About the role
About Shaped
Shaped is the real-time retrieval engine for search, feeds and agents. We are on a mission to power every product and content experience with world-class search and recommendations.
Shaped is backed by top-tier investors like Y Combinator and Madrona; with executives from Meta, Google, Amazon and Uber. We’re building an elite team to define the future of how users discover what matters most.
We're excited to work with you. Come build the future of AI with us!
About the role
We’re looking for out founding Frontend Engineer who thrives at the intersection of engineering and product thinking. You’ll own features end-to-end—design, build, launch, and iterate—while obsessing over the customer experience and measurable outcomes. Your work will directly shape how thousands of customers interact with our AI-powered customer service platform.
What you will do
- Own feature development: from backend services to AI-powered user experiences.
- Turn customer feedback into product improvements through rapid iteration and experimentation.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Customer Success, and GTM teams to align engineering decisions with business outcomes.
- Hold a high bar for code quality: testing, monitoring, and reliability are second nature.
- Prioritize ruthlessly and navigate changing requirements with autonomy.
Who you are
- 4-6 years of full-stack/frontend engineering experience - expertise in React, Next.js, and TypeScript
- Sharp eye for UX
- Strong familiarity with AI, LLMs, or AI-assisted systems—or a willingness to learn fast
- Outcome-driven mindset: you measure success in impact, not just shipped features
- Comfortable collaborating across engineering, product, and customer-facing teams
- Low ego, high energy, resilient in a fast-paced environment
- A strong portfolio showcasing high-quality front-end development work
- Bonus: prior startup, hacker, or founder experience
- Eagerness to work in person with us in NYC full time
Benefits
⚕️Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
🏦 Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA)
🦮 Expert Healthcare Guidance
💵 Retirement savings
🎄 Company holidays each year
🏖️ Unlimited days for personal time each year
🚌 Flex Commuter Benefits
🥤Office is fully-stocked with drinks and snacks to fuel your work day.
🍽️ Staying late? Dinner is on us
About Shaped
Connect your data. Train your models. Query text, user or session context and retrieve relevant results in milliseconds. Explore our case studies to see how we’ve helped leading brands drive significant engagement and revenue: https://www.shaped.ai/case-study.
Required skills
Other roles at Shaped
Job details
Salary
$100,000 - $180,000
Location
New York, NY
Experience
1+ years
Funding
Total raised
$8.4M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.