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You will own one of four core domains end-to-end, making product decisions directly alongside customers with no dedicated PM. The company reached seven figures of ARR within its first several months, and this role offers a clear path into leadership or a deep IC track.\nWhat You'll Do\nOwn an entire product domain from architecture through daily production feature shipping.\n\nJoin customer calls, synthesize feedback, and drive product decisions independently.\n\nBuild and optimize multi-modal agents targeting sub-500ms voice latency, high SMS response rates, and persistent conversation state across channels.\n\nDefine the architecture and quality bar for non-deterministic systems, including evals, prompt versioning, guardrails, and drift detection.\n\nWork full-stack across React/Next.js frontends, Node.js backends, and Python voice services.\n\nWhat We're Looking For\n3 to 8 years of full-stack engineering experience with a track record of shipping 0-to-1 products at high-growth startups, as a founder, or in new vertical teams at large tech companies.\n\nStrong proficiency in TypeScript with production experience using Node.js, React, and Next.js.\n\nHands-on production experience with LLM APIs or agent SDKs such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Vercel AI SDK, or similar frameworks (not just tutorials or prototypes).\n\nDepth in at least one of: production voice or SMS agents, long-running agent state and memory, B2B2C or marketplace product architecture, or agent evals and guardrails.\n\nProven ability to conduct customer discovery calls and make product decisions without a dedicated PM.\n\nComfort operating without structure, defining processes from scratch, and sustaining high intensity during launches.\n\nPython experience with real-time voice pipelines (LiveKit, Deepgram, STT/TTS) or evaluation tooling is a plus.\n\nFamiliarity with infrastructure tools such as Redis, BullMQ, Vercel, Render, Sentry, or PostHog is a plus.\n\nFounder experience with verifiable traction (revenue, funding, or acquisition) is a plus, as are strong CS fundamentals from a rigorous program.\n\nCompensation & Benefits\nSalary range: $180,000 to $250,000 USD annually. 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