February 4, 2026
In‑person or in‑peril?
Converge (YC S23) Is Hiring Product Engineers (NYC, In-Person)
Tiny team, big data, NYC-only: dream job or founder cosplay
TLDR: Converge is hiring in-person engineers in NYC with $175K–$240K pay and meaningful equity, promising founder-style ownership and a data-heavy product. The comments split over the onsite-only rule, whether the equity matches the workload, and jokes about Slack overload and late-stage AI add-ons.
Converge, a fresh-out-of-YC startup that says it powers marketing checks for 200+ consumer brands, just dropped a NYC-only hiring post and the comments lit up. The pitch: be one of five engineers, ship end‑to‑end, talk directly to customers, and help wrangle billions of data points. The pay? $175K–$240K with 0.6%–0.85% equity—plus the flex to build everything from Slack integrations to creative analytics and even cautious AI agents. The vibe? Founder school meets data playground.
The community immediately split. One camp cheered the salary, equity, and ownership—“finally, a real IC job where your code actually moves revenue.” Another camp side‑eyed the in‑person NYC requirement and asked why “office politics” is mentioned if the office is the point. Some called the equity “generous for employee #5,” others said it’s light for a grindy, on‑site role in a pricey city. The “we never wanted to jump on the AI train… until now” line got meme’d as “AI but make it responsible,” while the bit about customers screenshotting reports “a dozen times a day” turned into a running joke: make Slack the product and call it a day.
Stat wars broke out too: $4B orders, 20TB/month, 50% daily usage—impressive to some, marketing fluff to others. YC pedigree (Y Combinator) drew both trust and eye rolls. And yes, people noticed the cut‑off interview blurb, joking that the final step is “just ship it.”
Key Points
- •Converge is hiring in-person product engineers in NYC for end-to-end product work and direct customer engagement.
- •The company reports >$1M ARR, 200+ brand customers, and high daily usage (50% of customers).
- •Converge has raised $5.7M from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and founders of Posthog, Algolia, and Shipbob.
- •Scale metrics include $4B in online orders processed annually, 20TB of data monthly, and ~10B customer interactions collected.
- •Tech stack is React, Python, Postgres, Clickhouse; compensation is $175K–$240K salary plus 0.6%–0.85% equity and benefits.