Product Engineer

Overview

Recruiting from Scratch is a specialized talent firm dedicated to helping companies build exceptional teams. We partner closely with our clients to deeply understand their needs, then connect them with top-tier candidates who are not only highly skilled but also the right fit for the company’s culture and vision. Our mission is simple: place the best people in the right roles to drive long-term success for both clients and candidates.

Location: New York City

Employment Type: Full-time

Location Type: On-site

As a Product Engineer
, you will sit at the center of the member experience, translating powerful AI capabilities into beautiful, intuitive, and reliable product features
. This is a highly cross-functional role spanning frontend, backend, and AI integration, with direct ownership over user-facing experiences.

You’ll partner closely with AI and backend teams to bring sophisticated LLM-powered systems to life through thoughtful product design and high-quality engineering.

To give you a sense of the impact you’ll have, here are some projects you may own:

• AI-Powered Triage: Build the full-stack experience for an AI triage tool that guides users through clear, conversational flows to help them find the right level of care—saving time, money, and stress.
• The Infinitely Patient Care Partner: Develop real-time, streaming chat interfaces for an AI care partner that feels supportive, empathetic, and human.
• Proactive Health Engine: Own full-stack systems that surface AI-driven insights to users through personalized in-app notifications and interactive modules that encourage preventive care.
• End-to-End Feature Ownership: Build and maintain features across the entire stack, from Python/Postgres backend APIs to modern web and mobile frontends.

This role is a great fit if you’re a product-minded engineer who loves building and cares deeply about user experience.

• Strong experience shipping high-quality, full-stack consumer applications
• Proficiency with Python, Postgres, Type Script, and React (React Native a plus)
• Proven ability to own 0→1 product features from concept to production
• Strong product intuition and attention to UX details
• Comfort integrating APIs (including LLM-powered services) into user-facing products
• High standards for code quality and maintainability

• Experience in regulated domains such as healthcare or fintech
• Strong eye for visual design and interaction details
• Prior experience building mobile applications

• Additional: Performance bonus + equity
• Final compensation determined by experience, skill level, and interview performance

• High ownership: Real responsibility from day one in a high-trust environment
• Meaningful mission: Your work directly improves how people access and experience healthcare
• Rapid growth: Expanding scope, new challenges, and fast career velocity
• AI that matters: Build AI-powered products that solve real-world problems
• High-velocity culture: Collaborative, ambitious, and execution-focused