays with the CTO)
- Work in person in New York, 5 days a week (occasional Sundays depending on workload)
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