Founding Product Lead, AI Developer Tools

Hyperdev; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

HyperDev is seeking a Founding Product Lead to shape the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a developer-focused AI platform. You’ll partner with the founders, engineers, and designers to translate developer needs into a compelling product and business model.

You’ll own discovery, define briefs and journeys, and drive shipping of usable tooling while balancing ambition with quality. A founder’s mindset and hands-on collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience taking a software product from idea through launch and iteration.
• Track record of owning product decisions and delivering measurable outcomes.
• Hands-on experience with customer discovery and close collaboration with engineering and design.
• Strong technical fluency: discuss APIs, integrations, architecture with developers.

Responsibilities

• You’ll set the product direction with co-founders and define the product vision.
• Turn direction into a focused roadmap balancing customer needs, business, and tech constraints.
• Make clear prioritisation decisions, explaining what is built and what is deferred.
• Stay close to AI and developer tooling to sharpen positioning and choices.
• Build direct relationships with developers and early customers for feedback.
• Translate problems into briefs, user journeys, and acceptance criteria for engineering.

Skills

Product leadership

Customer discovery

Engineering collaboration

AI/LLM awareness

User experience judgement

Tools

TypeScript

React

Python

LLM APIs

RAG

Agent workflows

Job description

HyperDev is seeking a Founding Product Lead to shape the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a developer-focused AI platform. You’ll partner with the founders, engineers, and designers to translate developer needs into a compelling product and business model.

You’ll own discovery, define briefs and journeys, and drive shipping of usable tooling while balancing ambition with quality. A founder’s mindset and hands-on collaboration are essential.