Role at a glance
- Salary
- $180K – $290K/yr
- Location
- Foster City, California, United States
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
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Role Summary
This full-time Engineer DRI role is part of Replit’s Product Foundry, an internal team that launches high-risk, full-stack 0→1 initiatives. The role operates within lean, autonomous founding teams focused on AI agents, new software creation experiences, and rapid market validation.
What You'll Do
- Launch high-risk, full-stack 0→1 initiatives that establish new product categories.
- Own the technical, product, and launch success of an initiative as the Engineer DRI.
- Work within lean, autonomous squads supported by fractional product management and design resources.
- Deploy rapidly, gather immediate user feedback, and iterate through 3-week initiative sprints.
- Help Replit Agent build alternatives to popular SaaS vendors and operate across third-party services and chat, agentic, and commerce...
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4+ years of professional software engineering experience; understanding of the full agentic software development stack; experience leading complex projects with cross-functional stakeholders; experience building and operating platform systems that other teams depend on; strong product judgment; familiarity with TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Postgres.
Required
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Understanding of the full agentic software development stack
- Strong track record leading complex projects with cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience building and operating platform systems that other teams depend on
- Strong product judgment
- Comfort working in modern web stacks such as TypeScript, React, Node.js, Postgres
Preferred
- Technical company founding entrepreneurial or high visibility side projects experience
Original job description
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Original job description
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Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.
The Mandate: Industry Disruption and 10x Scale:
Vision: Product Foundry is Replit's internal engine for innovation. We move Replit beyond being a collaborative development environment to becoming the foundational operating system for the entire next generation of software, where AI Agents are the primary actors.
The 10x Goal: Our purpose is to launch high-risk, full-stack 0→1 initiatives that define and establish entirely new, multi-billion-dollar product categories. We are seeking non-linear growth opportunities, fundamentally aiming to 10x Replit's value and addressable market by proving out unprecedented technical primitives and disruptive Go-To-Market strategies.
The Audience: We build for the next generation of creators and high-leverage users and enterprises, equipping them with tools that enable them to build anything, anywhere.
Candidates that do well here will certainly go on to build their own companies in the future! This is a high visibility role reporting to
Execution Model: High-Agency Founding Teams
Structure: We operate as a collective of in-house technical founders—not just specialized engineers. Initiatives are run by lean, autonomous squads built for velocity and maximum technical leverage. This model is centered around an Engineer DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) who maintains total ownership over the initiative's technical, product, and launch success, supported by fractional PM and Design resources.
Cadence: We enforce rapid iteration and rapid market validation via 3-week sprints per initiative. This cadence forces fast deployment, immediate user feedback, and tight alignment with the internal betting table process, mirroring the intensity and speed of a lean startup.
Required skills and experience
4+ years of professional software engineering experience
Technical company founding entrepreneurial or high visibility side projects experience preferred but not required
Understanding of the full agentic software development stack, helping coding agents build, test and review correct code.
Strong track record leading complex projects with cross-functional stakeholders
Experience building and operating platform systems that other teams depend on
Strong product judgment: you can balance UX, speed, correctness, and long-term maintainability
Comfort working in modern web stacks such as TypeScript, React, Node.js, Postgres
Example Projects You’ll Work On
Helping Replit Agent build viable alternatives to the world’s most popular SaaS vendors (Data, Decks, Videos, etc)
Replit Agent becoming a full principal within a large number of third party services (read and write)
You can use Replit fully within a wide range of chat, agentic and commerce environments
This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office. The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Full-Time Employee Benefits Include:
💰 Competitive Salary & Equity
💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)
⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability
🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave
🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays
🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office & US Only)
📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend
🧑💻 Autonomous Work Environment
🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only)
🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings
☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only)
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Interviewing + Culture at Replit
To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.
About the company
Replit
Startup
Replit is an innovative online platform designed to simplify coding and programming for individuals and teams. Offering a collaborative environment, it allows users to write, test, and share code in various programming languages directly from their web browser. With features such as integrated development environments (IDEs), real-time collaboration tools, and extensive community support, Replit aims to make coding accessible to everyone, from beginners to experienced developers. The platform fosters creativity and learning, empowering users to build and deploy projects seamlessly.
Replit is an innovative online platform designed to simplify coding and programming for individuals and teams. Offering a collaborative environment, it allows users to write, test, and share code in various programming languages directly from their web browser. With features such as integrated development environments (IDEs), real-time collaboration tools, and extensive community support, Replit aims to make coding accessible to everyone, from beginners to experienced developers. The platform fosters creativity and learning, empowering users to build and deploy projects seamlessly.