Product Software Engineer - Pear VC

Pear VC

Pear VC is an early-stage venture firm based in Menlo Park with offices in San Francisco and Barcelona. We’re specialists in pre-seed and seed and partner with founders at the earliest stages to turn great ideas into category-defining companies.

Our team is composed of a deep bench of experts and operators. We’ve founded 10 companies and seeded startups now worth over $50B. We have a team with operational experience across recruiting, sales, and marketing to help our founders build companies from the ground up. Our track record is strong: in just 9 years, we have seeded 7 companies currently valued over $1B and 3 public companies.

The Opportunity

As the 2nd in-house product engineer at Pear, you’ll focus on streamlining our internal operations through software and creating tools to support our founder community. This role offers direct exposure to a diverse range of founders and industries within our portfolio, providing a solid foundation for exploring future opportunities, whether as a founder or within a Pear portfolio company. Additionally, it offers a unique chance to gain insight into the venture capital world, helping you evaluate if it's a path you want to pursue in your career.

Responsibilities

• Identify areas for potential automation, through conversation with the Pear investment, and platform teams, and with Pear portfolio founders.
• Translate these into concrete product workflows
• Build workflows that accomplish the core work, with minimal maintenance overhead.
• As a small team, we prefer to buy off-the-shelf software rather than build custom software in-house. The ideal candidate recognizes where and when to best make the tradeoffs between buying vs. automating with low-code platforms vs. entirely building custom code.
  
  

Attributes And Skills

• Knowledge of Web Frameworks, Databases and APIs
• Strong programming skills and experience developing products from 0 to 1
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and projects with strong attention to detail.
• Independent worker with the ability to lead and motivate cross-functionally.
• Collaborative team player ready to assist anywhere, anytime.
  
  

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of full-stack development experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
• Proven track record of owning and delivering projects from start to finish
• Experience working as a "product engineer," blending product and engineering roles
• Experience with React and Python
• Interest in data science
• Previous experience building internal tools to improve operations
  
  

What We Offer

• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents.
• 401k plan with company match.
• Flexible vacation policy.
• Fully-stocked kitchen with snacks, beverages, and weekly team lunches.