Founding Product Engineer
New York City, NY$140k - $230kFull-timePosted 11mo ago
About the role
AI-native storytelling studio Type is hiring a founding product engineer to help build an AI-assisted editor and collaboration features. The role focuses on high-ownership, full-stack engineering for an editor-centric product with offline, real-time collaboration and potential integration of LLM-based workflows.
Responsibilities
- Building advanced rich text editing features
- Working on sync and offline first features using data structures such as CRDTs
- Building multiplayer features for collaborative editing
- Building LLM-based writing and editing features that span all levels in the stack
- Prototyping experimental AI writing and editing workflows
Qualifications
- 4+ years of software engineering with focus on complex web applications
- Proven experience building interaction-heavy applications like editors
- Strong product intuition for identifying friction points and solving real user problems
- Obsessive attention to detail and appreciation for the subtle UX elements that make editors feel natural
- Ability to contribute to product strategy, not just implementation
- A belief that customer problems come first in all product decisions
- Strong foundational skills in Computer Science
- A track record of shipping complex products with excellent user experiences
- Low ego, high ownership
Skills
Required:JavaScriptTypeScriptReact
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Generous stock package
- 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision for you and any dependents
- Dedicated workspace at our HQ in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Last updated Jul 29, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Type
The AI-first document editor.
Type.ai is an AI-native document editor designed for long-form professional writing. We make it 10x faster to write high-quality books, novels, essays, screenplays, and long-form content.
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