Product Engineer

Altimate.ai • Sunnyvale, CA

44d • $185,000 - $250,000

About The Position

We're hiring a Staff Product Engineer - someone who takes a feature from idea to production with full ownership. A builder, not a reviewer.
This role sits at the intersection of backend systems, product experience, and AI. You'll own complete product surfaces - APIs, data pipelines, and the LLM orchestration layer that ties it all together - and work directly with the founders to shape what gets built.
If you close the gap between what's built and what customers actually need, this is for you.

Requirements

• 8+ years building production systems
• Strong backend fundamentals - Python (or similar), APIs, distributed systems, databases
• LLM in production: RAG, agents, prompt pipelines
• Product instinct: you've pushed back on specs, rewritten requirements, and been right
• Startup DNA: you've set direction, not just executed it

Nice To Haves

• Experience with dbt, Airflow, Spark, or data platform tooling
• Familiarity with SQL parsing, ASTs, or data lineage
• TypeScript / React experience for full-stack ownership
• Former founder or early founding engineer

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end: scoping, architecture, implementation, and iteration based on user feedback
• Build backend systems powering AI-driven workflows — Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis
• Ship LLM-native features: RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, prompt systems that operate on real data infrastructure
• Work on developer-facing surfaces: VS Code extensions, CLI tooling, dbt integrations, SQL intelligence
• Improve reliability and performance of production AI systems at scale
• Partner directly with founders and early customers to decide what to build next

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Base Salary Range: $185,000 - $250,000 [influenced by your expertise, how the interview goes, and how well you match the role]
• Equity: 0.05% - 0.5%
• Access to cutting-edge AI infrastructure and resources
• Team offsite and opportunities to attend and present at leading industry conferences (across the world)
• Learning budget for AI courses, books, and computing resources
• Dynamic and intellectually stimulating work environment with a team of talented engineers
• Opportunities to shape the direction of the company and leave a lasting impact

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed