Recruiting from Scratch · 3 weeks ago
3412 | Weave | Founding Product Engineer
San Francisco, CA|Onsite
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$140K/yr - $200K/yrRecruiting from Scratch is a specialized talent firm dedicated to helping companies build exceptional teams. They are seeking a Founding Product Engineer to own the full lifecycle of building product features, engage with customers, and contribute to both product and engineering culture in a fast-paced startup environment.
Staffing Agency
No H1B
Responsibilities
Talk directly with customers to understand pain points, workflows, and requests
Design and plan product solutions that balance speed, quality, and scalability
Build backend services and APIs for new features
Build frontend user experiences end to end
Provision and maintain infrastructure to support new functionality
Ship features quickly, gather feedback, and iterate
Diagnose and fix bugs—sometimes quickly, sometimes deeply and permanently
Contribute to technical storytelling through documentation or blog posts
Repeat this cycle continuously as the product and company scale
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated technical excellence as a full-stack engineer (any level of experience considered if ability is exceptional)
Strong problem-solving skills and the grit to push through hard technical challenges
Pragmatic engineering judgment, knowing when to move fast and when to slow down
Empathy for users and a genuine desire to understand customer pain points
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Comfort operating in a fast-paced startup environment where priorities evolve quickly
High personal drive and motivation to continually improve as an engineer
Preferred
Experience as a founding engineer, early startup employee, or founder
Background at a top-tier tech company or high-growth startup (internships acceptable for new grads)
Experience with React and TypeScript on the frontend
Experience with Go and/or Python on the backend
Interest in engineering productivity, developer tools, or workflow optimization
Solid (not necessarily perfect) product design sensibilities
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related field from a top university
Benefits
Equity: 0.1% – 0.25% ownership
Visa Sponsorship: TN visa sponsorship available
Company
Recruiting from Scratch
A recruiting agency working with technology companies to help them hire software engineers, data roles, product managers, and hardware.
Founded in 2021
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Will Sanders
Founder / CEO
Tom Callahan
Managing Partner, Retained Executive Search
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