Your current company loves you, but let’s be honest: you’ve outgrown them. You’ve hit the ceiling of what their product can do, and squeezing out 1% optimisations isn’t why you became an engineer.
Stop coasting on past wins. Find a steeper mountain. Let’s build from 0-to-1.
We’ve partnering with a seriously cashed-up, vanguard AI-native company in Sydney that is fundamentally rewriting the rules of human-computer interaction.
They are looking for a true Founding Product Engineer to join a room full of absolute heavyweights. The bar is high—average simply doesn’t cut it here.
You don’t need an AI background, but you do need to be genuinely remarkable. The founders are looking for that elusive “vibe”—someone who has been the main driver behind building something deeply complex, who thrives in the chaos of a scaling startup, and who possesses the hunger to elevate everyone around them. You won’t just be writing code; you will literally shape the engineering culture of a company that is on a rocket-ship trajectory.
What you’ll be doing:
- Owning end-to-end product engineering from 0-to-1, making high-stakes architectural and product decisions.
- Building complex, highly interactive, user-facing features where there is no existing playbook to copy.
- Sparring with exceptionally smart founders to define the technical roadmap and product strategy.
- Setting the engineering standard, pace, and culture for all the hires that follow you.
What you’ll bring to the team:
- Proven Scale: Experience engineering high-scale, resilient systems, ideally within a high-growth environment.
- Modern Stack Fluency: You’ll be steering a TypeScript-heavy architecture—leveraging Next.js, React, and TailwindCSS on the frontend, powered by tRPC, Postgres, Temporal, and AWS under the hood.
- A Ruthless Bias for Execution: You don’t wait for permission. You own the entire lifecycle: translating ambiguous user chaos into strategic ideas, shipping the architecture, and iterating relentlessly.
- An Undeniable Drive to Win: Make no mistake: this will be the most demanding, complex build of your career—and that is exactly why you want it. You possess that intangible “standout” quality and high-conviction mindset.
What else is offered:
- Elite Financial Upside: Top-of-market base salary paired with a highly generous equity structure that actually matters as the company scales.
- Frictionless Execution: You’ll be handed a corporate card to eliminate daily noise. Whether it’s premium software tools, caffeine, or operational expenses—if it helps you operate at your peak, it’s covered.
- The Ultimate Battle Station: An uncapped tech and workspace budget. Build your ideal hardware and software setup without asking for permission.
- Fully Catered Operations: Daily team lunches and dinners are provided at the office, fostering high-bandwidth collaboration and keeping you in the flow.
- Absolute Autonomy: The rare opportunity to take real ownership from day one, working alongside some of the sharpest, most innovative minds in the Sydney tech scene.
What’s next:
If your resume usually makes founders say “wow” and you are ready to build something that actually matters, hit apply now or reach out directly for a highly confidential chat.