Founding Product Engineer

<h3>About the Role</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">We're a seed-stage, AI-native healthtech startup building an operating system that empowers nurse practitioners to launch and run independent clinical practices. We're hiring a <strong>Founding Product Engineer</strong> to own and shape the clinician-facing product experience end-to-end.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You'll work closely with founders, designers, and clinicians to transform complex clinical workflows into polished, reliable software that directly improves care delivery. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role at a small, fast-moving team — you'll have an outsized influence on both the product and the engineering culture from day one.</p><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own major clinician-facing workflows from whiteboard through production — including implementation, testing, rollout, and iteration.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate with designers, founders, and clinicians to define product behavior; you won't be waiting for finished specs.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Drive frontend architecture and technical direction across provider and patient applications.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Influence APIs, data models, and overall system design while primarily owning the frontend.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Iterate quickly from rough concepts to polished production experiences alongside a product designer.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Debug complex production issues spanning browsers, APIs, third-party integrations, and infrastructure.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Contribute to engineering culture through thoughtful code reviews, technical discussions, and pragmatic decision-making.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Leverage AI development tools as a core part of your workflow while maintaining full ownership of system design and production quality.</p></li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Required:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Demonstrated experience leading significant technical initiatives or owning major product areas end-to-end.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong hands-on experience with <strong>React</strong> and <strong>Next.js</strong> (TypeScript familiarity assumed).</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proven track record of owning user-facing features from concept through production.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfortable collaborating across the frontend/backend boundary — working with APIs and debugging backend behavior.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience working directly with designers, customers, or domain experts to shape product direction.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong product intuition, engineering judgment, and debugging skills.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment and experienced using AI development tools responsibly.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Able to commute to our Midtown Manhattan office 3 days per week (hybrid).</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Nice to Have:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience in healthcare, with FHIR, or in other regulated-software environments.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Prior experience as an early or founding engineer at a startup.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience building products used throughout the workday, where usability and workflow matter as much as correctness.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience evolving and maintaining a design system.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Note:</strong> Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.</p><h3>Compensation &amp; Benefits</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Salary:</strong> $180,000 – $220,000 per year</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Early-stage equity</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Opportunity to shape engineering culture and product direction as a founding team member</p></li></ul><h3>Location</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is a <strong>hybrid role</strong> based in <strong>New York City, NY</strong>. Candidates should be able to commute to our Midtown Manhattan office at least 3 days per week.</p><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>