Founding Product Engineer - Phaselaw
Company: Pear VC
Location: New York City
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Founding Product Engineer – Phaselaw Location: New York or
Raleigh/Durham Area Type: Full-time Salary: Competitive, with
equity options About Phaselaw Phaselaw is rebuilding the legacy
eDiscovery industry from the ground up, empowering in-house legal
teams with tools for document production that bypass the existing
services-heavy approach. We're Seed stage but are already working
with Fortune 500 companies and are scaling rapidly. The Role We’re
looking for a Product Engineer to help us build and scale our core
product. You’ll work closely with our Founders and the rest of the
Engineering team to ship impactful features and improve performance
across the stack. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role where
you’ll directly shape the future of Phaselaw’s technology. What
You’ll Do First Week Get onboarded, set up your dev environment,
and dive into our systems. Ship a small update or bug fix to get
familiar with the codebase. Use the product to understand how it
works and identify areas for improvement. First Month Ship two
major features By 90 Days Ship product updates daily/weekly with a
strong focus on quality. Collaborate closely with the team and our
customers to shape the future of the product. What We’re Looking
For 3 years of experience in full-stack development, ideally with
startups or fast-moving teams. Strong expertise in Next.js, React,
and Tailwind for frontend development. Familiarity in Python for
backend/API development. Familiarity with Terraform, Kubernetes
(K8s), and Postgres for infrastructure and data management.
Experience optimizing web performance and improving frontend UX. A
bias for action: You ship fast and iterate based on feedback.
Strong product and design sense: You think beyond the code and care
about delivering an exceptional user experience. Extreme ownership:
You're excited to make a mark and you make sure balls don't get
dropped. Why Join Us? Impact: Your work will directly shape the
product and the future of the company. Growth: High ownership, deep
collaboration with company and technical leadership. Speed: We move
fast, ship often, and value autonomy. Culture: Our team is kind,
collaborative, inquisitive, and inclusive – and we want to keep it
that way. We have high standards for quality and ethics, and help
each other learn in order to reach our objectives. We think
technology is best built by teams with a diversity of background,
thought, and experience. Every team member is a human first, and we
strive to create a culture and environment that supports your
career goals and respects all of the hats you wear in life, not
just the ones that earn you a paycheck. Our Team We were founded in
2023 by SaaS and data experts: Josh (CEO) lead Chartbeat as CTO to
$70M ARR and exit; David (COO) lead Cortico (MIT spinoff) from
0->1 as COO. Let’s build together!
Keywords: Pear VC, Greenwich , Founding Product Engineer - Phaselaw, IT / Software / Systems , New York City, Connecticut
