Product Engineer

About this role

Periodic Labs seeks a Product Engineer to build the software interface between AI models and materials scientists, creating agentic systems that help researchers plan experiments, analyze data, and make decisions. You'll own products end-to-end—from interfaces to backend systems—working closely with scientists and model researchers to turn cutting-edge AI into practical scientific workflows.

What you'll do

• Design and prototype agentic products including copilots, experiment planning systems, and workflow automation tools
• Build interfaces and interaction patterns for scientists to collaborate with and supervise AI agents
• Integrate lab systems, scientific data, and frontier models into cohesive product experiences
• Work with model researchers to establish feedback loops, telemetry, and evaluation signals
• Spend time with scientists to identify bottlenecks and turn them into products
• Own full-stack delivery from data models and APIs to deployment and observability

What they're looking for

• Full-stack product engineering (backend, APIs, frontend)
• Agentic AI and LLM application design
• Systems integration and workflow orchestration
• Rapid prototyping and iteration
• Scientific domain understanding or ability to learn quickly
• Product thinking and user-centered design
• Python or similar languages
• Observability and telemetry implementation

Benefits

• $250,000-$350,000 base salary plus equity
• Visa sponsorship available
• Opportunity to define product engineering culture at an early-stage company
• Work with frontier AI models in materials science
• Direct collaboration with world-class scientists and researchers
• Located in Menlo Park with expansion to San Francisco