Senior/Staff Product Engineer

Join Pallet, a fast-moving startup focused on revolutionizing logistics AI. As a Senior/Staff Product Engineer, you'll work closely with customers to understand their operational pain points and build solutions that address them. You'll design and implement data pipelines and backend systems, ship end-to-end features in a SaaS environment, and collaborate with the engineering team on architecture and product decisions. This is an opportunity to shape the future of logistics AI and define what great product engineering looks like at Pallet.

• Act as the connective tissue between engineering and customers, translating real business needs into reliable, scalable software.
• Build and own core product features that power thousands of AI agents running in parallel to solve real logistics problems.
• Collaborate with the engineering team on architecture, product decisions, and technical direction.
• Excited to be in the office 5 days a week in SF's Financial District or our NYC satellite office
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, in-person startup environment
• Experience owning core product or infrastructure in a SaaS or platform environment
• Strong backend and systems engineering fundamentals
• Someone who thinks about reliability, performance, and architecture, not just shipping
• Bonus: Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL (our interviews are language-agnostic)
• 4+ years of backend or full-stack experience with a track record of owning product surfaces or infrastructure (Mid); 6+ years with deeper architectural ownership and a focus on system quality and long-term maintainability (Senior)