Hatchet
Product Engineer @ Hatchet
Hatchet is a code-first orchestration engine used by companies to run AI workloads at scale.
Modern LLM-native workloads break traditional infrastructure. Long-running LLM calls timeout your APIs, massive contexts crash your workers, parallel jobs flood your queues. Hatchet handles the complexity so developers can focus on features:
⚡️ real-time AI agents ⏰ long-running jobs that recover gracefully massive parallel workloads that scale
We're 100% open source, processing billions of tasks for scale-ups and enterprises, backed by Y Combinator, and growing fast.
So far, our growth has been organic through a few Hacker News posts and word-of-mouth, but we're ready to scale up and show the world what's possible with modern low-latency async job processing, especially in AI systems. That's where you come in.
Why this role matters We're at an inflection point. The AI explosion is creating massive demand for orchestration that can handle the new problems introduced by LLMs without the infrastructure headaches. We're fortunate to work with hundreds of scaling AI companies and some of the top research labs with a front row view to new problems and patterns to solve them.
As our Product Engineer, you'll be responsible for building the features that make Hatchet the best developer platform in the world. You'll work directly with customer feedback to shape the product experience including our dashboard interface, local developer tooling, and our SDK APIs that developers use daily.
You'll have the opportunity to define product direction while working directly with two 2x YC technical founders who obsess about developer experience.
What you'll build E2E Feature Development
Design and implement new features across our dashboard, APIs, and three SDKs (TypeScript, Python, Go)
Build and maintain our react frontend dashboard for job monitoring and management
Integrate with our Go backend services through gRPC and REST APIs
Create features that improve developer productivity and reduce time-to-value
Dashboard & Observability
Build intuitive interfaces for monitoring job execution, debugging failures, and understanding system performance
Implement real-time updates and visualizations for long-running AI workflows
Create dashboards that help developers understand their usage patterns and optimize their workflows
Design alerts and notification systems for critical job states
SDK Development & Maintenance
Maintain and enhance our TypeScript SDK as the primary interface for JavaScript/Node.js developers
Ensure consistent APIs and developer experience across all three SDKs
Build shared tooling and automation to streamline SDK development and releases
Gather customer feedback and integrate insights into rapid iteration cycles
Developer Experience
Improve onboarding flows and developer documentation
Build tools that make local development and testing seamless
Design APIs that feel intuitive and reduce cognitive load for developers
Create examples and guides that showcase best practices for AI orchestration
Customer Integration
Work directly with users to understand pain points and feature requests
Participate in customer calls and support to deeply understand developer workflows
Use customer feedback to prioritize features and guide product decisions
You might be a fit if
You love developer tools and understand what makes great developer experiences
You have strong TypeScript skills and can build full-stack applications confidently
You think about APIs from the developer's perspective and care about consistency and usability
You're comfortable working across the stack - from frontend dashboards to backend services
You move fast and iterate based on real user feedback
You understand modern web technologies and can build responsive, real-time interfaces
Requirements
Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript and modern web development
Experience building dashboards or observability tools
Familiarity with backend technologies (our backend is Go, you’ll need to be )
Understanding of APIs, SDKs, and developer tooling
Experience with job queues, event-driven systems, or distributed architectures is a plus
Strong attention to detail for consistent variable naming, architecture, and environment handling
Bonus points for
Experience with Go programming language
Background in AI/ML infrastructure or orchestration systems
Have used (and loved) Hatchet or similar job processing systems
Contributions to open source developer tools
Experience at developer-focused companies or building SDKs
Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms
What we offer
$130k-$190k base compensation + meaningful equity in a fast-growing startup
Full benefits package including premium healthcare and unlimited PTO
Technology budget for tools, conferences, and learning resources
Remote-friendly with optional NYC office access
Direct impact on product direction and customer success
Weekly customer interaction to understand real developer needs
Who you'll work with We're a small team of 4: Alexander (previously founded Porter YC S20, multi cloud infrastructure) and Gabe (previously founded ClearMix YC S20, distributed remote video production), plus 2 founding engineers. We're obsessive about building the developer experience we've always wanted.
We move fast and use what we ship. Everyone in the company shares in support, where we're constantly improving the product based on feedback and relationships with our customers. If you're excited about building the tools that will power the next generation of AI orchestration, we'd love to hear from you.
