Product Engineer

Shape the Future on Autopilot

At Autopilot, you won’t just write code - you’ll shape the product. As a Product Engineer, you’ll own features end-to-end and help redefine what’s possible in fintech.

We’re building a high-performance, AI-native Fintech Operating System designed to optimize cost and revenue for digital businesses. Join us on a multi-year mission to build smarter infrastructure for commerce.

Why Join Us?

You’ll help build an ambitious product from the ground up, with a team that values speed, craft, and autonomy. If you’re ready to make an outsized impact in fintech, we’d love to meet you.

About the Role

You'll join a fast-moving team building modern web applications that process and optimize financial data at scale. This is a full-stack role with strong emphasis on backend engineering

🛠️ What You'll Do

Build scalable backend services in NodeJS

Develop responsive UIs with React Router v7

Collaborate on API design

Write clean, well-tested code across the stack

Optimize database queries and data pipelines (PostgreSQL)

Improve observability, monitoring, and infrastructure

Contribute to architectural decisions and engineering practices

🎯 What We're Looking For

5+ years of experience in product-focused engineering

Strong ownership mindset and startup readiness

Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, tRPC and OpenAPI

Comfortable with React + TypeScript for cross-functional work

🌟 Bonus Points

Payments or fintech experience

Exposure to Clickhouse/Tinybird

Exposure to AI/ML systems

Built high-performance, low-latency systems

Experience with tRPC/OpenAPI

Our Hiring Process

We focus on real-world skills - not whiteboard tricks. Here's what to expect

Apply with LinkedIn Profile And Resume

We'll filter candidates based on the requirements listed above which you will receive an email to schedule a 60-minute live coding session with us once you get super productive with our interview repository.

60-Minute Live Coding Session

You'll pair with one of our engineers to build a small, production-like feature using full-stack TypeScript React.

We’ll look at

How you think through product requirements

How you model data and structure code

Your testing, naming, and documentation habits

How you handle edge cases and incomplete specs

The session mirrors our actual development workflow

accessible

pragmatic

collaborative

Technical Review & Feedback

After the session, we’ll walk through your code together. You'll get feedback from us, and we’ll discuss your decisions, trade-offs, and any areas for improvement.

Culture & Alignment Chat

A final call with CEO to discuss your long-term goals, how you work best, and whether Autopilot is the right fit for both sides.

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