Company

Our client Warp has automated the back-office, transforming how startups handle HR, payroll, and tax compliance. Warp leverages cutting-edge AI agents to automate registrations, filings, and monitoring across hundreds of jurisdictions, freeing founders from tedious ops to focus on growth. Backed by $24M from elite investors like Y Combinator, A-Star, Elad Gil, Drew Houston (CEO, Dropbox), Arash Ferdowsi (CTO, Dropbox), Balajis, Kyle Vogt (CEO, Cruise Automation), and SV Angel, Warp powers some of today's fastest-scaling startups. As of late 2025, they're inches away from hitting their milestone of processing $1BN in annual payroll transactions. Warp stands out amid competitors by uniquely blending AI-driven payroll with comprehensive back-office efficiency - earning rave reviews for slashing compliance time by up to 90%. Their culture thrives on innovation, high agency, and rapid iteration, fostering a collaborative vibe in their vibrant SoHo office, where engineers experiment with the latest LLMs to push boundaries in legacy workflows.

Role

New York, NY - On-site: As a Product Engineer at Warp, you will drive full-stack feature development - owning projects from database design through architectural implementation. This role demands a founder mindset - an engineer who excels at building 0-to-1 systems and thriving in the chaos of rapid, high-impact iterations. From day one, you'll work on our core back-office platform (HR, payroll, tax), developing robust services using Python and GraphQL and architecting scalable frontends in React/TypeScript. Expect to execute with architectural judgment, ensuring quality code and predictable deployments. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to ship solutions that dramatically boost user efficiency. If you possess deep technical ownership and are ready to contribute to a $1B payroll goal by end of 2025, join us.

Compensation

Warp offers On-Target Earnings (OTE) of $140,000+++ and a generous equity package that aligns with your impact on our growth trajectory with perks that fuel the startup grind. Our culture emphasizes founder-like ownership and innovation, with a relaxed yet productive vibe where builders thrive - supporting work-life balance through flexible policies and a focus on meaningful work.

Story

Warp was founded in 2023 by Ayush Sharma (CEO), an MIT graduate in machine learning and physics, and Adam Rankin (CTO), a Virginia Tech engineering alum. Emerging from Y Combinator after their own payroll nightmare - a system failure that delayed payments and tax filings, taking 60 hours to resolve - they set out to simplify payroll and compliance for scaling startups. Warp began as an automation tool and grew into an AI-driven platform, raising $24M in seed funding from investors like Dropbox's leadership and Cruise's Kyle Vogt. This positioned Warp to challenge the $100B+ market led by companies like ADP. By 2024, Warp had automated filings for thousands of startups and entered rapid growth, on track to process $1B in payroll by 2025 through ongoing AI innovations.