VP of Product Engineering
Company websiteinterface.ai (interface.ai, opens in new tab)
Base salary $350K to $500K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA
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- LocationSan Francisco, CA
- WorkplaceOn-site
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (3 h ago) · observed since
How this pay compares
Base floor $350,000, above 98% of the 5,070 Software Engineering roles in California on this site. The employer's range is $150,000 wide, 43% of the floor. Observed open for 13 days so far (since Oct 26, 2026).
Pay in context
Among 5,070 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site, the median base floor is $176,800 and the middle half runs from $149,374 to $204,000. This role's floor ($350,000) is above 98% of them; 2 others list the same floor.
Base floors of 5,070 Software Engineering roles in California
Table
| Floor band | Share | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 8.1% | 410 |
| $125K to $150K | 17.1% | 866 |
| $150K to $175K | 22.7% | 1,151 |
| $175K to $200K | 22.8% | 1,158 |
| $200K to $225K | 13.0% | 658 |
| $225K to $250K | 6.2% | 315 |
| $250K to $275K | 4.9% | 246 |
| $275K and up | 5.2% | 266 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Base floor distribution of the cohort
- Formula
- count of cohort postings in each $25K band of published base floor / postings in the cohort
- Denominator
- 5,070 open postings with this job family in California
- Sample size
- 5070
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in the cohort
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
State against nationwide
Median base floor in California vs nationwide
Table
| Value | postings | |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineering, California | $176,800 | 5,070 |
| Software Engineering, all states | $160K | 12,902 |
| This job's base floor (marked) | $350K |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Median floor, state vs nationwide
- Formula
- median published base floor of each cohort
- Denominator
- open postings of this job family
- Sample size
- 5070 in California; 12902 nationwide
- Hidden when
- needs at least 30 postings in both cohorts
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- 2026-11-08
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
How interface.ai pays
This is the highest base floor among interface.ai's 20 live roles on this site (shared with 1 other). Across them the median floor is $255,000; the middle half runs from $195,000 to $301,750.
Base floors of interface.ai's 20 live roles
Table
| Floor band | Share | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| $100K to $125K | 0.0% | 0 |
| $125K to $150K | 5.0% | 1 |
| $150K to $175K | 15.0% | 3 |
| $175K to $200K | 5.0% | 1 |
| $200K to $225K | 5.0% | 1 |
| $225K to $250K | 15.0% | 3 |
| $250K to $275K | 20.0% | 4 |
| $275K and up | 35.0% | 7 |
How this is calculated
- Statistic
- Employer base floor distribution
- Formula
- count of the employer's open roles in each $25K band of published base floor / its open roles
- Denominator
- 20 open public roles at this employer
- Sample size
- 20
- Hidden when
- needs at least 5 roles
- Calculation version
- jobpage-analysis-v1
- Data as of
- current
- Employer set
- Open jobs on this site that publish a base salary of $100,000 or more
Similar pay elsewhere
Other employers' Software Engineering roles in California with the nearest published base floor to $350,000, one per employer.
- Staff Engineer, Agentic Inflection AI · base floor $350,000
- Staff Software Engineer - Managed Kubernetes Lambda · base floor $349,000
- Principal Software Engineer, Onboard Field Response Waymo · base floor $349,000
- Director, AV Product Engineering Wayve · base floor $347,500
- Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation OpenAI · base floor $347,000
About this job
About interface.ai
Interface.ai is building the AI infrastructure for financial services — bringing agentic AI and conversational AI to the credit unions and community banks that serve everyday Americans. We're not a lab, we're not a demo company, and we're not burning runway on hypotheticals. We are in production, generating real revenue, and on a mission that actually matters: democratizing financial wellness for the millions of people who've never had a private banker.
A company with ~$30M in contracted ARR and already cash-flow positive, we're at the inflection point — proven product, paying customers, and a team ready to scale. The next chapter is building the engineering organization that can take us there.
