Principal Founding Product Engineer
Pragmatike · Remote · San Francisco · Sacramento · New York · Los Angeles · Boston · Seattle ·
COMPENSATION
$200k – $400k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Fully remote (US)
- Principal level
- Full-time position
- Fluent English required
- 8+ years experience
Join a fast-growing technology company as a Principal Founding Product Engineer. You will lead strategic initiatives from concept to scale, turning technical capabilities into scalable products that power high-volume, real-time business operations.
This position involves working directly with customers, founders, and product leadership to architect systems and establish reusable engineering patterns. You will influence company-level strategy while mentoring senior engineers in a collaborative environment.
What you'll do
- Define technical and product direction for new initiatives
- Lead complex products from initial concept to scale
- Collaborate directly with customers, founders, and leadership
- Architect systems evolving from prototypes to production
- Identify product opportunities via market insight
- Establish reusable engineering patterns
- Mentor senior product engineers
- Influence company-level product and tech strategy
What you'll need
- At least 8 years of engineering experience
- Exceptional product engineering and architecture skills
- Proven track record of successful 0-to-1 product development
- Strong product intuition and customer orientation
- Excellent technical communication abilities
- Ability to influence strategy through technical expertise
Nice to have
- Experience with AI/ML products
- Background in scale-up environments
- Experience working directly with founders
- History of taking products to large-scale adoption
How you'll work
- Fully remote within the United States
- Full-time employment type
- Start date is ASAP
What you get
- Full benefit package included
- Competitive compensation offered
- Opportunity to work on complex backend systems
- Meaningful influence on engineering culture