During my calls with this YC client, one of their engineers told me he had barely written code for weeks. Instead, he’d been finding users, running discovery, analysing what he heard, and working with the CEO on what to build next.

That told me almost everything I needed to know.

This is a product engineering role for someone who wants ownership end-to-end. You’ll be expected to understand the customer, think clearly about the business problem, build the solution, and stay close enough to the outcome to know whether it worked.

The company builds AI tools for qualitative research, helping teams make sense of customer interviews, focus groups, and open‑ended surveys. They already have strong traction, and they are now pushing into a bigger opportunity around helping more teams do research well at scale.

They are looking for a strong generalist, not a narrow implementer. The right person will move comfortably between user context, product thinking, an...