Investment Associate & Product Engineer

Y Combinator
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 250,000 - 500,000 annuallyFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Communication","Analytical thinking","Ownership","Collaboration"]

A combined full-stack product engineer role focusing on building production software for YC’s partners, founders, and investors, while applying engineering to investing tasks such as diligence, analytics, and memos. You’ll own features end-to-end, design systems, and work across frontend, backend, and data layers, translating ambiguous questions into concrete products and analyses.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Y Combinator
Y Combinator
8 months ago

Investment Associate & Product Engineer

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

A combined full-stack product engineer role focusing on building production software for YC’s partners, founders, and investors, while applying engineering to investing tasks such as diligence, analytics, and memos. You’ll own features end-to-end, design systems, and work across frontend, backend, and data layers, translating ambiguous questions into concrete products and analyses.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and ship full-stack web applications for partners, founders, and investors.
  • •Own features end-to-end: scoping, design, implementation, and iteration.
  • •Work across frontend, backend, and data layers to improve YC's post-batch and internal platforms.
  • •Make pragmatic engineering tradeoffs in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment.
  • •Write clear, structured memos and analyses for partners and our Investment Committee

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 250,000 - 500,000 annually
Perks:MedicalVisionDental401kParental LeavePaid HolidaysCommuter BenefitsHealth Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •Experience shipping full-stack web applications.
  • •Ability to design systems and reason about tradeoffs independently.
  • •Strong analytical thinking; comfort with metrics and financial concepts.
  • •Clear written and verbal communication.
  • •Excellent judgment, integrity, and ability to work with sensitive information.
Experience:Venture capitalStartups
Skills:CommunicationAnalytical thinkingOwnershipCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:RailsReactPostgresJavaScript

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Sponsorship available.

Company Brief

Y Combinator
Seed accelerator and venture fund that provides seed funding, mentorship, and resources to early-stage startups, running biannual accelerator batches and investing in a broad portfolio of technology companies worldwide.
Industry: Venture Capital
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Mountain View, United States
Founded: 2005
WebsiteLinkedIn