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.