Product Engineer (Apps)
First seen by Alion on Jul 8, 2026.
Reports to: Steffen Sommer, CTO and co-founder
About Palette
For the last decade, knowledge work drifted away from its original promise. It was supposed to be about thinking, creating, deciding. Instead it became status meetings, reporting, alignment rituals, and busywork.
AI changes that. But the speed has created a new problem: the individual got faster than the organization. More and more work happens inside sessions between humans and agents, and the context behind that work disappears before anyone else in the company can see it.
Palette is the shared context layer for teams and AI. We ingest signals from the tools teams already use (Slack, Linear, Notion, GitHub, calendar, email), turn them into a living map of the organization, and serve that context to the agents people work with every day.
Palette Desktop is the app where teams put that context to work. Point it at a folder your team shares on Google Drive or Dropbox, and run agents on Anthropic, OpenAI, Mistral, or a local model inside it. More providers ship in regularly. It opens those agents up to the whole company, including non-engineers, and the team picks the model that fits. We shipped Desktop in May, and it's already where most of our own work happens.
We're 6 people in Copenhagen. Four co-founders, two founding engineers. We work with design partners across leading startups, scaleups, and household-name brands. We recently raised our pre-seed.
The role
You'll drive Palette Desktop: the app teams use to put their context to work. You'll be the first hire dedicated to our Desktop application, so the role comes with a lot of ownership.
This is a builder role. You work AI-native - use the tools, move fast, own the output. If the AI writes 80% of the code, great; just reason about it and ship.
Who you are
- You've shipped real desktop software. You care about the details that make an app feel native - fast startup, a responsive UI, updates that just work, and the platform plumbing nobody notices until it breaks. Tauri experience is ideal, but strong Electron, native macOS/Windows, or Rust-heavy app work counts too.
- Deep in one area, broad across the rest. Desktop is your home turf, but you're happy reaching into the frontend, the backend, or an AI agent loop when that's what ships the thing.
- Product sense, agency, and curiosity. These matter to us more than a checklist.
The stack
- Desktop: Tauri v2, Rust, TypeScript / React / TanStack
- Frontend: Next.js (migrating to TanStack)
- Backend: Hono
- AI agents: Mastra, plus the coding-agent harnesses we run on-device
- Data & infra: PostgreSQL, Redis, Inngest, Nango, Railway
- Plus: Linear, GitHub Actions, WorkOS, Cloudflare, Sentry, Incident.io, Requesty, Swarmia, PostHog, Atlas, and more
We're bullish on TypeScript, but we're constantly evaluating our approach and open to being challenged.
How we work
- Copenhagen office. Mostly in person, but around two days from home every week.
- We aim to stay a small and lean team.
- We're all doers and care about our craftsmanship.
- We're constantly exploring what AI-native means to us.
- We're obsessed with making something people actually want to use, so everyone at the company talks to customers regularly.
What you get
- Top-tier salary
- Solid office in Copenhagen
- The gear you need
- Dental insurance
- Lunch, snacks, and drinks at the office
How to apply
Apply on The Hub.