Founding Product Engineer - AI-Driven Fintech Builder

Open Standard; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Standard is seeking a Founding Product Engineer to turn ambiguous problems into usable products. You will work across APIs, backend systems, data, integrations, internal tools, and user-facing products, often with no detailed PRD.

You’ll influence product direction, technical foundations, engineering culture, and how the team grows from here. You should be highly AI native, using coding agents and AI tools to transform how you work, with ownership and the ability to ship rapidly while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong product instinct and technical judgment.
• Comfortable across different parts of the stack.
• High ownership and comfort with ambiguity.
• Able to move quickly without sacrificing quality.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Already using AI meaningfully in your development workflow.

Responsibilities

• Own products and features end to end, from problem definition through launch.
• Build across the stack, including APIs, backend systems, integrations, dashboards, and internal tools.
• Work directly with customers, partners, and the founding team.
• Help define product direction and technical architecture.
• Use AI and automation to prototype, build, and iterate faster.
• Help establish the engineering practices and culture future teammates will inherit.

Skills

Software engineering

Product instinct

Cross-stack experience

Ownership

Communication

AI in development

Job description

Open Standard is seeking a Founding Product Engineer to turn ambiguous problems into usable products. You will work across APIs, backend systems, data, integrations, internal tools, and user-facing products, often with no detailed PRD.

You’ll influence product direction, technical foundations, engineering culture, and how the team grows from here. You should be highly AI native, using coding agents and AI tools to transform how you work, with ownership and the ability to ship rapidly while