Founding Product Engineer

Naïve develops an AI platform for deploying autonomous employees that create, run, and automate software-driven businesses. The company provides autonomous company infrastructure and runtime environments that let users…

Location: Mountain View, CA
Company size: 1–10
Posted: 2w ago
Via: Yc

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Job listing · Updated 20 SEP 2026

Founding Product Engineer

Naive· Mountain View, CA, USView company profile

Job title: Founding Product Engineer
Job location: Mountain View, CA, US
Job listing URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/naive/jobs/CGCujyp-founding-product-engineer
Job description: ## About Naive Naive is building autonomous companies: agent systems capable of operating real businesses end to end. We release autonomous company templates and benchmarks, alongside a studio—where users can deploy and operate these systems. Our infrastructure platform, Vetta, powers long-running, high-volume agent workloads. We’ve raised a $28.5M Series A from Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Zetta Venture Partners, Liquid 2 and leading operators. ## The Role Build Naive Studio: the interface where users deploy and operate autonomous companies. You’ll own features from product concept and UX through engineering, launch and growth. ## What You’ll Do * Build full-stack with Next.js, TypeScript, Python and FastAPI * Design polished, intuitive interfaces for complex agent systems * Own features from customer research and prototyping through launch * Create demos, launch content and campaigns for what you ship * Turn usage data and customer feedback into product decisions * Establish a high bar for design, performance and shipping velocity ## Must-Haves * Strong full-stack engineering and UI/UX ability * Exceptional product taste and attention to detail * Experience shipping a 0→1 product * Real experience building with LLMs and agentic systems * Strong written communication and product-marketing instincts * High agency—you independently identify and solve problems ## Nice-to-Haves * Ex-founder or early startup engineer * Experience with developer tools or AI-native products * Familiarity with agent orchestration, MCP or SDK design * Experience producing demos, launch videos or technical content _P.S. If you’re serious about this role, send Sean a LinkedIn connection request with a note._

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