The Role
You own the product-engineering half of the org — the member-facing, consumer, and product-surface domains where what we build is felt by real people (member-facing agents across voice and chat, the Nexus product surfaces, and the BankGPT consumer experience). You build and scale that org, hold quality while moving fast, and come out with a high-trust, AI-native culture. A player-coach role at the start: in the architecture discussions, code reviews, and late-Friday PRs, while building the org and running recruiting. The ideal candidate is a scaled founder or senior engineering leader deeply at home in fintech, consumer finance, or a neobank — someone who has shipped consumer products at scale.
Areas You Could Work On
Engineering org design & growth for the product-engineering domains — build a world-class team and the rituals that keep a fast team aligned.
Velocity & quality — processes, tooling, and culture to ship fast without momentum-killing tech debt. • Consumer & member-facing product engineering — the agent library, money-movement and servicing flows, chat / conversion, and the consumer experience.
AI-native engineering culture — embed Claude Code, Cursor, and frontier models as standard.
Recruiting & talent brand for your half of the org; partner Bruce on architecture and Srinivas on product.
What We're Looking For
10+ years engineering; 4–6 in leadership at high-growth startups / scale-ups; scaled a team through a funding transition
Domain commonality (required): fintech / consumer finance / neobank or consumer-at-scale; conversational / CX software also relevant.
Preferred: ex-founder who scaled a consumer or fintech startup (strong preference, not a bar).
Still technical — reviews PRs, makes architecture calls, holds their own with a Staff / Chief Engineer.
Extreme AI fluency at the infra level; has built an AI-native engineering culture.
Production-scale TypeScript and/or Python; strong people leadership and product intuition. BS/BA in CS required; MS/PhD a plus
Benefits
🩺 100% paid health, dental & vision care
💰 401(k) & financial wellness perks
🍜 Daily meals on us
🚇 Commuter benefit
💪 Monthly wellness stipend
🤖 Claude Enterprise + frontier AI tools for every employee — build with the best
🏙️ Brand-new 21st-floor SF office at 44 Montgomery — floor-to-ceiling views, worth showing up to
🌴 Discretionary PTO + paid parental leave
🧘 Mental health, wellness & family benefits
🚀 A mission-driven team shaping the future of banking
Why interface.ai
Series A · $30M raised · Cash-flow positive — we're not burning cash hoping the product works. It works. Customers are live, revenue is real, and the mission is one you can explain to your family without a slide deck.
You'll work directly with Bruce Kim (CTO / Co-Founder), who sets the technical bar and goes deep on the hardest problems, and Srinivas Njay (CEO), who is hands-on daily across product and engineering. Founding-team-tier equity, top-of-market base, comprehensive benefits, and a modern San Francisco office worth showing up to. The team is small enough that your judgment shapes everything, and the market is large enough that what you build will matter for a long time.
interface.ai is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees
Source: interface.ai on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
This listingVP of Product Engineering$350K to $500K
VP of Platform Engineering$350K to $500K
Chief Engineer (Staff Engineer)$330K to $375K
Chief Engineer (Principal Engineer)$330K to $375K
Head of Legal$307K to $383K
Principal Product Manager - Domain PM$300K to $330K
CFO$300K to $335K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| VP of Product Engineering (this listing) | $350K - $500K |
| VP of Platform Engineering | $350K - $500K |
| Chief Engineer (Staff Engineer) | $330K - $375K |
| Chief Engineer (Principal Engineer) | $330K - $375K |
| Head of Legal | $307K - $383K |
| Principal Product Manager - Domain PM | $300K - $330K |
| CFO | $300K - $335K |
Observed changes
No changes to the pay or listing since we first observed this role on Oct 26, 2026 (13 days ago).
- First observed on the employer's board, already publishing a qualifying base salary
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-07-09
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco
USD 350,000 – 500,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
- Method
- Structured pay field published by the employer
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
The employer's job board publishes this pay as a dedicated data field. We read the field directly; no interpretation was needed.
What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.
