Early Product Engineer - US

Coefficient; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Unlimited PTO

401K Plan

Job summary

A progressive data software startup in San Mateo, CA, is seeking an early-career Product Engineer to collaborate directly with the founders. This role emphasizes ownership, curiosity, and technical skills across the stack, with a focus on developing autonomous data applications. Candidates should have relevant experience with modern web technologies and a strong commitment to product quality. This hybrid position requires in-office presence three days a week, offering competitive compensation and extensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience building production web applications.
• Proficiency in modern web stacks, including TypeScript and React.
• Experience with backend systems and APIs.
• Ability to pick up new technologies quickly.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with founders to define product direction and core systems.
• Own problems from idea to production.
• Deliver end-to-end experiences in product development.

Skills

Ownership

Curiosity

Decision making

User Experience (UX)

Adaptability in low-structure environments

Tools

TypeScript

React

Next.js

Node.js

Python

Flask

Job description

Coefficient is a VC-backed startup building the next generation of data software. The founders, Navneet & Tommy, are serial entrepreneurs whose last startup, Shopular, was backed by Y Combinator and Sequoia and acquired by Rakuten Ebates.

We started by turning spreadsheets into a live, connected layer on top of company data—bringing systems like Salesforce, HubSpot, and Snowflake directly into Google Sheets and Excel. Today, thousands of teams rely on Coefficient to access real‑time data without IT.

Now, we’re taking the next step.

What We’re Building

Coefficient is evolving into an agentic data intelligence platform — where AI doesn’t just retrieve data, but understands it, reasons about it, and takes action.

At the core is a shared data world model: a unified, continuously updated understanding of a company’s data, business logic, and context. This allows our autonomous agents to operate with far more context than traditional tools—unlocking a fundamentally new way to work with data.

Instead of dashboards and one‑off queries, we’re building AI agents that:

• Develop context over time (memory + business rules)
• Explore data and surface insights proactively
• Execute workflows and make decisions
• Generate complete, high‑quality outputs (reports, dashboards, spreadsheets, scripts)

All powered by the real‑time, production‑grade data pipelines we’ve already built.

The shift is simple: from tools that show you data → to autonomous agents that do work with it.

Your Role

We’re looking for Product Engineers early in their career who operate with high agency, strong ownership, and deep curiosity.

This is not a scoped, ticket‑driven role. You’ll work directly with the founders to define product direction, build core systems, and ship end‑to‑end experiences.

You might be a fit if you:

• Take full ownership of problems—from idea to production
• Are relentlessly curious and think from first principles
• Move quickly, make decisions, and iterate without perfect specs
• Care deeply about product quality, UX, and craft
• Thrive in ambiguity and low‑structure environments

Technical expectations:

• 2–4 years of experience building production web applications
• Proficiency in modern web stacks (e.g. TypeScript, React, Next.js, or similar)
• Experience with backend systems and APIs (e.g. Node, Python, Flask, or similar)
• Comfortable working with data‑intensive applications and distributed systems
• Ability to pick up new technologies quickly and move across the stack as needed
• Solid understanding of performance, system design, and scalability
• Experience building and shipping production systems

This is a hybrid in‑office role in San Mateo, CA. We are looking for this person to be in‑office three days a week with our team.

Bottom Line

We’re building toward a future where autonomous agents, powered by a shared data world model, can understand a business and execute work on its behalf. If you’re the kind of engineer who wants to build systems like that—and take real ownership in the process—you’ll do well here.

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• 401K Plan

Coefficient takes a market‑based approach to pay. The candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job‑related skills, experience, qualifications, and interview performance. For candidates located in the San Francisco Bay Area, the salary range will be $150,000‑250,000. For candidates outside of the Bay Area, the salary range will be determined by location and adjusted for cost of labor. If you have questions on this, please contact our recruiting team for more information.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.