Product Engineer

davidjoseph-co; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Hybrid work

Job summary

davidjoseph-co in San Francisco is seeking a Product Engineer to own full-stack features end-to-end in a fast-moving, data-heavy domain, collaborating with founders to turn messy trade data into actionable insight.

You will work across the stack (TypeScript, Node backend, React frontend) and model databases in PostgreSQL, with a hybrid schedule requiring in-office 3 days per week.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in full-stack product engineering.
• Experience at a Series B or later company with a strong engineering culture.
• Strong full-stack TS ability across a Node backend and a React frontend.
• Track record shipping end-to-end features in data-heavy or compliance-adjacent products.
• Solid PostgreSQL and data-modeling fundamentals.
• Genuine intellectual curiosity and initiative to dig into problems.

Responsibilities

• Build full-stack features across the platform, translating client data into value.
• Wrangle messy trade data into clean, structured information.
• Design and model PostgreSQL databases to handle global trade complexity.
• Shape product direction with founders and own lifecycle from requirement to shipped product.
• Build agentic AI workflows in a compliance-heavy domain with real- world consequences.

Skills

Full-stack TypeScript

End-to-end feature delivery

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Node.js

React

PostgreSQL

Job description

Product Engineer

San Francisco, CA · Hybrid (3 days/week on-site) · Full-time
Compensation: $185K–$230K + equity

About the Company

Our client is a seed-stage startup building AI-powered software for global trade and customs, helping importers navigate tariffs, uncover duty refunds, and cut costs across their operations. They have a live product with a growing base of customers and a Series A on the horizon. You would join a small, high-impact engineering team where every engineer shapes the product directly.

Founded 2024 · Small team · Industry: AI, Logistics, Fintech, B2B

The Role

A product-minded engineer who owns features end-to-end in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment, working directly with the founders to turn messy, fragmented trade data into clean, actionable insight.

What you'll be doing

• Building full-stack features across the platform, connecting product to real customer use cases with client data.
• Wrangling messy, fragmented trade data (documents, CSVs, API integrations) into clean, structured, usable information.
• Designing and modeling databases in PostgreSQL to handle the complexity of global trade.
• Shaping product direction with the founders: understanding user problems, pushing back on specs, and owning the full lifecycle from ambiguous requirement to shipped product.
• Building agentic AI workflows in a compliance-heavy domain where accuracy has real consequences.

Tech stack: TypeScript (Node backend + React frontend), PostgreSQL

Requirements

• 2 to 5 years of experience in full-stack product engineering.
• Time at a Series B or later company with a strong engineering culture.
• Strong full-stack TypeScript ability across a Node backend and a React frontend.
• A track record shipping end-to-end features in a data-heavy or compliance-adjacent product (for example fintech, logistics, or B2B SaaS).
• Solid PostgreSQL and data-modeling fundamentals.
• Genuine intellectual curiosity, with a habit of going deep on technical or domain problems on your own.
• Based in San Francisco or open to relocating, and able to be in-office 3 days a week.
• Work authorization note: no new H-1B sponsorship at this time; H-1B transfers, OPT, TN, J1, and O1 can be considered.

Nice to Haves

• Hands-on experience with data wrangling, tricky integrations, or document pipelines.
• A degree in computer science or a related technical field.
• A strong point of view on frontend UX and building genuinely usable interfaces.

Why Join

• Join at near-founding-team scale, where your work shapes the product, roadmap, and culture directly.
• Own features end-to-end, from ambiguous problem to shipped product, alongside the founders.
• Work on hard, real-world data problems in a category that is expanding quickly.
• Meaningful early-stage equity with room to grow as the company scales.

Details

• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Work policy: Hybrid, 3 days/week in-office
• Compensation: $185K–$230K + equity
• Visa sponsorship: No new H-1B; H-1B transfers, OPT, TN, J1, O1 considered
• Employment type: Full-time