Sr. Founding Product Engineer (New South Wales)

Sr. Founding Product Engineer (New South Wales)

20 Oct
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Teamified
|
New South Wales

20 Oct

Teamified

New South Wales

AboutTeamified:
Teamified is a talent partner helping companies build exceptional remote teams across IT, software, product, and digital innovation. We collaborate with leading enterprises and fast-scaling tech businesses worldwide to help them access worldclass talent and accelerate growth. With operations across the globe our mission is to make building high performing global teams simple, fast, and cost-effective. Teamified has hundreds of clients with more than 200 engineers, testers, product managers, designers, and technology experts delivering impactful solutions everyday.
Abouttheclient:
OurclientisaninnovativeAustralianhealthtechnologycompanydevelopinganAI-poweredanxietycoachingapplicationbasedonanevidence-basedpsychologicalapproachtomanaginganxiety.
TheapplicationisdesignedforiOSandAndroidusingReactNative,,theplatformfeaturesanAI-poweredcoachingassistantthatusesLargeLanguageModels(LLMs)todeliverstructured,personalisedcoachingconversations.
TheAICoachoperateswithinaclinicallyguidedframework,incorporatingstructuredcoachingpathways,atoolkitofresources,conversationalguidelines,andbuilt-insafetymechanismsthatcanintervenewhennecessary.
Astheplatformhandlessensitiventalhealthinformation,security,privacy,andresponsibleAIdevelopmentarecentraltoitsdesignandongoingoperation.
Abouttherole:
Wearehiringonepersontoowntheproduct'sengineeringend-to-end.YouwillbethetechnicalowneroftheAICoachandthesystemsaroundit,reportingdirectlytoanon-technicalfounder.Youplanyourownwork,setyourowntechnicaldirectionwithintheproductbrief,andship.ThereisnoCTOaboveyouandnoagencytoleanon-youaretheengineeringfunction,workingatspeedwithAI-firsttoolingandagenticcodingworkflows.
OwntheAICoach:prompting,conversationstateandprogression,retrieval(Pinecone),modelselectionandevaluation,andthesafety/crisislayer-testedagainstscriptedclinicalscenarios
Ownthebackend:Python3.12,FastAPI,GraphQL(Strawberry),SQLAlchemy,PostgreSQL,AWS(Sydney)




Ownmobileandwebdelivery:ReactNative(iOS+Android)andReact,includingAppStore/GooglePlay/Stripesubscriptions
Ownreleaseengineering:CI/CD,environments,signingcredentials,monitoring,backups,rollback-builtforfast,protected,frequentreleases
Bringaproducteye:youcarehowscreenslookandfeelonmobileandweb,notjustwhethertheAPIreturns200
Translatetechnicaldecisionsintoplainlanguageforthefounderandclinicalteam
Howyouwork(thisisthecoreoftherole):
YouareanAI-firstengineer.Youuseagenticcodingtools(Cursor,ClaudeCodeorequivalent)asyourdefaultworkflow-planning,generating,,breaksitintoaplan,communicatestheplan,executesit,andreportsoutcomes-withdirectionfromthefounderbutwithoutneedingtechnicalsupervision.
Plan->Approve->Deliver:youproposetheplan,getsign-offondirection,andownexecution
Comfortablebeingtheonlyengineerinitially:youlearnthesystemfromthecode(thereislimitedas‐builtdocumentation)andmakeityours
Biastoshipping:small,frequent,reversiblereleaseswithmonitoringandrollbackinplace
Judgementoverheroics:thisisamentalhealthproduct-safetythresholdsandcrisishandlingaregovernedbylegalandclinicalsign-off,andyoubuildthesystemsthatenforcethem
Whatwe'relookingfor:
ProvenexperienceshippingLLM-basedproductstoproduction:promptarchitecture,conversationstatemachines,RAG/retrieval,evals,moderationandsafetyhandling-notjustAPIcalls
Strongbackendengineering:Python,FastAPI(orsimilar),SQL/PostgreSQL,AWS;comfortableowninginfrastructure,CI/CDandproductionoperationssolo
SolidReactNativeandReact:canshipanddebugonbothiOSandAndroid,includingin-apppurchaseflowsonbothstoresandStripeonweb




DemonstratedAI-firstdevelopmentpractice:dailyuseofagenticcodingtools,withthejudgementtoreviewandownwhattheyproduce
Productsensibility:agenuineeyeformobileandwebUX;younoticebrokenlayouts,badcopyandclumsyflows,andfixthem
Self-sufficientoperator:trackrecordofowningaproductormajorsystemend-to-endwithminimaltechnicaloversight;excellentwrittencommunicationforanon-technicalfounder
Carewithsensitivedata:experience(ordemonstrableseriousness)withprivacy,securityandaccesscontrolsaroundpersonal/healthdata
Nicetohave:
Experienceinmentalhealth,healthtechorotherregulated/safety-criticalconsumerproducts
Experiencetakingoveracodebasefromanagencyordepartingteam
Mobilereleaseoperations:AppStore/PlayStorereviewcycles,promocodes,stagedrollouts
Analyticsandgrowthtooling:AppsFlyer,GA4,eventtaxonomydesign,experimentframeworks
Voicefeatures(TTS/STT),pushnotificationstrategy,CRM/emailplatformintegrations
Ourstack:
Backend:Python3.12,FastAPI,GraphQL(Strawberry),SQLAlchemy,PostgreSQL.Mobile::React.Hosting:AWSSydney.AI:OpenAI(plusOpenAIModeration),PineconevectorDB.Mobileservices:Firebase.Payments:AppStore,GooglePlay,Stripe.Analytics:AppsFlyer,GA4,MetaPixel.Code:Bitbucket.Admin:SQLAdmin-basedpanel.
Reportingandworkingstyle:
Youreportdirectlytothefounder,whoisnottechnical.Youwillgetclearproductdirection,fastdecisionsandclinical/legalguardrailsfromtheFoundersteam-andfullownershipofhowitgetsbuilt.Youplanandmanageyourownprocessandkeepthefounderinformedinplainlanguage:whatyou'redoing,why,whatitcosts,andwhenitlands.
Flexibilityinworkhoursandlocation,withafocusonmanagingenergyratherthantime.
Accesstoonlinelearningplatformsandabudgetforprofessionaldevelopment
Acollaborative,no-silosenvironment,encouraginglearningandgrowthacrossteams
Adynamicsocialculturewithteamlunches,socialevents,andopportunitiesforcreativeinput
Healthinsurance
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