$180K to $300K • San Francisco Bay Area (Hybrid)
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Full Stack
Experience
Any (strong builders welcome)
Location
San Francisco Bay Area (Hybrid)
16VC is a venture capital firm and venture studio building the next generation of AI companies.
We're building 16VC Labs, where new ideas become products and products become companies. Our team experiments, builds, and launches AI products that solve real problems.
We're looking for Product Engineers who love building from scratch and want to help create what's next.
As a Product Engineer, you'll join 16VC Labs and build new AI products from the ground up.
You'll work on early ideas, build prototypes, launch MVPs, and turn promising concepts into real products. Some projects will improve how we operate as a venture firm. Others may become standalone companies.
You'll own products from idea to production and work closely with our investment and venture teams to test ideas, learn from users, and iterate quickly.
If you enjoy building from zero to one, experimenting with AI, and shipping products that people love, we'd love to meet you.
Build new AI products from idea to launch
Design and develop full stack web applications
Prototype and validate new ideas quickly
Build internal AI tools and automation
Integrate AI models, APIs, and modern developer tools
Launch products to real users and improve them based on feedback
Help turn successful products into standalone companies
You might be a great fit if you:
Have built and shipped real products
Enjoy working across frontend and backend
Can work independently and take ownership
Care about solving customer problems
Like moving quickly and learning new technologies
Enjoy working in a startup environment with lots of ambiguity
Experience with some of these technologies is helpful:
React
Next.js
TypeScript
Python
Node.js
PostgreSQL
OpenAI APIs
AI agents
Cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
We care more about your ability to build products than any specific technology.
Startup or founder experience
Experience building AI products
Side projects with real users
Open source contributions
Public GitHub or portfolio
Build products from day one
Work on multiple AI ideas every year
High ownership and autonomy
Small team with big impact
Work with the latest AI technologies
Competitive salary, equity, and benefits
Help create the next generation of AI companies
In your first year, you will:
Launch multiple AI products and experiments
Build software used by real customers
Create internal tools that make our team faster
Help identify ideas that could become future venture-backed companies
Compensation: $180,000 to $300,000 USD base salary, plus equity and benefits. Final compensation will depend on experience and skills.
Location: This is a hybrid role based in the San Francisco Bay Area Candidates must be based in, or willing to relocate to, the Bay Area.
We care much more about what you've built than where you've worked.
If you've created products that people use and you're excited to build the next generation of AI companies, we'd love to hear from you.
Salary: 100K - 250K USD a year
16VC is a global venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups worldwide, focusing on category-defining innovations at Pre-Seed and Seed stages.
