Sr. Founding Product Engineer

Sr. Founding Product Engineer

Teamified | Sydney, New South Wales, AU

Posted a month ago

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Description

AboutTeamified:


Teamified is a talent partner helping companies build exceptional remote teams across IT, software, product, and digital innovation. We collaborate with leading enterprises and fast-scaling tech businesses worldwide to help them access worldclass talent and accelerate growth. With operations across the globe our mission is to make building high performing global teams simple, fast, and cost-effective. Teamified has hundreds of clients with more than 200 engineers, testers, product managers, designers, and technology experts delivering impactful solutions everyday.


Abouttheclient:


OurclientisaninnovativeAustralianhealthtechnologycompanydevelopinganAI-poweredanxietycoachingapplicationbasedonanevidence-basedpsychologicalapproachtomanaginganxiety.


TheapplicationisdesignedforiOSandAndroidusingReactNative,withaReact-basedwebsitesupportinguserregistrationandsubscriptions.Currentlyinthetestingphaseandapproachingitssoftlaunch,theplatformfeaturesanAI-poweredcoachingassistantthatusesLargeLanguageModels(LLMs)todeliverstructured,personalisedcoachingconversations.


TheAICoachoperateswithinaclinicallyguidedframework,incorporatingstructuredcoachingpathways,atoolkitofresources,conversationalguidelines,andbuilt-insafetymechanismsthatcanintervenewhennecessary.


Astheplatformhandlessensitiventalhealthinformation,security,privacy,andresponsibleAIdevelopmentarecentraltoitsdesignandongoingoperation.


Abouttherole:


Wearehiringonepersontoowntheproduct'sengineeringend-to-end.YouwillbethetechnicalowneroftheAICoachandthesystemsaroundit,reportingdirectlytoanon-technicalfounder.Youplanyourownwork,setyourowntechnicaldirectionwithintheproductbrief,andship.ThereisnoCTOaboveyouandnoagencytoleanon-youaretheengineeringfunction,workingatspeedwithAI-firsttoolingandagenticcodingworkflows.



  • OwntheAICoach:prompting,conversationstateandprogression,retrieval(Pinecone),modelselectionandevaluation,andthesafety/crisislayer-testedagainstscriptedclinicalscenarios

  • Ownthebackend:Python3.12,FastAPI,GraphQL(Strawberry),SQLAlchemy,PostgreSQL,AWS(Sydney)

  • Ownmobileandwebdelivery:ReactNative(iOS+Android)andReact,includingAppStore/GooglePlay/Stripesubscriptions

  • Ownreleaseengineering:CI/CD,environments,signingcredentials,monitoring,backups,rollback-builtforfast,safe,frequentreleases

  • Bringaproducteye:youcarehowscreenslookandfeelonmobileandweb,notjustwhethertheAPIreturns200

  • Translatetechnicaldecisionsintoplainlanguageforthefounderandclinicalteam


Howyouwork(thisisthecoreoftherole):


YouareanAI-firstengineer.Youuseagenticcodingtools(Cursor,ClaudeCodeorequivalent)asyourdefaultworkflow-planning,generating,reviewingandshippingwithAIleverageratherthanwritingeverythingbyhand.YoubuildevaluationharnessessotheAICoachcanbetestedautomaticallyagainstscenariosuitesoneverychange.Youareaself-starterwhotakesabrief,breaksitintoaplan,communicatestheplan,executesit,andreportsoutcomes-withdirectionfromthefounderbutwithoutneedingtechnicalsupervision.



  • Plan->Approve->Deliver:youproposetheplan,getsign-offondirection,andownexecution

  • Comfortablebeingtheonlyengineerinitially:youlearnthesystemfromthecode(thereislimitedas‑builtdocumentation)andmakeityours

  • Biastoshipping:small,frequent,reversiblereleaseswithmonitoringandrollbackinplace

  • Judgementoverheroics:thisisamentalhealthproduct-safetythresholdsandcrisishandlingaregovernedbylegalandclinicalsign-off,andyoubuildthesystemsthatenforcethem


Whatwe'relookingfor:



  • ProvenexperienceshippingLLM-basedproductstoproduction:promptarchitecture,conversationstatemachines,RAG/retrieval,evals,moderationandsafetyhandling-notjustAPIcalls

  • Strongbackendengineering:Python,FastAPI(orsimilar),SQL/PostgreSQL,AWS;comfortableowninginfrastructure,CI/CDandproductionoperationssolo

  • SolidReactNativeandReact:canshipanddebugonbothiOSandAndroid,includingin-apppurchaseflowsonbothstoresandStripeonweb

  • DemonstratedAI-firstdevelopmentpractice:dailyuseofagenticcodingtools,withthejudgementtoreviewandownwhattheyproduce

  • Productsensibility:agenuineeyeformobileandwebUX;younoticebrokenlayouts,badcopyandclumsyflows,andfixthem

  • Self-sufficientoperator:trackrecordofowningaproductormajorsystemend-to-endwithminimaltechnicaloversight;excellentwrittencommunicationforanon-technicalfounder

  • Carewithsensitivedata:experience(ordemonstrableseriousness)withprivacy,securityandaccesscontrolsaroundpersonal/healthdata


Nicetohave:



  • Experienceinmentalhealth,healthtechorotherregulated/safety-criticalconsumerproducts

  • Experiencetakingoveracodebasefromanagencyordepartingteam

  • Mobilereleaseoperations:AppStore/PlayStorereviewcycles,promocodes,stagedrollouts

  • Analyticsandgrowthtooling:AppsFlyer,GA4,eventtaxonomydesign,experimentframeworks

  • Voicefeatures(TTS/STT),pushnotificationstrategy,CRM/emailplatformintegrations


Ourstack:


Backend:Python3.12,FastAPI,GraphQL(Strawberry),SQLAlchemy,PostgreSQL.Mobile:ReactNative.Web:React.Hosting:AWSSydney.AI:OpenAI(plusOpenAIModeration),PineconevectorDB.Mobileservices:Firebase.Payments:AppStore,GooglePlay,Stripe.Analytics:AppsFlyer,GA4,MetaPixel.Code:Bitbucket.Admin:SQLAdmin-basedpanel.


Reportingandworkingstyle:


Youreportdirectlytothefounder,whoisnottechnical.Youwillgetclearproductdirection,fastdecisionsandclinical/legalguardrailsfromtheFoundersteam-andfullownershipofhowitgetsbuilt.Youplanandmanageyourownprocessandkeepthefounderinformedinplainlanguage:whatyou'redoing,why,whatitcosts,andwhenitlands.



  • Flexibilityinworkhoursandlocation,withafocusonmanagingenergyratherthantime.

  • Accesstoonlinelearningplatformsandabudgetforprofessionaldevelopment

  • Acollaborative,no-silosenvironment,encouraginglearningandgrowthacrossteams

  • Adynamicsocialculturewithteamlunches,socialevents,andopportunitiesforcreativeinput

  • Healthinsurance

  • LeaveBenefits


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