Founding Product Engineer (JavaScript, TypeScript, AI Products)

REMOTE FIRST, INCLUSIVE ALWAYS. EQUALS TRUE started when a type design geek and a talent nerd decided to create real change in the technology industry workforce. Together, they built the first-in-industry authentic talent partner to help organizations build cultures and scale internationally with the best talent in the Americas. We are the only organization in Latin America that was founded with a commitment to be inclusive, treat individuals fairly, pay them equally, and provide them with a great professional experience each day. From day one, EQUALS TRUE has been committed to inclusive hiring, wage equality, and delivering an exceptional professional experience. These values ground our business model and daily practices. We’re different, awkward, techie, weird in all the right ways, and we work only with great people. If you’re looking for a remote-first career aligned with a true social mission and with companies that share your values, then let’s talk about our Founding Product Engineer (JavaScript, TypeScript, AI Products) role today. Here’s what you need to know about this position: Location : Remote, LATAM Engagement Type : Full-Time The Work (What you’ll be doing & Your Impact) • Own product initiatives from problem discovery through production delivery, taking responsibility for understanding the business problem before designing the technical solution. • Research, evaluate, prototype, and implement solutions independently, making thoughtful technical and product tradeoffs along the way. • Build AI native product experiences where LLMs, agents, and automation improve how users work and make decisions, and continuously look for ways AI can improve engineering workflows and internal operations. • Design and develop modern full stack applications using JavaScript and TypeScript across frontend and backend. • Rapidly prototype ideas, validate assumptions, and iterate based on user feedback and business outcomes. • Collaborate closely with product, operations, and design to simplify complex operational workflows into intuitive software experiences, mentoring engineers along the way through technical discussions and strong product ownership. • Own architectural decisions, engineering quality, and technical direction while balancing scalability, speed, and maintainability. Needed Expertise (What you need to succeed in the role) • 6+ years of experience building and shipping production software, preferably in startup or product-focused environments. • Strong experience building modern JavaScript and TypeScript applications across backend (Node.js) and frontend (React/Next.js). • Demonstrated ownership of products or major features from discovery through implementation, rather than only executing predefined requirements. • Experience evaluating technical approaches, researching vendors or technologies, making architectural decisions, and driving projects independently while balancing speed with long-term maintainability. • Hands-on experience building AI powered products, AI agents, automation, or LLM enabled workflows, or a demonstrated habit of actively using AI to prototype, build, and solve problems. • Strong product thinking with the ability to navigate ambiguity, ask the right questions, and understand customer problems before writing code. • Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product, design, and operations. Not Required But Nice To Have Expertise (What would be great for you to have) • Experience working in healthcare, fintech, or other operationally complex industries. Our Benefits & Perks • We pay in USD through our platform that allows you to convert, allocate and disburse your salary as you want and into almost any currency that you choose • Paid company holidays • Medical, safety, and wellness benefits • Technology benefits • Business English language classes • …and more perks being added each quarter Interested? Great! Please send us your CV/Resume to start the conversation and learn more about each other. EQUALS TRUE is a global inclusive talent network of like-minded software engineers, agilists, and design thinkers. We build and develop safe, inclusive, equitable and balanced teams for companies that need to scale globally in a socially responsible way. EQUALS TRUE is open to all qualified candidates. We never evaluate qualified people on anything other than their skills, work history, training, and ability to do the job. We respect the right of people to live the life they want without judgement. So we practice wage equality, create a culture of belonging, insist upon respect for all our people, make every effort to accommodate all disabilities, and work only with companies that share our values. We are proud to be a global equal opportunity employer. And as such we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, status as a veteran, or any other protected status. We also consider qualified applicants with non-violent and non-financial related criminal histories. Additionally, EQUALS TRUE is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout our hiring processes. 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