About Us
At You.com, we are building the AI Search Infrastructure that powers modern AI systems. Our goal is to create the trusted knowledge layer that agents, applications, and enterprises rely on to retrieve real-time, accurate, and citation-backed information.
Our platform combines proprietary vertical indexes with LLM-optimized retrieval systems to power AI agents, applications, and enterprise workflows. We are solving hard problems across search, large language models, and large-scale infrastructure to make AI systems more reliable, transparent, and useful.
Our team includes engineers, researchers, product builders, and operators who care about solving meaningful problems and delivering real-world impact. Whether you are improving core infrastructure, shaping product experiences, or helping bring new AI capabilities to market, your work will help define how modern AI finds and uses knowledge.
This is a hybrid product engineering and GTM role for someone who wants outsized impact at the intersection of all three. You'll own the direction of our API surface — shaping products like real-time monitoring, vertical feeds, and the next generation of agent-native retrieval primitives — while simultaneously sitting across the table from our most important customers to win, deploy, and expand high-value accounts.
You'll be the technical voice customers trust, and the customer voice the engineering team trusts. The insights you bring back from the field will directly shape what we build next.
This role demands high agency, deep customer obsession, and the rare ability to move fluidly between writing a technical product spec, debugging an integration on a customer call, and pitching a CTO on why our API should be core to their stack.
What you'll do- Own API product direction. Define the roadmap for our core search APIs and adjacent surfaces — monitoring, vertical feeds, evaluation tooling, and new primitives we haven't built yet. Decide what ships, when, and why.
- Lead solutions for strategic accounts. Partner directly with the founders and engineering leaders of our top customers and prospects. Architect their integration, unblock their teams, and turn pilots into long-term partnerships.
- Close the loop. Translate what you hear in customer conversations into concrete product bets. Write the specs, prioritize the roadmap, and make sure the highest-leverage learnings actually become shipped features.
- Be the technical face of the product. Run technical deep-dives, write the docs and reference implementations that matter most, and show up in the spaces where AI builders are deciding what to use.
- Set the technical bar. Work closely with engineering on API design, performance, and developer experience. Push back when something isn't good enough; ship when it is.
- Stay in the code. This is a hands-on role. You'll prototype new API primitives and ship production code into the core stack when the highest-leverage thing to do is just build it yourself.
- 5+ years of experience spanning engineering and product roles, with significant time spent on developer-facing or API products. You can still write production code and want to — this role expects it.
- Deep familiarity with the AI agent and LLM ecosystem — you understand how agents are being built, where retrieval fits in, and where the current tooling falls short.
- A track record of owning ambiguous, high-stakes problems end-to-end. You don't wait to be told what to do; you find the highest-leverage thing and go.
- Strong customer instincts. You enjoy customer calls, you're sharp at reading what's said and unsaid, and you can hold technical credibility with senior engineers and commercial credibility with executives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication. You can write a spec, a sales follow-up, and a postmortem with equal clarity.
- Comfort with the messy reality of an early-stage startup — shifting priorities, incomplete information, and the need to make calls without consensus.
- You've shipped a developer API or platform product that real engineers depend on.
- You've worked closely with sales or solutions teams in a previous role, or led that motion yourself.
- You've built or contributed to AI agents, retrieval systems, or search infrastructure.
- You have a public footprint — open-source, writing, talks — in the AI or developer-tools space.
- Leverage. The decisions you make will compound across every customer we serve and every agent built on our APIs.
- Surface area. You'll touch product, engineering, GTM, and strategy. If you want a path toward a senior product or technical leadership role, this is rocket fuel.
- Learning & Collaboration. You'll work with world-class talent on search, infrastructure and AI problems. This team has a history on defining every part of the stack, you’ll never get bored!
- Timing. Agent infrastructure is one of the defining categories of this decade, and the next 18 months will determine who wins it.
- Compensation. Competitive base, meaningful equity, and the upside of a startup team building something foundational.
Our salary bands are structured based on a combination of geographic tiers and internal leveling. Compensation is determined by multiple factors assessed during the interview process, with the final offer reflecting these considerations.
Hubs in San Francisco and New York City offering regular in-person gatherings and co-working sessions
Flexible PTO with U.S. holidays observed and a week shutdown in December to rest and recharge*
A competitive health insurance plan covers 100% of the policyholder and 75% for dependents*
12 weeks of paid parental leave in the US*
401k program, 3% match - vested immediately!*
$500 work-from-home stipend to be used up to a year of your start date*
- $600 technology stipend to support a portion of our hybrid/remote team's cell phone and internet expenses*
$1,200 per year Health & Wellness Allowance to support your personal goals*
The chance to collaborate with a team at the forefront of AI research
*Certain perks and benefits are limited to full-time employees only
You.com participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. (English/Spanish: E-Verify Participation/Right to Work) We are also an inclusive, equitable, and accessible workplace. Please let us know if you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process.
Beware of recruiting scams: You.com will only contact you through official @You.com email addresses and will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information during the hiring process.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience spanning engineering and product roles, with significant time on developer-facing or API products
- Ability to write production code, prototype new API primitives, and ship code into the core stack
- Deep familiarity with the AI agent and LLM ecosystem and where retrieval fits
- Track record of owning ambiguous, high-stakes problems end-to-end
- Strong customer instincts and ability to hold technical credibility with engineers and commercial credibility with executives
- Excellent written and verbal communication (specs, sales follow-ups, postmortems)
- Comfort operating in an early-stage startup environment with shifting priorities and incomplete information
- Shipped a developer API or platform product that real engineers depend on
- Experience working closely with sales or solutions teams or leading that motion
- Experience building or contributing to AI agents, retrieval systems, or search infrastructure
- Public footprint in AI or developer-tools (open-source, writing, talks)
You.com Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about You.com and has not been reviewed or approved by You.com.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for a high‑growth AI startup, aligning with market snapshots that indicate mid‑to‑upper‑tier bands for key technical roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with multiple plan options, HSA/FSA availability, and wellness and mental‑health programs from partners like One Medical, Carrot, and Function Health. Some listings indicate the employer fully covers employee premiums with partial dependent coverage, which typically supports perceived value.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Ongoing work‑from‑home and technology stipends, a home‑office setup allowance, and an annual wellness stipend reinforce day‑to‑day support for remote and hybrid work. These extras complement the core package and often contribute to overall rewards satisfaction.
You.com Insights
What We Do
You.com is an AI-powered search and productivity platform that helps users find information, create content, and accomplish tasks efficiently - all in one place. By combining advanced AI technology with a customizable search experience, You.com empowers people to search, write, code, and summarize content while maintaining control over their privacy and data. The company’s mission is to make the internet more useful, transparent, and user-centric, giving everyone the tools they need to be more productive and informed online.
Why Work With Us
You.com empowers users with a customizable, privacy-first AI search and productivity platform. Join a diverse, collaborative team building ethical, cutting-edge technology that puts people, not advertisers, first. Make a real impact on how the world interacts with information.
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