Product Engineer

David Joseph & Company; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

David Joseph & Company seeks a Senior Product Engineer in Austin to own user-facing problems end to end — from design through monitoring. This is a backend product role (not systems/infra) requiring judgment and product ownership. The tech stack includes GCP with Go or Node/TypeScript; exposure to RAG is a plus.

On-site, 5 days a week, with compensation of $130,000–$150,000 plus equity. The ideal candidate has 6–10 years in engineering, startup experience with 0–1 ownership, and a passion for

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of engineering experience (4–5 acceptable with stellar progression)
• Backend product engineer (not systems/infra)
• First or early engineer at a startup with 0–1 ownership
• GCP, Go or Node/TS preferred
• Positive AI adoption in daily workflow
• On-site in Austin, 5 days a week (West 6th Street)

Responsibilities

• Own user-facing problems end to end — design, build, ship, operate, monitor
• Move beyond mere execution to strong product ownership
• Collaborate across teams to deliver features that drive user impact
• Maintain and monitor product quality in production

Skills

Go

Node/TypeScript

GCP

AI adoption

Tools

Go

Node/TypeScript

GCP

RAG

Job description

Austin, TX (West 6th Street)

• On-site (5 days)
• Full-time Compensation: $130,000–$150,000 + competitive equity

About The Company

Our client is a project-based technical learning platform with 200,000+ learners across 190+ countries, built on the thesis that learning should be about building rather than lectures and quizzes — and that you should showcase your work in a portfolio rather than a resume line. Learners build using AI tools like Claude Code, Cursor, LangChain, and RAG, with a portfolio website auto-generated in the background as they go. Real outcomes include people landing jobs within 15 days of joining and becoming AI community leaders in their countries.

Founded 2021

• 7 people (Seed)
• Industry: Education

The Role

The client is hiring a Senior Product Engineer who owns user-facing problems end to end — design, build, ship, operate, monitor. This is explicitly not a systems or infrastructure role; it requires judgment and first-principles product ownership, not just execution.

Tech stack

GCP; Go or Node/TypeScript (backend). Nice-to-have exposure: RAG, graph-based data modeling.

Requirements

• 6–10 years of engineering (4–5 acceptable with stellar progression)
• A first or early engineer at a startup with 0-1 ownership
• A backend product engineer (not systems/infra)
• GCP, Go or Node/TS preferred
• Positive AI adoption in daily workflow
• On-site in Austin, 5 days (West 6th Street)

Nice to Haves

• A first or early engineer at a startup that scaled past 0-to-1, with measurable user impact
• Consistent scope and title progression over the past 5–10 years
• Owned a core product domain (data model, critical user flow, growth surface) end to end
• Positive, practical AI adoption in daily workflow (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or similar)
• A cross-functional shipper who talks in terms of user impact and business outcomes, not just code

Why Join

• Massive, mission-driven reach: 200,000+ learners across 190+ countries, with documented life-changing outcomes
• True 0-to-1 ownership: one of the first product engineers on a 7-person seed-stage team, with a clear path to Series A in :12 months
• An AI-native engineering culture where practical AI adoption is expected and valued

Details

• Location — Austin, TX (West 6th Street)
• Work policy — On-site, 5 days/week
• Compensation — $130,000–$150,000 + competitive equity
• Visa sponsorship — OPT
• Employment type — Full-time