Product Engineer

Role details

About Pointer Pointer builds AI systems that do a company's hardest work and verify it, so people can finally come out of the loop. The work we take on is the foundational, multi-day, hundred-step processes that businesses run on today with entire teams of people like reconciliation across physical and digital systems, invoice and PO matching, month-end close. We believe the economy can't compound on AI until systems can run processes like these on their own, over long horizons, instead of being steered through every step. Every agent product built so far hands the last stretch back to a human, whether that's touching an elusive application or reviewing outputs. That supervision is the tax that eats the gains. We're currently working with finance and accounting teams at operationally complex enterprises, where the cost of being almost right is the same as being wrong. Our team is tight-knit, highly technical, jolly, and unusually close to the work itself. Everyone talks to customers and ships full systems end to end. We're excited by computer use, verifying AI outputs, self-improving systems, and coherence over long horizons. About the role You’ll own how Pointer feels . This is a role for an engineer with (dare we say) taste. Someone who cares about UI polish, micro-interactions, and the performance of every click. You’ll be sitting at the intersection of design and engineering, constantly asking: how do we make this so good that no one ever thinks about it? What you’ll work on Building interfaces that make complex agent work legible – letting ops teams see what happened, why, and what needs their attention Performance optimization at every layer: the product needs to feel instant even when orchestrating processes across external systems State management across long-running, multi-step processes that span external systems, APIs, and human escalation points Designing abstractions that let customers configure deeply when they want to, but stay out of the way when they don't Shipping end-to-end experiences, from spec to production to polish You’ll be a good fit if You’re full-stack and fast: React, TypeScript, Node/Express, PostgreSQL, Redis You have strong design taste (experience with Figma, design systems, UX principles) You thrive on ownership: you want to spec, build, ship, and demo what you create You’re excited to work in-person in SF with a tight, ambitious team You've built systems that need to be fast and reliable under real-world messiness What we value We think in systems and understand how things compound. What matters is not the eggs, but the goose We give people room to actually think through problems rather than rushing an outcome We're incredibly opinionated about what we build We are comfortable to share the real thing, because the best reasoning should win We run the company as a series of experiments and let the results decide what's next We let people try things and fail, because nothing good gets built by people afraid to be wrong We work hard and have fun while we do it - you can't beat someone who's enjoying the work We respect that people have responsibilities outside of work, and the boundaries that come with them What we offer Competitive pay + equity (we’ll beat all of your offers) Engaging, high-impact work Relocation support to San Francisco Visa sponsorship (if applicable) All meals covered (coffee, lunch, dinner, snacks) M5 Pro/Max MacBook Pro, multiple monitors, and whatever else you need Unlimited PTO and full health coverage 401(k) for your future Regular team offsites