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Product Engineer San Francisco, CA · Hybrid (3 days/week on-site) · Full-time Compensation: $185K–$230K + equity About the Company Our client is a seed-stage startup building AI-powered software for global trade and customs, helping importers navigate tariffs, uncover duty refunds, and cut costs across their operations. They have a live product with a growing base of customers and a Series A on the horizon. You would join a small, high-impact engineering team where every engineer shapes the product directly. Founded 2024 · Small team · Industry: AI, Logistics, Fintech, B2B The Role A product-minded engineer who owns features end-to-end in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment, working directly with the founders to turn messy, fragmented trade data into clean, actionable insight. What you'll be doing • Building full-stack features across the platform, connecting product to real customer use cases with client data. • Wrangling messy, fragmented trade data (documents, CSVs, API integrations) into clean, structured, usable information. • Designing and modeling databases in PostgreSQL to handle the complexity of global trade. • Shaping product direction with the founders: understanding user problems, pushing back on specs, and owning the full lifecycle from ambiguous requirement to shipped product. • Building agentic AI workflows in a compliance-heavy domain where accuracy has real consequences. Tech stack: TypeScript (Node backend + React frontend), PostgreSQL Requirements • 2 to 5 years of experience in full-stack product engineering. • Time at a Series B or later company with a strong engineering culture. • Strong full-stack TypeScript ability across a Node backend and a React frontend. • A track record shipping end-to-end features in a data-heavy or compliance-adjacent product (for example fintech, logistics, or B2B SaaS). • Solid PostgreSQL and data-modeling fundamentals. • Genuine intellectual curiosity, with a habit of going deep on technical or domain problems on your own. • Based in San Francisco or open to relocating, and able to be in-office 3 days a week. • Work authorization note: no new H-1B sponsorship at this time; H-1B transfers, OPT, TN, J1, and O1 can be considered. Nice to Haves • Hands-on experience with data wrangling, tricky integrations, or document pipelines. • A degree in computer science or a related technical field. • A strong point of view on frontend UX and building genuinely usable interfaces. Why Join • Join at near-founding-team scale, where your work shapes the product, roadmap, and culture directly. • Own features end-to-end, from ambiguous problem to shipped product, alongside the founders. • Work on hard, real-world data problems in a category that is expanding quickly. • Meaningful early-stage equity with room to grow as the company scales. Details • Location: San Francisco, CA • Work policy: Hybrid, 3 days/week in-office • Compensation: $185K–$230K + equity • Visa sponsorship: No new H-1B; H-1B transfers, OPT, TN, J1, O1 considered • Employment type: Full-time

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Product Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Hybrid (3 days/week on-site) · Full-time
Compensation: $185K–$230K + equity
A product-minded engineer who owns features end-to-end in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment, working directly with the founders to turn messy, fragmented trade data into clean, actionable insight.
What you'll be doing
Building full-stack features across the platform, connecting product to real customer use cases with client data.
Wrangling messy, fragmented trade data (documents, CSVs, API integrations) into clean, structured, usable information.
Designing and modeling databases in PostgreSQL to handle the complexity of global trade.
Shaping product direction with the founders: understanding user problems, pushing back on specs, and owning the full lifecycle from ambiguous requirement to shipped product.
Building agentic AI workflows in a compliance-heavy domain where accuracy has real consequences.
Tech stack: TypeScript (Node backend + React frontend), PostgreSQL
2 to 5 years of experience in full-stack product engineering.

Nice-to-haves

Hands-on experience with data wrangling, tricky integrations, or document pipelines.
A degree in computer science or a related technical field.
A strong point of view on frontend UX and building genuinely usable interfaces.
Join at near-founding-team scale, where your work shapes the product, roadmap, and culture directly.
Own features end-to-end, from ambiguous problem to shipped product, alongside the founders.
Work on hard, real-world data problems in a category that is expanding quickly.
Meaningful early-stage equity with room to grow as the company scales.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Work policy: Hybrid, 3 days/week in-office
Compensation: $185K–$230K + equity
Visa sponsorship: No new H-1B; H-1B transfers, OPT, TN, J1, O1 considered
Employment type: Full-time

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