Founding Product Engineer
Knowlej
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per year
About the role
- Build and ship full-stack product features end-to-end
- Own technical architecture, stack decisions, and system design
- Lead integrations across APIs, SSO, and partner platforms
- Improve performance, scalability, and data infrastructure
- Translate product vision into fast, iterative releases
- Help establish engineering standards and future hiring direction
Requirements
- 4–8+ years of full-stack experience
- Strong with modern frameworks (React, Node, or similar)
- Product-minded with strong intuition for user experience
- Comfortable operating with ownership, ambiguity, and speed
- Able to take ideas from 0 to shipped without heavy structure
- Bonus: Experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup
- Bonus: Experience building platforms, marketplaces, or API-driven systems
- Bonus: Interest in education, financial access, or mission-driven products
Benefits
- Meaningful equity (1% – 2.5%, depending on experience and scope)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
full-stack developmentReactNodeAPI integrationsystem designperformance optimizationscalabilitydata infrastructureiterative releasestechnical architecture
Soft Skills
ownershipadaptabilityuser experience intuitionspeedambiguity managementleadershipcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationdecision-making