Lead Founding Product Engineer — Remote

Doist; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company. We seek a Lead Founding Product Engineer to drive 0-1 initiatives, set technical foundations, and lead cross-functional teams in delivering scalable product solutions.

You will define architectures with executive, product, and customer teams, mentor senior engineers, and influence roadmap and strategy while thriving in an ambiguous environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience.
• Proven track record of leading 0-1 products.
• Exceptional product and technical judgment.
• Strong leadership across engineering and product.
• Excellent customer and executive communication.
• Strong ability to operate with ambiguity.
• Nice to Have: AI/ML products.
• Nice to Have: Scale-up experience.
• Nice to Have: Previous founding or early engineering experience.
• Nice to Have: Experience building new product teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead product engineering strategy for 0-1 initiatives.
• Work directly with executive, product, engineering, and customer teams.
• Define architectures and product development frameworks.
• Lead cross-functional teams through discovery and delivery.
• Turn customer problems into differentiated products.
• Establish engineering standards for emerging product teams.
• Mentor senior product engineers.
• Influence roadmap, architecture, and product strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Product strategy

Architectures & frameworks

Executive communication

Mentoring

Ambiguity tolerance

AI/ML (nice to have)

Founding/early engineering experience

Job description

Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company. We seek a Lead Founding Product Engineer to drive 0-1 initiatives, set technical foundations, and lead cross-functional teams in delivering scalable product solutions.

You will define architectures with executive, product, and customer teams, mentor senior engineers, and influence roadmap and strategy while thriving in an ambiguous environment.