Senior Product Engineer - Product Foundry

Senior Product Engineer · Senior · Full Time

Foster City, CA (Hybrid) In office M,W,FUSD 180k – 290k4mo ago
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Role

What you'll do.

Replit is seeking a Senior Product Engineer for its Product Foundry team, focusing on transformative 0→1 initiatives to 10x the company's value and market potential. The role involves building innovative software development tools powered by AI agents, targeting next-generation creators and high-leverage enterprises.

Responsibilities

  • Initiative Ownership: Lead 0→1 product initiatives with full technical, product, and launch accountability
  • AI Agent Development: Help Replit Agent build alternatives to popular SaaS vendors and expand third-party service integrations
  • Technical Innovation: Develop platform systems that enable new software creation paradigms
  • Product Strategy: Balance UX, development speed, code correctness, and long-term system maintainability

Qualifications

What we look for.

Technical

  • Web Technologies

    Proficiency in modern web development stacks

  • Platform Engineering

    Experience building scalable, dependency-critical systems

Education

  • Computer Science

    Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience preferred

Experience

  • Professional Experience

    Minimum 4 years of professional software engineering experience

  • Project Leadership

    Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional technical projects

Skills

Required

  • Software Engineering

    4+ years of professional software development experience

  • Platform Systems

    Experience building and operating platform systems that support multiple teams

  • Cross-functional Collaboration

    Strong track record of leading complex projects with diverse stakeholders

Preferred

  • Entrepreneurial Experience

    Nice to have

    Technical company founding or high-visibility side projects

  • Agentic Software Development

    Nice to have

    Understanding of AI-powered software development stack and coding agents

Tech stack

Languages

TypeScriptJavaScript

Frameworks

ReactNode.js

Databases

PostgreSQL

Tools

AI Development Tools

Other

Agile Methodologies

Compensation

Pay and benefits.

Base·USD 180,000 – 290,000

Equity·Stock options

Benefits

  • Competitive Compensation

    Competitive salary with equity participation

  • Retirement Planning

    401(k) program with 4% company match

  • Comprehensive Healthcare

    Health, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage

  • Leave Policies

    Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave

  • Wellness Benefits

    Monthly wellness stipend and commuter benefits

  • Work Flexibility

    Flexible time off, hybrid work arrangement, and autonomous work environment

Process

Interview steps.

  1. 01

    Initial Screening

    Review of resume and initial qualifications

  2. 02

    Technical Interview

    In-depth assessment of technical skills and problem-solving abilities

  3. 03

    Project Presentation

    Candidates demonstrate their approach to technical challenges and innovation

Full posting

Original listing.

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.

The Mandate: Industry Disruption and 10x Scale:

Vision: Product Foundry is Replit's internal engine for innovation. We move Replit beyond being a collaborative development environment to becoming the foundational operating system for the entire next generation of software, where AI Agents are the primary actors.

The 10x Goal: Our purpose is to launch high-risk, full-stack 0→1 initiatives that define and establish entirely new, multi-billion-dollar product categories. We are seeking non-linear growth opportunities, fundamentally aiming to 10x Replit's value and addressable market by proving out unprecedented technical primitives and disruptive Go-To-Market strategies.

The Audience: We build for the next generation of creators and high-leverage users and enterprises, equipping them with tools that enable them to build anything, anywhere.

Candidates that do well here will certainly go on to build their own companies in the future! This is a high visibility role reporting to

Execution Model: High-Agency Founding Teams

  • Structure: We operate as a collective of in-house technical founders—not just specialized engineers. Initiatives are run by lean, autonomous squads built for velocity and maximum technical leverage. This model is centered around an Engineer DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) who maintains total ownership over the initiative's technical, product, and launch success, supported by fractional PM and Design resources.

  • Cadence: We enforce rapid iteration and rapid market validation via 3-week sprints per initiative. This cadence forces fast deployment, immediate user feedback, and tight alignment with the internal betting table process, mirroring the intensity and speed of a lean startup.

Required skills and experience

  • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience

  • Technical company founding entrepreneurial or high visibility side projects experience preferred but not required

  • Understanding of the full agentic software development stack, helping coding agents build, test and review correct code.

  • Strong track record leading complex projects with cross-functional stakeholders

  • Experience building and operating platform systems that other teams depend on

  • Strong product judgment: you can balance UX, speed, correctness, and long-term maintainability

  • Comfort working in modern web stacks such as TypeScript, React, Node.js, Postgres

Example Projects You’ll Work On

  • Helping Replit Agent build viable alternatives to the world’s most popular SaaS vendors (Data, Decks, Videos, etc)

  • Replit Agent becoming a full principal within a large number of third party services (read and write)

  • You can use Replit fully within a wide range of chat, agentic and commerce environments

Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:

💰 Competitive Salary & Equity

💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match

⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability

🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave

🚗 Commuter Benefits

📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend

🧑‍💻 Autonomous Work Environment

🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement

🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays

🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings

☕ In Office Amenities

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Interviewing + Culture at Replit

To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.

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