AI‑Native Product Engineer — End-to-End, Build Fast

Alma; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hyper-competitive base salary range

100% Health coverage

20 days PTO + 10 Federal Holidays

$250 wellness allowance

Job summary

Alma is hiring a Product Engineer—an AI-native, backend-leaning engineer who owns features end-to-end, from database schema to the React component the user clicks on. You’ll work with the founding team and early customers to ship a world-class AI-powered product, and help us scale our platform by 100x.

We require you to be deeply customer-obsessed and capable of designing APIs that also drive UI. You’ll spin up agents and integrate MCP servers while shipping production code with high quality.

Qualifications

• 2+ years backend development experience with willingness to own frontend work.
• Experience developing products built on top of LLMs / ML.
• Proficient in Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, containerization and scaling microservices.
• Comfortable with TypeScript, React, and modern frontend tooling.
• Experience delivering from zero to one.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Partner with founding team and early customers to ship AI-powered product.
• Own features end-to-end: architect the backend, build the frontend, and ship to production.
• Translate user needs with design and product teams into shipped experiences.
• Engage in the entire application lifecycle with a high bar for coding and testing.
• Leverage AI tooling to move faster and improve reviews and tests.

Skills

Backend development

Frontend ownership

AI-native mindset

Problem solving

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Python

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

Containerization

Microservices

TypeScript

React

AWS

Claude Code / Codex / Cursor

Job description

Alma is hiring a Product Engineer—an AI-native, backend-leaning engineer who owns features end-to-end, from database schema to the React component the user clicks on. You’ll work with the founding team and early customers to ship a world-class AI-powered product, and help us scale our platform by 100x.

We require you to be deeply customer-obsessed and capable of designing APIs that also drive UI. You’ll spin up agents and integrate MCP servers while shipping production code with high quality.