# Founding Product Engineer at Coval

- Company: Coval (YC S24)
- What the company does: Simulation & Evaluation that scales voice and chat AI agents. Backed by Norwest and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.coval.dev/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $100K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-04-07
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coval/jobs/ILkSK7r-founding-product-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/coval-founding-product-engineer/

## About the role

"Founding" means what it says. You're the engineer taking the lead on what Coval's product becomes, partnering directly with our head of product to define and build it.

## What they're looking for

- • You're deeply curious about voice AI. Not just the current state, but where it's going in six months, a year. You follow what the leading voice companies, model providers, and enterprises are doing, and you have opinions about what it means for the product
- • You come up with product ideas and then run with them. Talk to users, read the data, study the market, form a thesis, build it, ship it. That full arc is energizing to you, not exhausting
- • You know how to move fast and move intentionally. You don't see those as opposing forces. High velocity with high signal. That's how you work
- • You can handle heavy data workloads and scaling challenges. This isn't a CRUD app. Our evaluation infrastructure processes massive amounts of conversation data across healthcare, finance, and customer support
- • You're equal parts product thinker and engineer. You care as much about what we build as how we build it. You work closely with product, customer teams, and engineering to align on roadmaps and then execute with speed

Tags: Engineering