# Founding Product Engineer at Proliferate

- Company: Proliferate (YC S25)
- What the company does: Do your life's work with agents. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://proliferate.com?utm_source=yc&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=profile
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/proliferate/jobs/OgpCKYJ-founding-product-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/proliferate-founding-product-engineer/

## About the role

We are hiring exceptional founding engineers. You will be one of the first engineers at Proliferate, working side by side with the founder and early team, and owning major parts of the product end to end.

## What they're looking for

- You learn frighteningly fast
- You have shipped something 0→1. Ex-founders are especially welcome!
- You use AI tools seriously and have real opinions about where they fail
- You want unusually dense learning and ownership
- You are looking for the most ambitious project you can find and want your work to matter immediately

Tags: Engineering