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Modern LLM-native workloads break traditional infrastructure. Long-running LLM calls timeout your APIs, massive contexts crash your workers, parallel jobs flood your queues. Hatchet handles the complexity so developers can focus on features:
⚡️ real-time AI agents ⏰ long-running jobs that recover gracefully massive parallel workloads that scale
We're 100% open source, processing billions of tasks for scale-ups and enterprises, backed by Y Combinator, and growing fast.
So far, our growth has been organic through a few Hacker News posts and word-of-mouth, but we're ready to scale up and show the world what's possible with modern low-latency async job processing, especially in AI systems. That's where you come in.
Why this role matters We're at an inflection point. The AI explosion is creating massive demand for orchestration that can handle the new problems introduced by LLMs without the infrastructure headaches. We're fortunate to work with hundreds of scaling AI companies and some of the top research labs with a front row view to new problems and patterns to solve them.
As our Product Engineer, you'll be responsible for building the features that make Hatchet the best developer platform in the world. You'll work directly with customer feedback to shape the product experience including our dashboard interface, local developer tooling, and our SDK APIs that developers use daily.
You'll have the opportunity to define product direction while working directly with two 2x YC technical founders who obsess about developer experience.
What you'll build E2E Feature Development
Design and implement new features across our dashboard, APIs, and three SDKs (TypeScript, Python, Go)
Build and maintain our react frontend dashboard for job monitoring and management
Integrate with our Go backend services through gRPC and REST APIs
Create features that improve developer productivity and reduce time-to-value
Dashboard & Observability
Build intuitive interfaces for monitoring job execution, debugging failures, and understanding system performance
Implement real-time updates and visualizations for long-running AI workflows
Create dashboards that help developers understand their usage patterns and optimize their workflows
Design alerts and notification systems for critical job states
SDK Development & Maintenance
Maintain and enhance our TypeScript SDK as the primary interface for JavaScript/Node.js developers
Ensure consistent APIs and developer experience across all three SDKs
Build shared tooling and automation to streamline SDK development and releases
Gather customer feedback and integrate insights into rapid iteration cycles
Developer Experience
Improve onboarding flows and developer documentation
Build tools that make local development and testing seamless
Design APIs that feel intuitive and reduce cognitive load for developers
Create examples and guides that showcase best practices for AI orchestration
Customer Integration
Work directly with users to understand pain points and feature requests
Participate in customer calls and support to deeply understand developer workflows
Use customer feedback to prioritize features and guide product decisions
You might be a fit if
You love developer tools and understand what makes great developer experiences
You have strong TypeScript skills and can build full-stack applications confidently
You think about APIs from the developer's perspective and care about consistency and usability
You're comfortable working across the stack - from frontend dashboards to backend services
You move fast and iterate based on real user feedback
You understand modern web technologies and can build responsive, real-time interfaces
Requirements
Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript and modern web development
Experience building dashboards or observability tools
Familiarity with backend technologies (our backend is Go, you’ll need to be )
Understanding of APIs, SDKs, and developer tooling
Experience with job queues, event-driven systems, or distributed architectures is a plus
Strong attention to detail for consistent variable naming, architecture, and environment handling
Bonus points for
Experience with Go programming language
Background in AI/ML infrastructure or orchestration systems
Have used (and loved) Hatchet or similar job processing systems
Contributions to open source developer tools
Experience at developer-focused companies or building SDKs
Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms
What we offer
$130k-$190k base compensation + meaningful equity in a fast-growing startup
Full benefits package including premium healthcare and unlimited PTO
Technology budget for tools, conferences, and learning resources
Remote-friendly with optional NYC office access
Direct impact on product direction and customer success
Weekly customer interaction to understand real developer needs
Who you'll work with We're a small team of 4: Alexander (previously founded Porter YC S20, multi cloud infrastructure) and Gabe (previously founded ClearMix YC S20, distributed remote video production), plus 2 founding engineers. We're obsessive about building the developer experience we've always wanted.
We move fast and use what we ship. Everyone in the company shares in support, where we're constantly improving the product based on feedback and relationships with our customers. If you're excited about building the tools that will power the next generation of AI orchestration, we'd love to hear from you.
#J-18808-Ljbffr