Infilla is on a mission to make more housing happen faster
The US is short 4-7 million homes. Infilla is fixing the slowest part of building them: the permit process. We’re early, funded, moving fast…and you’ll be the one building what makes it possible.
We’ve raised $5M from top-tier investors and already have more customer demand than we can keep up with. As our full-stack engineer, you’ll have massive ownership, ship fast, and see your work be used by government staff in days.
The roleAs our full-stack product engineer, you don’t just write code. You shape the product, tech stack, and culture from the ground up. You’ll work directly with customers, ship daily, and lay the engineering foundation we’ll scale on.
Our tech stack
We chose “boring” technologies to focus on delivering quickly for our customers:
Front end: React with Radix Themes components
Back end: Remix (Node.js) with Prisma ORM (Postgres)
Language: Full-stack TypeScript
Infrastructure: AWS with Terraform
How we use AI
We pair proven foundations with the latest AI tooling to build faster, smarter, and more ambitiously than a typical startup. We don’t ship AI slop.
We integrate agentic architecture into our codebase for automation and smarter workflows.
We experiment with concurrent programming patterns to push the limits of performance.
Every engineer gets unlimited tools, budget, and freedom to explore new AI capabilities.
We sharpen and enhance our skills through pair programming, code walkthroughs, and weekly AI show-and-tells — and tap into top-tier AI mentorship, meetups, and private talks through our dense network.
Our values
Ideas > Hierarchy - Best idea wins regardless of source. Be intellectually honest.
Progress > Perfection - Get it working now and make it pretty later. Be pragmatic.
Courage > Comfort - We do the right thing, even when hard or uncomfortable.
Kind > Nice - Share clear, helpful feedback often. Voice your concerns and listen.
Why people join
You’ll be joining a small, senior team where everyone wears multiple hats and helps each other grow. We’ve spent years solving hard problems in fast-moving environments.
We believe the best work happens when you:
Are empowered to solve real-world, hard problems with the vision of building compound software for government permitting.
Build beautiful software in a domain unused to user-centric design
Collaborate and learn with experienced teammates and former founders with 40+ combined years in engineering, product, and leadership and who’ve built and scaled companies before.
Work with people who take the work seriously, but not themselves. We care about building great products and enjoying the process.
If you want to grow fast, ship meaningful work, and have fun doing it, you’ll fit right in.
Skills & qualificationsWe'd love to hear from you if you are a serious builder who...
Are oriented towards mission & users over specific technology or area of the stack
Have 2+ years of professional experience in full-stack product development
Fluent, comfortable, and proficient in React
Are product-minded, curious, empathetic, and care about the user experience
Prioritize moving quickly and finding creative ways to ship early
Have experimented and used AI as part of your coding practices
Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Are a humble, kind team player based on the West Coast with a strong preference for the SF Bay Area
We cannot sponsor visas at this time.
Research shows women & minorities are more likely to consider themselves unqualified if they don't meet every single requirement in a job description. This represents what we're ideally looking for, but everyone is unique. We hire for strengths & potential, not lack of weakness.
Interview processWe aim to make this happen in 1-2 weeks:
Initial call (15-30 min) - Casual chat to understand your experience and interest in Infilla.
Pair-coding exercise (60 min) - Pair with an engineer on a real-world problem
Product sense exercise (30 min) - Go through a product sense exercise with a product manager
Founder call (45 min) - Chat with the founder about your past work experiences
Paid contract work (1-3 days depending on availability) - Work on a small project together. You’ll learn what it’s like to work with us as we’re learning what it’s like to work with you. Meet the entire team. We can discuss alternatives if this doesn’t work for your situation.
Full-time offer 🎉
We’re excited to build with you in making more housing happen faster! 🏡
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