**About us** [Mochi](https://www.mochi.tv/) is the future of anime. We're the #1 app for AI anime, where fans make the stories. In just 2 months, we’ve grown to 20K+ creators publishing 2K+ series a month, with originals from Marvel, Toei, and Webtoon writers. To date we’ve crossed [300M views on socials](https://www.instagram.com/watchmochitv). We’ve raised $4.5M from Y Combinator and angels like the founder of Crunchyroll.
You'll join a strike team of lifelong anime fans reinventing how anime gets made. Help us make the next One Piece! **The role** We're hiring a **Founding Product Engineer** to own the [app](https://www.mochi.tv/go) end to end. This role is one part product, one part design, one part builder: * **Product:** You decide what we build next and own the results.
You have
- strong user instincts, and you prove them in the metrics. * **Design:** You have obsessive attention to detail.
- You care about layouts and cognitive load, because you know the small stuff matters. * **Builder:** You have high agency.
- With AI, you build, test, and launch without waiting on anyone.
- You don't need to be a deep engineer.
- You do need taste, work ethic, and bias to action.
- You'll work directly with the founders.
- Robert (CEO) built the product himself and will work alongside you on product and design. **Must-haves** * You love anime * You've shipped consumer apps to real users before, and you can show us * You have real taste.
- You can name the apps you love and hate, and explain exactly why, down to a single screen or interaction * You build fast with AI tools (Claude Code, Claude Design, Codex etc.), and you have enough technical judgment to debug and fix things when they break **Nice-to-haves** * You've worked on mobile, video, feed or social products * You have design skills (Figma, motion, prototyping) * Previous founder or early employee at a startup **What it's like here** We’re in-person at our spacious LA office in the heart of Arts District.
- We’re a close knit team that moves fast.
- Free meals provided, Crunchyroll + gym membership, pickleball outings, and occasional Smash tournaments.
- 401K + benefits included. **Compensation** $120K-$180K plus a 0.25%-0.75% equity grant. 
