Senior Product Engineer | NYC

Starbridge
New York, NY
On-site

Who this role is best for

Geared toward senior full-stack engineers comfortable with building end-to-end product features and working in a fast-paced startup environment in New York City.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 5+ years of full-stack experience and a background in startup environments where they had real engineering impact
    — “Have 5+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production web applications across frontend and backend.”
  • Individuals with a strong technical foundation in React, TypeScript, and backend services using typed languages
    — “Have strong experience with React, TypeScript and modern frontend tooling.”

Things to consider

  • The role requires in-office presence for daily lunch and a culture that emphasizes in-person collaboration
    — “Are excited to build an in-person culture with us.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with end-to-end feature development and customer-centric product design in your resume and interviews
    — “You’ll work closely with product, design and the rest of engineering to ship features end to end across the Starbridge platform.”
  • Showcase technical leadership experience, especially in making architectural design decisions
    — “Experience as a technical lead making architectural design decisions.”
  • Demonstrate familiarity with CI/CD and cloud infrastructure, particularly GCP, to align with the company's preferences
    — “Github CI/CD. Cloud infrastructure, ideally GCP.”
  • Include examples of past work where you set high UX/UI standards and iterated based on user feedback
    — “Set the highest possible UX and UI bar for the work you do.”
  • Emphasize your ability to work in environments with both synchronous and asynchronous workflows
    — “Are comfortable in a work environment that blends sync and async communication and work.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • Feature shipping end-to-end
  • Foundation creation for iteration
  • High UX/UI bar setting
  • Proactive team success
  • Fast work environment adaptation
Typical background
Full-stack engineeringStartup experienceCustomer-centric design

Skills & requirements

Required

ReactTypeScriptRestful ApisRelational Data ModelingSQLUx/ui DesignTeam CollaborationCustomer Feedback Iteration

Preferred

Technical LeadGithub Ci/cdCloud InfrastructureLlms

Stack & domain

ReactTypeScriptJavaGoSQLTeamworkCommunicationSoftware EngineeringWeb Development

About the role

Original posting from Starbridge via Ashby

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a generalist senior full-stack product engineer to join our early team in New York City. You’ll work closely with product, design and the rest of engineering to ship features end to end across the Starbridge platform, from the data model and APIs through to the UI. You’ll create the foundations that let us iterate quickly on customer feedback.

You might be a fit if you:

  • Have 5+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping production web applications across frontend and backend.
  • Have experience working in a startup or a smaller company with real engineering impact.
  • Have strong experience with React, TypeScript and modern frontend tooling.
  • Have strong experience building backend services and RESTful APIs in a typed language (TypeScript, Java, Go or similar).
  • Are comfortable with relational data modeling and SQL, and understand how databases and search systems behave under load.
  • Set the highest possible UX and UI bar for the work you do.
  • Are a team player who is excited to do what it takes to make the team successful. You're proactive both in how you work and how you communicate.
  • Are comfortable in a work environment that blends sync and async communication and work.
  • Are excited to build an in-person culture with us.

Preferably, you also have experience with at least some of the following:

  • Experience as a technical lead making architectural design decisions.
  • Github CI/CD.
  • Cloud infrastructure, ideally GCP.
  • Building product features on top of LLMs.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

We move fast — really fast. Getting back to someone today beats tomorrow, and our interview process reflects that mindset. Please keep us posted on your timeline so we can move quickly and speed things up where needed.

After submitting your application, the team reviews your CV and statement of exceptional work. If your application passes this stage, you will be invited to a 30-minute interview during which a member of our team will make sure you're a good fit for the role. You will have the opportunity ask questions and learn more about the role as well.

We'll then send you a programming challenge that consists of two parts: LeetCode and React. Beyond that step, you will enter the main process, which consists of three interviews:

  • Experience, theory, and system design.
  • Live coding.
  • Product thinking and past work.

Our goal is to finish the process within one week. All interviews will be conducted via Google Meet.

HOW WE WORK

  • Build Bridges to Help Customers Win - We pride ourselves on being obsessively customer-centric.
  • Shooting Star Speed - We move with extreme speed. We value momentum, decisiveness, and the ability to accelerate when it matters.
  • Fun Is a Feature - Fun is a Feature means we intentionally design Starbridge to be an energizing place to do hard work. Joy, humor, and camaraderie make great teams faster, sharper, and more resilient.
  • In the Arena - We believe the best ideas come from living close to the work, feeling the friction, hearing the nuance, and experiencing the details firsthand.

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

  • Competitive salary + early-stage equity
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Company provided lunch in office everyday
  • 75% coverage of Chelsea Piers Fitness membership
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Regular offsites (NYC + global locations)

Source: Starbridge careers (Ashby)

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