Transparent Search Group
Staff Product Engineer
About the role
Company: Confidential - Series B developer-infrastructure company
Location: New York, NY (Flatiron office, in person 5 days per week)
Compensation: $280,000 - $380,000 + significant early-stage equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Visa transfers only (no new visas)
About the Company
A fast-growing Series B infrastructure company that runs CI workloads much faster on its own global fleet of bare-metal machines, orchestrating tens of millions of virtual machines a month for thousands of companies.
The Role
Our client is hiring a Staff Product Engineer to set the technical direction for new products: AI-native developer tooling that does not yet exist anywhere in the industry. The role operates at the organization level, owning architecture, solving complex product problems and driving 0-to-1 initiatives. You will be a key technical authority and force multiplier: raising engineering standards, mentoring senior engineers and owning production outcomes as a hands-on technical leader.
What You Will Do
- Own and drive the architecture of new products, designing and building the next generation of AI-native developer tooling.
- Translate business and product strategy into long-term technical roadmaps and execution plans.
- Drive new products from 0 to 1.
- Own production outcomes, including reliability, performance and operational excellence.
- Mentor senior engineers and act as a force multiplier.
- Operate in ambiguous spaces where both the problem and the solution need defining.
What You Bring
- 7+ years as a full-stack engineer owning 0-to-1 product builds end to end
- Designed, built and shipped exceptional products in high-growth environments with recognized engineering teams
- Strong technical fundamentals across the stack, particularly TypeScript and React
- Set and led the technical direction of a product from an early stage to one known for exceptional customer experience
- Power user of coding agents and agentic tooling, with compelling examples
- Track record of leading through influence as an individual contributor
- Clear thinking and communication across engineers, leadership and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to work in person in New York 5 days a week
Nice to Have
- Experience at a developer tools or infrastructure startup building for engineers
Interview Process
Initial screen (30 min), technical interview I (45-60 min), technical interview II (2 hours), final onsite (30-45 min).
Tech Stack
TypeScript, React
Your application is reviewed by a TSG search consultant.
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