Founding Product Engineer — Creator Tools & Equity

Ponder; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Founding-team equity

Medical, dental and vision

Lunch and dinner

Job summary

Ponder is hiring founding engineers to own big parts of the product and ship weekly. You’ll work across the desktop app, the agent and the server, and talk to users directly to understand their needs.

We’re looking for someone who has shipped products in TypeScript and React, with backend experience in Node and PostgreSQL. Founding-team equity and a competitive cash base are offered along with medical, dental and vision coverage, lunch and dinner in our Flatiron office.

Qualifications

• Shipped products used by people, with TypeScript and React.
• Backend development experience with Node.js and PostgreSQL.
• Ability to plan experiments or features and ship independently.
• Strong product sense to balance current requests with future needs.
• Links to past work or projects are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own big parts of the product and ship them weekly across desktop app, agent and server.
• Talk to users directly to understand their needs and translate them into fixes.
• Collaborate with design and other engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Skills

TypeScript

React

Node.js

PostgreSQL

APIs

Background jobs

Tools

FFmpeg

WebCodecs

WebGL

Electron

LLMs and agents

Job description

Ponder is hiring founding engineers to own big parts of the product and ship weekly. You’ll work across the desktop app, the agent and the server, and talk to users directly to understand their needs.

We’re looking for someone who has shipped products in TypeScript and React, with backend experience in Node and PostgreSQL. Founding-team equity and a competitive cash base are offered along with medical, dental and vision coverage, lunch and dinner in our Flatiron office.