Founding Product Engineer
Crustdata (YC F24) - San Francisco, CA
Hiring: Founding Product Engineer Company: Crustdata (YC F24) Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 10:20:17 About the job Experience: •5+ years of experience in shipping production software Qualifications: •Prior experience of working with sales/gtm teams in the past would be extremely beneficial •A true grinder - we work very hard •Founder mentality - someone who wants to be a founder in future OR was a founder earlier and hates eating glass every day. •This is a role with founder-level excitement of uncovering the unknowns minus the risks •Lead the 0→1 build of a new product on top of our APIs. Including building core algorithms and architecture for creating deterministic AI agents on the fly from natural language •Own product strategy and execution end-to-end: user discovery, scoping, rapid prototyping, shipping, iteration, and metrics. •Partner cross-functionally with Sales/CS to define high-leverage workflows •Build production-quality UX (fast, simple, correct), with pragmatic choices over perfect abstractions. •Partner with the Head of Engineering on architecture, reliability, and data/privacy guardrails. Compensation: •$200,000 - $250,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!