About this role
This role involves owning customer problems from discovery through design, engineering, and delivery within an AI and manufacturing technology company. You will work directly with users to understand manufacturing challenges and build full-stack products. The technical environment consists of TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Python, working alongside a 14-person product engineering group and a 7-person AI team. The position offers high autonomy, allowing engineers to make technical decisions and build solutions without waiting for detailed specifications. You will receive close mentorship from experienced engineers while working on products that affect real manufacturing operations.
Skills & technologies
Must have
Nice to have
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- Python
- Startup experience
- Open-source contributions
- Research experience
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Product Engineer
$175,000–$220,000 base + equity | New York or San Francisco | 5 days onsite
SODA has partnered with an AI and manufacturing technology company building software for autonomous factories. You’ll join a 23-person team where engineers own customer problems from first conversation through to shipped product.
For an early-career engineer, the scope is unusual: you won’t sit behind layers of product management. You’ll work with users, make product and technical decisions, and build solutions yourself.
The Opportunity
You’ll join a 14 person product engineering group working alongside a 7 person AI team. You’ll get close mentorship while taking responsibility for problems that affect real manufacturing operations.
The stack includes TypeScript, React, Node.js and Python. What matters more is how you learn, reason through uncertainty and turn difficult problems into working products.
What You'll Do
- Own customer problems from discovery through design, engineering and delivery
- Work directly with users to understand real manufacturing challenges
- Build full-stack products using TypeScript, React, Node.js and Python
- Explore different solutions before choosing and executing an approach
- Make technical decisions without waiting for detailed specifications
- Work with experienced engineers while growing your own decision-making scope
- Balance delivery speed with thoughtful engineering and product judgement
What You'll Bring
Essential:
- Evidence you can solve difficult technical problems and finish what you start
- Software engineering experience through work, internships, research or substantial projects
- Strong product thinking and curiosity about how people use what you build
- Confidence communicating with customers, mentors and engineering colleagues
Desirable:
- Experience with TypeScript, React, Node.js or Python
- Startup, research lab or product engineering experience
- Open-source contributions, technical projects, research or other evidence of initiative
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement. The right mindset matters as much as the right CV.
What's In It For You
- $175,000 - $220,000 base salary plus equity
- Genuine product ownership early in your engineering career
- Direct access to customers and experienced technical mentors
- Exposure to applied AI across complex manufacturing problems
- Paid two-day work trial at $1,000 per day
Interested?
If you want your first few engineering years to involve real ownership rather than waiting for it, this deserves a look. SODA would be happy to talk through the team, technical problems and what you could own.
