Founding Engineer (NYC) - Pom Health

Pear VC • New York City, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As our Founding Engineer, you’ll be a co-architect in everything we’re building at Pom. This isn’t just an engineering role — you’ll have real ownership in shaping the foundation at Pom: product to platform to team culture. You’ll work with closely with the founders and the rest of the early team to: 🏗️ Help build our core product. With help, you’ll build the engine and platform that combines high-touch nutrition therapy with AI coaching and delightful food content, guiding patients through bite-sized changes that make an impact. 🔌 Integrate seamlessly into clinical pathways. You’ll work on integrations that makes Pom accessible at the point-of-care at practices and hospitals. 🚀 Prepare to scale reliably. Make the right foundational technical decisions that allow us to both experiment nimbly and scale. 👥 Set the tone for our engineering team. Together, we’ll build a technology org that’s high-caliber, humble, team-oriented, and mission-driven.

Requirements

• Have 4+ years of backend-heavy or fullstack software engineering experience
• Are excited to help scale an early-stage startup, including building a high-performance, patient-centric, and team-first culture
• Have built and launched early-stage products — ideally in a startup environment
• Are a self-starter — excited to get in the weeds and proactively take on important problems for the business
• Care deeply about user experience and product quality (i.e. open to doing user interviews, helping define requirements)
• Are passionate about increasing the role of food and nutrition in the US healthcare system
• Are based in the NYC metro area (Tuesdays and Thursdays in-office required)

Nice To Haves

• Experience in building AI/ML or personalization systems, care delivery platforms, or EHR integrations

Responsibilities

• Help build our core product.
• Integrate seamlessly into clinical pathways.
• Prepare to scale reliably.
• Set the tone for our engineering team.

Benefits

• Meaningful equity ownership and competitive salary (pegged to seniority level)
• Fully-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited PTO with a minimum requirement to take off at least 10 business days per year
• One Medical membership
• Citi Bike membership
• In-person team lunches 2x per week
• $100 monthly healthy grocery stipend

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees