- Job type
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote
- Level
- Principal
- Department
- Engineering
- Experience
- 8+ years experience
- Posted
- Aug 14, 2026
About the role
About the Opportunity
Pragmatike is recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company building critical infrastructure that powers high-volume, real-time business operations across multiple systems and platforms.
We are seeking a Principal Founding Product Engineer to lead strategic 0→1 product initiatives and help define how the company turns technical capabilities into scalable products.
What You'll Do
- Define technical and product direction for new initiatives.
- Lead complex products from concept to scale.
- Work directly with customers, founders, and product leadership.
- Architect systems that can evolve from prototypes into production platforms.
- Identify product opportunities through customer and market insight.
- Establish reusable engineering patterns.
- Mentor senior product engineers.
- Influence company-level product and technology strategy.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of engineering experience.
- Exceptional product engineering and architecture skills.
- Multiple examples of successful 0→1 product development.
- Strong product intuition and customer orientation.
- Excellent technical communication.
- Ability to influence product strategy through technical expertise.
Nice to Have
- AI/ML product experience.
- Experience in scale-ups.
- Experience working directly with founders.
- Experience taking products from prototype to large-scale adoption.
Why Join?
Our client is building highly scalable technology that sits at the core of critical business operations, offering engineers the opportunity to work on complex systems, large-scale integrations, and real-world technical challenges.
You'll join a collaborative, fast-moving environment where ownership is encouraged, decisions are made quickly, and engineers have meaningful influence on architecture, product direction, and engineering culture.
This role offers the opportunity to tackle challenging backend problems, work with modern technologies, and grow alongside an ambitious team building for scale.
Full benefit package and competitive compensation.