Product Engineer (Software Engineer)

About the Role A well-funded fintech startup is looking for a Product Engineer to help build financial products that optimize taxes, bridge paychecks, and build credit for consumers. You'll collaborate closely with product, engineering, and business leaders to ship high-impact features for a growing base of paying users — directly contributing to their financial wellbeing. What You'll Do Build product features end-to-end, including domain models, business logic, and API integrations. Practice a data-driven, incremental approach to product development, shipping toward bold milestones. Leverage robust data pipelines and analytics infrastructure — using SQL and other analysis tools — to evaluate product and system performance. Test and debug complex state machines in an event-driven, pub/sub backend to ensure a seamless user experience. Ship to production daily via a rapid CI/CD process, owning implementations end-to-end and responding to production incidents as needed. What We're Looking For Must-haves: Experience with Go (Golang) deployed on GCP . Direct consumer product experience — you've built for end consumers, not exclusively B2B. Proficiency in designing and consuming RESTful APIs , including authentication/authorization patterns and rate limiting. Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), including data modeling and query optimization. Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines , version control, automated testing, and code review processes. Experience with event-driven architectures and message queues (e.g., Kafka, Pub/Sub) for scalable data pipelines. Excellent cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders. Strong CS fundamentals. Nice to have: Background at a startup (preferred over Big Tech, though Big Tech experience is welcome). Experience in fintech or financial services. Compensation & Benefits Salary: $120,000 – $200,000 USD annually, depending on experience. Visa sponsorship is available. Location This is an on-site role based in San Francisco, CA . Candidates should be prepared to work from the office.