Product Engineer

Novel Technology Services; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Novel Technology Services in San Francisco, CA seeks a dedicated Product Engineer for a full-stack role with strong backend emphasis. You will build a realistic AI-driven simulation platform and a consumer software product using a Python backend and a React + TypeScript frontend.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of full-stack experience, hands-on Kubernetes deployment, and a track record of shipping major projects. This is a full-time position in a fast-moving startup environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building full-stack products, including leading at least one major project to production.
• Fluent TypeScript (React) and Python; comfortable deploying to Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience designing robust CI/CD, automated testing, and monitoring/observability.

Responsibilities

• Build the core simulation platform a containerized environment for AI agents to perform tasks.
• Design evaluation scenarios with clear grading criteria and effective toolchains.
• Develop a consumer software product using Python backend and React + TypeScript frontend.
• Establish engineering standards including automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and processes for fast iteration.
• Influence technical direction and help grow the engineering team at an early-stage startup.

Skills

React + TypeScript frontend

Python

ML

Delivery to Kubernetes

CI/CD

Startup experience

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Our client is looking for theirfirst dedicated product engineer. They are an AI driven startup to produce the data and evals necessary for comprehensively automating work enabling agents to learn useful abilities through RL.

This is a Full Stack position with a heavy emphasis on the backend. Front end knowledge is critical as well to be a successful Product Engineer.

They are looking for someone who has recent experience in working with a startup.

What you will do:

• Build the core simulation platform – a realistic, containerized environment where AI agents perform software-engineering and other professional tasks.
• Design realistic evaluation scenarios – identify meaningful tasks, define clear grading criteria, and choose the tools/workflows that let agents succeed.
• Develop a consumer software product – the foundation for our simulation platform, built with a Python backend and a React + TypeScript frontend.
• Establish engineering standards – automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and clear processes to ensure quality and rapid iteration.
• Influence technical direction – drive product development, make key architectural calls, and help grow our engineering team at an early-stage startup.

Technical Expertise to be successful:

• React + TypeScript frontend software
• ML

You Might Be a Fit If You

• Have 5+ years building full-stack products, including leading at least one major project from idea to production.
• Write fluent TypeScript (React) and Python and are comfortable deploying to Kubernetes-based environments.
• Have hands-on experience designing robust CI/CD, automated testing, and monitoring/observability.
• Enjoy working closely with users to iterate quickly and deliver polished software.

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionEngineering and Product Management
• IndustriesInformation Services

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San Francisco, CA $115,000.00-$200,000.00