Offer of Employment · Northwind LabsAlex Rivera

Alex, come build with us.

This is your offer. All of it. The salary, the equity math, the benefits, and the button that makes it official. Ask it anything.

This offer is live until July 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM PT
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RoleFounding Product EngineerEngineering · Reports to CTO
Base Salary$185,000Paid semi-monthly
Equity54,000 options0.45% fully diluted
Start DateAugust 3, 2026Flexible by ± 2 weeks
LocationSF · HybridTue + Thu in studio
Vesting4 yrs · 1 yr cliffEarly exercise available

Every number here is the real number. Nothing lives in a side letter.

Alex,

We have interviewed a lot of engineers this year. You were the only one who rebuilt our onboarding flow in the take-home instead of just critiquing it. That is the instinct we are hiring: see the problem, build the answer, ship it before the meeting ends.

Northwind is 11 people, 340 customers, and growing 22% month over month. You would be our first founding product engineer, which means real ownership of the surface our users touch every day. The work is hard and the pace is honest. We think you will love it.

Maya Chen · Co-founder and CTO

Offer of Employment · Northwind LabsAlex Rivera

01What your equity could be worth

Most companies hand you an option count and let you do the guessing. We would rather show you the math. Drag the slider to any exit value and see what your 54,000 options translate to, net of your strike price.

Your stake at this outcome
$0
At a $50M exit, shares are worth $4.17 each against your $1.85 strike.
$50M Company value: $50M $5B

Illustrative and simplified: assumes 12,000,000 fully diluted shares today, your strike of $1.85, and no further dilution. Real outcomes will differ with future rounds and preferences. We will walk you through the details on a call any time.

Offer of Employment · Northwind LabsAlex Rivera

02Benefits, explored

Tap any card for the specifics. No PDFs, no intranet scavenger hunt.

Gold-tier PPO through Aetna for you and 75% for dependents. Dental and vision included. Coverage starts on day one, not after a waiting period.
Flexible PTO with a required minimum of 15 days a year. We track that you take enough, not that you take too much. Company-wide winter shutdown the last week of December.
Traditional and Roth options through Guideline. We match 100% of your first 4%. Vesting on the match is immediate.
Any laptop you want plus a $1,000 desk budget, refreshed every two years. Keyboard opinions welcomed, mechanical or otherwise.
Courses, books, conferences, coaching. No approval chain under $500. We just ask that you share one takeaway with the team.
16 weeks fully paid for all new parents, birthing or not, plus a 4-week half-time ramp back. Your equity keeps vesting the whole time.
Offer of Employment · Northwind LabsAlex Rivera

03Notes from your future team

"I pushed to close you the day after your onsite. The way you talked through tradeoffs out loud is exactly how we work here."

Priya · Design Lead · your future desk neighbor

"Fair warning: the Tuesday demo bar is high. Also we have strong opinions about burritos and you will be asked to pick a side."

Sam · Backend · runs the demo day

"Ask me about the time we shipped the v2 editor in a weekend. Best and worst 48 hours of my career. We hire people we want in the room for those."

Maya · CTO · wrote this offer

04Your first 90 days

DAYS 1 TO 30
Ship something real

Onboard, pair with every engineer, and land your first production feature by week three. We will pick one together that touches real users.

DAYS 31 TO 60
Own a surface

Take over the editor experience end to end. You set the roadmap, we clear the path. Weekly 1:1s with Maya to calibrate.

DAYS 61 TO 90
Set the bar

Define what product engineering means here: standards, rituals, and the first hire you help us make. Yes, you interview them.

Offer of Employment · Northwind LabsAlex Rivera

05The fine print, in plain English

Real offers have conditions. Here are ours, stated plainly instead of buried on page six.

This offer is contingent on three things
A standard background check, proof of authorization to work in the US (I-9), and reference confirmation. We start all three the day you accept; they typically clear within a week.
Your equity grant needs one formality
Option grants are approved at the next board meeting after your start date, at the strike price set by the then-current 409A valuation. The share count in this offer is fixed; the paperwork follows the board date.
Employment is at-will
Either of us can end the relationship at any time. We state it because the law requires it and because pretending otherwise would be the only dishonest sentence in this document.
This letter is the summary, not the contract
Accepting here tells us your decision and starts the clock. The formal employment agreement and confidentiality agreement arrive by email for signature, and they are what governs.

Ready when you are.

One click tells us yes. We will send the formal paperwork to your inbox within the hour, and Maya will call you before the day is out.

Have questions first? Email Maya directly or grab time on the calendar.

Welcome to Northwind.

A confirmation email just opened in your mail app addressed to Maya. Hit send and it is official: paperwork follows the same day, and the team channel is already celebrating. See you August 3.

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