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.