Product Engineer (Full Stack / Backend-Leaning)

Jenn Nguyen and Friends; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Platinum-tier medical, dental, and vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

Lunch and wellness stipend

Job summary

Jenn Nguyen and Friends in San Francisco, CA is looking for a Product Engineer with a focus on both frontend and backend development. The role offers a competitive salary of $130K–$210K, equity, and platinum-tier medical benefits.

Join a dynamic startup environment where you will design and ship features, work with advanced technologies like React and TypeScript, and contribute directly to impactful products.

The position requires 3+ years of engineering experience and a passion for high-quality software development.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in startup environments.
• Hands-on experience with React/Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL.
• Strong fundamentals in full stack development.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship full product features across frontend and backend layers.
• Build and scale AI-driven interfaces used in high-stakes environments.
• Collaborate closely with founders on decision-making challenges.

Skills

Software engineering experience

React/Next.js

TypeScript

MySQL

Full stack development

Tools

ClickHouse

Job description

Product Engineer (Full Stack / Backend-Leaning)

Location: San Francisco, CA

Compensation: $130K–$210K base (varies by level and interview performance) + equity

Work Policy: 5 days/week in‑office

Sponsorship: TN and OPT visa transfers supported

Stage: Seed‑stage startup | $3.1M raised | YC‑backed | 10+ enterprise customers

Who Are We?

We are a YC‑backed, San Francisco‑based startup building autonomous AI agents for fraud, compliance, trust & safety, and threat intelligence. Our platform provides a unified API and end‑to‑end system that helps companies integrate best‑in‑class safety tools quickly and reliably.

Founded by engineers from leading trust & safety teams, we already work with enterprise customers and Fortune 500 companies. We are growing fast and scaling both product and team to meet demand.

What' s in It for You?

• Work directly with founders on frontier AI systems solving real‑world risk and safety problems.
• Ship features with iteration cycles measured in hours—not quarters.
• Own product features end‑to‑end, from backend logic to polished UI to production deployment.
• Help build infrastructure that processes billions of events per day.
• Competitive base salary plus meaningful equity in a fast‑growing YC‑backed company.
• Platinum‑tier medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Lunch and wellness stipend.

What Will You Do?

• Design and ship full product features across frontend and backend layers.
• Build and scale AI‑driven interfaces used in high‑stakes environments.
• Work directly in React/Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL, and ClickHouse.
• Collaborate closely with founders to solve real‑time decisioning challenges balancing precision, speed, and user trust.
• Run fast pilots, demos, and production rollouts across industries.
• Contribute to architectural decisions that enable scaling to billions of events.

What Will You Need?

• 3+ years of software engineering experience (mid to senior level).
• Experience in startup environments or strong signal backgrounds (top‑tier schools, impressive GitHub, or top‑tier tech companies).
• Hands‑on experience with React/Next.js, TypeScript, MySQL, and familiarity with ClickHouse.
• Strong fundamentals in full stack development with the ability to own features end‑to‑end.
• Passion for craftsmanship and strong opinions about code quality and product design.
• Comfort working in a high‑urgency, fast‑paced, in‑person environment.

Strongly Preferred

• Growth‑stage startup experience.
• Experience at top‑tier technology companies.
• Experience with event sourcing, stream processing, or languages like Elixir, Rust, or Scala.

Must Not Have

• Job hopping history.
• Employment gaps without strong explanation.
• Consulting‑only background.
• Long‑time manager/CTO transitioning back to IC without recent hands‑on depth.
• Primarily DevOps or infrastructure‑focused profile.
• Experience limited to internal dashboards, refactoring, or low‑complexity projects.