[Hiring] Principal Software Engineer @Gitwit

Role Description

Great zero-to-one builders are becoming more careful about where to spend their next years. AI is opening a rare company-creation window, with unusual room for new ventures to emerge fast. But that does not make great opportunities easier to find. And it definitely does not make great products easier to build.

Gitwit was built to find problems worth solving. We are an AI-first venture studio built to win this moment through systematic exploration, ruthless validation, and fast cross-functional building.

In this role, you will help turn raw opportunities into real products at the heart of new venture creation. You will be involved early, when the questions are still open, the signal is still forming, and the right move is not always obvious.

• Shaping products from the beginning.
• Helping define what should be built, what should wait, and what should be cut before time gets wasted.
• Building from zero and shipping fast.
• Making foundational technical decisions.
• Working close to the truth.
• Building across the full product reality.
• Operating at a pace that keeps things fun.
• Helping shape ventures, not just software.

Qualifications

• Real zero-to-one evidence.
• Experience building something from scratch.
• Think like a product builder, not just an implementer.
• Ability to move well in ambiguity.
• Strong technical judgment.
• Experience with modern web products.
• Experience with AI-native product experiences.
• Voracious learner with sharp judgment about emerging technology.
• Taste for usability and coherence.
• Ability to work as part of a real venture team.
• Desire for real ownership.

Requirements

• Experience with TypeScript across the stack.
• Familiarity with React and modern frontend frameworks.
• Experience with Node.js backend services.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Experience with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other foundation model APIs.
• Understanding of AI orchestration, retrieval systems, and workflow automation.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Meaningful equity in every venture the studio builds.
• 8 weeks off per year: 5 weeks vacation + 3 weeks paid holidays.
• Excellent health, vision, and dental insurance, with 99% of employee premiums paid.
• 401(k) with 4% match.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Cell phone reimbursement.
• High-trust, high-autonomy culture.
• Remote-first collaboration with occasional in-person team gatherings.