Founding Product & Engineering Lead - Radiance

Radiance is a digital design agency moving from services-first to platform-powered, seeking a Founding Product & Engineering Lead to architect and evolve The SOURCE® platform into a scalable system supporting agency workflows and SaaS expansion.

Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Design and own the technical architecture of The SOURCE®
• Translate creative, brand, and agency workflows into scalable systems
• Build a platform that supports services today and SaaS tomorrow
• Make pragmatic decisions about build vs buy vs automate
• Ship fast, iterate often, and prioritize leverage over perfection
• Build internal tools that reduce scope creep and operational drag
• Integrate AI, automation, and workflow tooling where it adds value
• Establish technical standards, documentation, and patterns early
• Act as a thought partner to the founder on product vision and sequencing
• Help define what Radiance should and should not build
• Lay the groundwork for future engineering hires and contributors
• Own outcomes, not just code

Requirements

• 6–12+ years experience in engineering, product, or technical architecture roles
• Experience building platforms or internal systems from zero to v1 (or beyond)
• Strong product intuition: systems thinking
• Comfort working in ambiguity with evolving requirements
• Ability to translate non-technical needs into technical solutions
• Pragmatic, opinionated, and execution-focused
• Experience with modern web stacks, APIs, automation, and AI tooling