Founding Product Lead, AI Developer Tools

Hyperdev

Johannesburg

On-site

ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000

Full time

2 days ago
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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.

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