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title: 'Founding Product Engineer - Early stage at FledgeHQ'
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# Founding Product Engineer - Early stage at FledgeHQ

- **Company:** FledgeHQ
- **Location:** Paris, France
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-04-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/fledge/am9icG9zdDr5oOjw3DQ-Kya7mZ3_1KOV

## Job description

Fledge

We are a boutique Talent search firm connecting exceptional Talent with the most innovative companies in the AI and software development industries across EMEA. Our clients are among companies with innovative products that have a positive impact on our societies and we present them with a solution model between fine consulting and flexible recruitment process outsourcing:

- Fractional Talent acquisition advisory
- Recruitment operation tools
- On-demand Talent sourcing expertise

Job Summary

As a Product Engineer based in Paris, you’ll work closely with the founders, engineering, design, and product teams by building customer-facing, XXXXXXXX products from the ground up. You’ll be a key player in enabling the mission to make application security invisible by leveraging LLMs and agentic systems. You will join a stealth-stage project at a pivotal moment, build a product from scratch and take full ownership from day one. This is a high-impact, product-driven role for someone who thrives on deep technical challenges in a fast-paced, iterative environment.

Required Skills and Qualifications

- Design and build customer-facing features in collaboration with product, design, and real users—shipping fast and learning constantly.
- Take full ownership of features and systems, from architecture and implementation to deployment and iteration.
- Engage directly with users over Slack or calls to gather feedback and shape the product around real-world usage.
- Work at the frontier of LLMs and agentic systems to accelerate development and tackle vulnerability management in novel ways.
- Champion high-quality engineering practices: well-tested code, fast CI pipelines, and strong observability.
- Contribute to product direction and help shape the overall technical and cultural foundations.

Tech Environment

- Likely tools and frameworks: TypeScript/React, Python, Node.js, LangChain, OpenAI, vector databases, modern CI/CD, and observability tools.
- Strong preference for experience or active interest in LLMs, agentic architectures, and developer/security tools.

In return, they offer

- A chance to work at the intersection of security and AI, helping shape the future of both industries.
- An early role in a high-talent, globally ambitious team backed by leading VCs and tech executives.
- Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and full benefits.
- Full-time, onsite collaboration in Paris with an English-speaking team building for a global market.
- A culture that prioritizes ownership, innovation, speed, and thoughtful engineering.

🌈 Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to enabling everyone to feel included and valued and trust our partners to do the same. Both the company and its culture are strongest when composed of diverse experiences and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, family, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

ℹ️ Important

If you have a medical condition or an individual need for an adjustment to our process, and you believe this may affect your ability to be at your best - please let us know so we can talk about how we can best support you and make any adjustments that may be needed.

In case of any doubts or questions, please contact here: catherine@fledge.net

## About FledgeHQ

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Fledge is a boutique talent acquisition and search firm that helps tech companies and startups hire niche technical talent in Europe and the US.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped, no disclosed funding rounds)
- **Headquarters**: Paris, Île-de-France, France (with a second office in Austin, Texas, USA)
- **Founded**: Year not publicly available
- **Founders**: Founders not publicly listed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Talent acquisition / Recruitment services for the technology sector
- **Target customers**: B2B – primarily early- to growth-stage startups and scale-ups in Europe and the US, with a focus on engineering, data, AI, and security roles.
- **Mission/purpose**: “Making hiring, work for everyone” – providing human-centric, tailored talent solutions that put people first and help both companies and candidates thrive.

## Products & Services
- **Tailored Talent Search (Retained & Contingent)**: Full-cycle sourcing and recruitment of senior technical and leadership roles, including Founding Engineers, Cybersecurity Researchers, and Product Engineers.
- **Fractional Talent Acquisition Advisory**: Embedded recruitment consultants who work directly with hiring managers to accelerate operations.
- **Recruitment Operation Tooling**: Support for implementing sustainable talent management processes and employer branding.
- **On‑demand Talent Search** (“Plug and Play”): Rapid, flexible sourcing for specific technical roles without long-term commitment.
- **Coaching & Legal Support**: Career coaching for candidates and assistance with contract negotiations, compensation, and promotion discussions.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue not publicly available; total funding rounds not applicable (bootstrapped)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No disclosed investors; partners with innovative startups and progressive tech companies; clients include Photoroom, Glady, ING Belgium, Wordsmith AI, and others (based on alumni data).
- **Growth Signals**: - LinkedIn followers: 1,448 (yearly growth +12.6%) - Website traffic: 2,085 monthly visits (yearly growth +60.4%) - Workforce distributed across France, Spain, Colombia, Belgium, and the US - Recent expansion into Mexico City (hiring Forward Deployed Engineer to serve Latin American talent pool) - Active hiring campaigns for multiple portfolio startups (security, growth, engineering roles)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Niche specialization**: Deep focus on tech talent in Europe and the US, particularly in AI, cybersecurity, data, and engineering – areas where generalist agencies often lack expertise.
- **Human‑centric approach**: Emphasis on coaching, legal support, and career progression for candidates differentiates from high‑volume RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) firms.
- **Boutique, tailored service**: Small team (6 people) allows close partnership with founders and hiring managers, offering fractional advisory and flexible engagement models.
- **Data‑driven sourcing**: Use of analytics to identify root causes in hiring processes and improve employer branding.

## Strategic Focus
- **Geographic expansion**: Actively building presence in Latin America (Mexico City) to complement European and US operations, targeting bilingual candidates.
- **Deepening AI & security practice**: Increasing placement volume in AI, cybersecurity, and governance roles (reflected in recent job postings).
- **Strengthening candidate‑side offerings**: Expanding coaching and legal support to attract top passive talent and build a strong talent community.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “human‑centric” and talent‑first; the team is lean (6 people) with a collaborative, remote‑friendly ethos.
- **Work policy**: Hybrid and remote options available – some roles are fully remote, others are hybrid in Paris; flexibility depends on the client company.
- **Notable perks**: - Exposure to cutting‑edge startups in AI, cybersecurity, and growth - Opportunity to work with a distributed international team - Coaching and legal support also available to internal team members? (not explicitly stated, but the firm values career development) - Emphasis on “positive impact” and progressive hiring practices.
- **Engineering culture**: For technical candidates placed through Fledge, the firm focuses on high‑impact roles (Founding Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer) with strong mentorship and autonomy.

## Sources
1. [fledge.net](https://www.fledge.net/)
2. [linkedin.com/company/fledgehq](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fledgehq)
3. [fledge.net/candidates](https://www.fledge.net/candidates/)
4. [fledge.net/companies](https://www.fledge.net/companies/)
5. [fledge.net/contact](https://www.fledge.net/contact/)

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