Product Engineers, Heron Data
$180-280k
+ Equity
Automation for document-heavy workflows
Open for applications
Automation for document-heavy workflows
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$180-280k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To save human lifetimes of tedious, white-collar work.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for folks who are excited about designing elegant technical solutions and shipping great code frequently
- Enjoy -actually- building and making an impact: you get a kick out of shipping code frequently, iteratively, and collaboratively
- You value MVPs and customer impact over perfectly engineered systems
- You can take responsibility over the end-to-end deployment of what you build
- Thrive at solving tough technical problems: you enjoy breaking down challenges into simple and well-designed solutions
- You are fact-oriented and thoughtful in your approach, but you don’t get bogged down in over-intellectualizing or over-complicating things
- Scale-oriented: while having a bias to action and impact, you will care about scalable infrastructure and engineering processes
- Even better if you’re able to bring some better practices or improvements to our infrastructure or ways of working!
- Be able to contribute in our stack: we try to balance speed and impact with fitting the best framework/ technology to the task at hand
- Currently, we work primarily in Python / Flask / FastAPI on the backend, Terraform / GCP / AWS for infra, and React / JavaScript / TypeScript / Vercel on the frontend
- Ideally, you’ll be able to contribute within our stack while also helping us experiment and evolve to continually improve functionality and performance
- Above all else, we value people who want to make an impact in their work. Here are some of the behaviors that we expect of all Herons:
- Scrappy and creative: when faced with an obstacle, you will either overcome it by pure determination (i.e., by hand), or find an unconventional approach or ‘hack’ to navigate it
- Persistent: you may not always find the right answer or person immediately, but you're motivated to keep on trying until you do so. You’ll go the extra mile - including Flying to Gainesville - if that’s what it takes
- Pilot not passenger: at a fast-growing company like Heron we need people who jump on opportunities unprompted and drive them to a great outcome, rather than folks who wait to be told what to do
- Excited to work in a fast-paced, high-growth, team-based environment: we aim to move quickly and decisively, but together. You’ll be a great team player and do what it takes for the team to succeed
What the job involves
- We are seeking high-performing NYC-based engineers of any level to help us solve more of our customers’ problems
- This is a hands-on (‘individual contributor’) role focused on building product that will solve our customers’ problems, including specifically:
- Designing, building and maintaining backend services and APIs
- Designing and building new UI/web components
- Developing new integrations to third party services and AI models
- Help triage bugs, investigate production incidents, and contribute to postmortems and root cause analysis
- Participating in code reviews, collaborating across technical and non-technical teams and stakeholders
Application process
- Initial conversation (20 minutes) - conversation to discuss what you're looking for, what Heron offers, and to see if there's a good fit
- Technical interview (up to 60 minutes) - interactive technical session with one or two of our engineers where you will review a pull request and then do some live coding to build on it
- Team interviews (2-3 hours in total) - mix of technical and behavioral conversations with Heron teammates and founders. You'll get a feel for the people you'll work with and how we approach problems, and we'll get to know how you collaborate, communicate, and think
- References - 2 references from people you've worked with who can speak to your impact, working style, and contributions in a professional setting
Our take
NY-based Heron Data uses advanced AI and LLMs to automate document-heavy workflows. It stands out in the automation market for this laser-focus on handling documents - which traditionally cause problems for businesses looking to reduce manual work.
The company's flagship product is capable of streamlining underwriting for small business lenders and specialty finance companies. It integrates into existing CRMs directly, enabling customers to easily deliver their services faster, more accurately, and fairly.
With over 150 clients across industries like fintech, insurance, and law, the future is an exciting one for Heron. It already handles over 350,000 documents a week, for FDIC-backed lenders to leading insurers, which puts it in an ideal position for expansion.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2025
$16m
SERIES A
Sep 2020
$1.2m
SEED
Total funding: $17.4m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage — including dependents
- Regular pay benchmarking to keep compensation aligned with impact
- Top-quality tech and a full desk setup
- 401k with an employer match
- Support for family planning and fertility care through Carrot
- Flexible PTO (“take what you need” policy)
Company HQ
Kips Bay, New York, NY
Leadership
Johannes Jaeckle
(CEO & Co-Founder)Operations Manager and Managing Director of Segovia Technology UK from 2015 to 2019. CEO and Managing Director of Taptap Send from 2018 to 2019.
Dominic Kwok
(CTO & Co-Founder)Experience as Data Scientist for Spotify and Facebook. Manager of Data Science for Revolut from 2019 to 2020.
Jamie Parker
(CRO & Co-Founder)Experience as Founder of The Student White Tie Company from 2014 to 2016. Associate and Manager of AlphaSights from 2015 to 2020.
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