Founding Product Engineer

About the Role

We're building an AI-native operating system that helps nurse practitioners launch and run independent clinical practices — and we're looking for a Founding Product Engineer to own and shape the clinician-facing product experience. This is a high-impact, early-team role at a seed-stage healthtech company where you'll work directly with founders, designers, and clinicians to turn complex clinical workflows into polished, reliable software that improves care delivery.

You'll be a defining voice in engineering culture, product direction, and technical architecture — not just an executor of finished specs. If you thrive at the intersection of strong engineering craft and genuine product ownership, this role is for you.

What You'll Do

• Own major clinician-facing workflows end-to-end — from whiteboard through implementation, testing, rollout, and iteration.

• Collaborate closely with designers, founders, and clinicians to define product behavior rather than waiting for finished specs.

• Drive frontend architecture and technical direction across provider and patient applications.

• Influence APIs, data models, and overall system behavior while primarily owning the frontend.

• Iterate quickly from rough concepts to production-quality experiences alongside a product designer.

• Debug complex production issues spanning browsers, APIs, third-party integrations, and infrastructure.

• Contribute to engineering culture through thoughtful code reviews, technical discussions, and pragmatic decision-making.

• Leverage AI development tools as part of your workflow while maintaining full ownership of system design and production quality.

What We're Looking For

Must-haves:

• Demonstrated experience leading significant technical initiatives or owning major product areas.

• Strong hands-on experience with React and Next.js (TypeScript familiarity expected).

• Proven track record of owning user-facing features from concept through production.

• Comfort collaborating across the frontend/backend boundary — including working with APIs and debugging backend behavior.

• Experience working directly with designers, customers, or domain experts to shape product direction.

• Experience delivering workflows in a fast-moving, early-stage startup environment.

• Strong product intuition, engineering judgment, and debugging skills.

• Willingness to commute to a Midtown Manhattan office 3 days per week (hybrid).

• Comfort using AI-assisted development tools responsibly while maintaining ownership of what you build.

Nice to haves:

• Experience in healthcare, with FHIR, or other regulated software environments.

• Prior experience as an early or founding engineer at a startup.

• Experience building products used throughout the workday, where usability and workflow continuity matter as much as correctness.

• Experience evolving or maintaining a design system.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $180,000 – $220,000 annually

• Early-team equity commensurate with a founding engineer role

• Visa sponsorship: Not available

Location

This is a hybrid role based in New York City, NY. You'll be expected in the office 3 days per week. Remote-only candidates will not be considered for this position.