Founding Product Engineer

We are looking for a Founding Product Engineer with 3+ years of experience to own the "last mile" of product delivery at Alcove — the leading shared housing platform that's cracked the code on co-living and is poised for nationwide scale. You'll be the third engineering hire, joining the CTO and Backend Lead in-person in SF to bring new products to life end-to-end. We want someone entrepreneurial and product-minded who thinks deeply about the problems they're solving, not just the code they're shipping. This is a role for a hungry builder who's excited by AI tools, moves fast, and wants to be part of a team that's ready to scale after years of careful iteration. The equity is meaningful and the opportunity is massive — you could be the first product hire at a company planning to grow engineering 5-10x in the next two years.

What will you be doing?

- Owning UI delivery for Alcove's new products — given a REST API and business requirements, you'll bring solutions to life with sharp, easy-to-use interfaces

- Working directly with stakeholders and leadership to discover problems, internalize the business context, and make product decisions independently

- Collaborating with backend engineers on API contracts and owning the design and front-end implementation (using AI tools like Claude Design in lieu of a dedicated designer)

- Growing into fullstack feature ownership, React Native app development, and product marketing over time