Product Engineer
Far Out Scout
Job Summary
The client is seeking a skilled Product Engineer to join their engineering team. This role involves building core features, writing production-quality code, and collaborating with Product, QA, and Design. The engineer will help scale the platform, improve reliability, and support junior teammates, contributing to a culture of ownership and continuous improvement. It's ideal for a mid-level engineer who enjoys problem-solving, shipping features quickly, and mentoring in an asynchronous-first environment.
Must Have
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong experience with JavaScript/React and Python
- Familiarity with Git-based workflows and async collaboration tools (Jira, Slack, Confluence)
- Experience writing tests and debugging web applications
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Own medium-complexity tickets end-to-end
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers
- Participate in grooming, clarify requirements, and surface technical tradeoffs
- Deliver clean, maintainable, well-tested code
- Follow PR guidelines, document context, and address reviewer feedback proactively
- Debug and resolve issues across multiple layers of the stack
- Conduct peer code reviews and uplift junior engineers’ work
- Provide constructive, respectful feedback
- Assist in staging and production deployments
- Validate releases, coordinate notes, and troubleshoot production issues
- Pair program, answer questions, and guide Associate Engineers
- Help strengthen team processes and propose workflow improvements
Good to Have
- Experience building B2B or SaaS products
- Knowledge of QA best practices or test automation
- Prior mentorship or technical leadership exposure
- Experience with CI/CD, cloud environments, or infrastructure tools (AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions)
Job Description
Description
The client is looking for a skilled Product Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you’ll build core features, write production-quality code, and collaborate closely with Product, QA, and Design. You’ll help scale the platform, improve reliability, and support junior teammates while contributing to an engineering culture rooted in ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.
This is an ideal role for a mid-level engineer who loves solving problems, shipping features quickly, and mentoring others in a supportive, asynchronous-first environment.
What You’ll Do
Build & Ship Features
- Own medium-complexity tickets end-to-end—from scoping to deployment
- Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to build user-focused solutions
- Participate in grooming, clarify requirements, and surface technical tradeoffs
Write High-Quality Code
- Deliver clean, maintainable, well-tested code
- Follow PR guidelines, document context, and address reviewer feedback proactively
- Debug and resolve issues across multiple layers of the stack
Review & Improve Code
- Conduct peer code reviews and uplift junior engineers’ work
- Provide constructive, respectful feedback that improves quality and knowledge-sharing
Support Releases & Reliability
- Assist in staging and production deployments
- Validate releases, coordinate notes, and troubleshoot production issues when needed
Mentor & Collaborate
- Pair program, answer questions, and guide Associate Engineers
- Help strengthen team processes and propose workflow improvements
Requirements
Must-Haves
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong experience with JavaScript/React and Python (or equivalent full-stack experience)
- Familiarity with Git-based workflows and async collaboration tools (Jira, Slack, Confluence)
- Experience writing tests and debugging web applications
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience building B2B or SaaS products
- Knowledge of QA best practices or test automation
- Prior mentorship or technical leadership exposure
- Experience with CI/CD, cloud environments, or infrastructure tools (AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions)
Key Competencies
- Technical problem-solving & systems thinking
- Rapid learning and adaptability
- Strong ownership and accountability
- Clear, concise communication (especially async)
- Quality-focused mindset with attention to detail
- User-centered design intuition
- Continuous improvement mindset