AI-Native Product Engineer: End-to-End & Customer-Obsessed

Alma; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

PTO + Holidays

Wellness allowance

Generous parental leave

Job summary

Alma is an AI-native law firm building an end-to-end AI-powered product for immigration services. We seek a product engineer who can own features from database to UI, working directly with the founding team and early customers to scale the platform. You’ll combine backend excellence with frontend discipline to accelerate product delivery and impact.

The role emphasizes customer-obsessed engineering, rapid iteration, and hands-on use of modern AI tooling to ship high-quality software at speed.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of backend development experience with willingness to own frontend work
• Experience building products on top of LLMs/ML
• Proficient in Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, containerization and scaling microservices
• Comfortable with TypeScript, React and modern frontend tooling
• Experience taking products from zero to one
• Daily use of modern coding harnesses (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) to ship production code
• Located in the San Francisco Bay Area or willing to relocate
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the founding team and early customers to build a world-class AI-powered product
• Own features end-to-end — architect the backend, build the frontend, and ship to production
• Collaborate with design and product to translate user needs into shipped experiences
• Engage in the entire application lifecycle with a high bar for coding, debugging, testing, and deploying
• Operate as a force multiplier with AI tooling to move faster while maintaining quality

Skills

Backend development

Frontend ownership

LLM/ML product experience

Python

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

Containerization

TypeScript

React

AI code tooling

MCP servers integration

AI-assisted code review

BS/MS in CS/Engineering

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Cursor

AWS

Supabase

LaunchDarkly

Betterstack

Job description

Alma is an AI-native law firm building an end-to-end AI-powered product for immigration services. We seek a product engineer who can own features from database to UI, working directly with the founding team and early customers to scale the platform. You’ll combine backend excellence with frontend discipline to accelerate product delivery and impact.

The role emphasizes customer-obsessed engineering, rapid iteration, and hands-on use of modern AI tooling to ship high-quality software at speed.