Senior Software Engineer

Software Engineering, Software Engineering, Seed Funding, Purchasing/Procurement, Operating Systems, Consumer Packaged Goods, Spreadsheets, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Email Management/Administration, Return on Investment (ROI), 5+ years of software engineering experienceStrong full-stack engineering backgroundExperience at VC-backed startups or high-growth product companiesHands-on product ownership experienceStrong systems design and architecture thinkingExperience building customer-facing software productsTechnical degree strongly preferredComfortable operating in highly ambiguous startup environmentsExperience with modern frontend/backend frameworksAbility to ship autonomously with minimal oversight

Preferred / Strong Signals

Early engineer or founding engineer experienceExperience in supply chain, logistics, procurement, or workflow-heavy domainsStrong TypeScript / Node.js / React experienceExperience building internal systems or operational toolingDirect customer collaboration experienceHigh agency and ownership mindsetComfortable making architectural tradeoffs independentlyDaily user of AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude, Copilot, etc.)

Strong Signals

Strong product-minded engineering instinctsExcellent communication and cross-functional collaborationComfort with undefined problem spacesDemonstrated business impact from shipped workAbility to balance speed and engineering rigorHands-on coding excellenceSystems-level thinking

Base salary: $200,000 - $219,000Competitive early-stage equityFull onsite role in Redwood CityDirect access to founders and leadershipMeaningful ownership of product architectureHigh-growth startup upsideCustomer-facing product impact

Why Join

This is an opportunity to join an early-stage AI company already delivering measurable customer value in a massive, underserved market.

You will help define the technical architecture for a product solving real operational pain points while working directly with founders, customers, and product leadership.

If you’re excited by ownership, ambiguity, and building foundational systems in an AI-native environment, this role offers rare early-stage leverage.

Our client is building an AI-native operating system for procurement within the consumer packaged goods industry, transforming outdated workflows currently managed through email, spreadsheets, and PDFs into structured, intelligent systems.

Their platform is already delivering measurable ROI for customers, helping procurement teams unlock significant savings through automation, visibility, and AI-powered workflow orchestration.

This is an opportunity to join an early-stage company with strong traction, proven product-market fit, and direct customer demand - working alongside experienced founders to shape the technical foundation of a category-defining product., Own features end-to-end from concept through production deploymentBuild full-stack product capabilities across frontend and backend systemsDesign scalable system architecture to support rapid company growthPartner directly with product leadership to define technical directionShip customer-facing product improvements rapidly and iterativelyWork directly with customers to understand workflow pain pointsDrive systems design decisions for platform scalability and reliabilityBuild AI-powered procurement workflows and data intelligence systemsRaise engineering standards across testing, observability, and code qualityContribute to foundational technical decisions for the next stage of growth