Founding Principal Product Engineer - Remote, Scale-Up

Pragmatike; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Pragmatike is seeking a Principal Founding Product Engineer to lead strategic 0→1 product initiatives and shape how technical capabilities become scalable products. You will define direction, lead from concept to scale, and collaborate with customers, founders, and leadership to craft robust architectures.

You will architect systems that evolve to production platforms, identify opportunities through market insight, and mentor senior engineers while influencing overall product strategy.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience.
• Strong product engineering and architecture skills.
• Multiple examples of successful 0→1 product development.
• Excellent technical communication.
• Ability to influence product strategy through technical expertise.
• Customer orientation with market insight.

Responsibilities

• Define technical and product direction for new initiatives.
• Lead complex products from concept to scale.
• Work directly with customers, founders, and product leadership.
• Architect systems that evolve from prototypes to production platforms.
• Identify product opportunities through customer and market insight.
• Establish reusable engineering patterns.
• Mentor senior product engineers.
• Influence company-level product and technology strategy.

Skills

Engineering experience

Product engineering

Architecture skills

0→1 product development

Customer orientation

Technical communication

Influence product strategy

Job description

Pragmatike is seeking a Principal Founding Product Engineer to lead strategic 0→1 product initiatives and shape how technical capabilities become scalable products. You will define direction, lead from concept to scale, and collaborate with customers, founders, and leadership to craft robust architectures.

You will architect systems that evolve to production platforms, identify opportunities through market insight, and mentor senior engineers while influencing overall product strategy.