Staff Product Engineer
Staff Product Engineer who owns outcomes end-to-end at an AI public safety startup. Talk to 911 dispatch customers, define roadmap and priorities, then build and ship features across the full stack (AI call handling, dispatcher tools, analytics). No dedicated PMs; engineers drive product decisions.
About the job
What You’ll Be Doing
- Own product outcomes, not just features: Talk to customers, identify the highest-leverage problems, figure out what to build, and build it.
- Be the PM for your area: Define the roadmap, make prioritization tradeoffs, and communicate progress across the company.
- Ship fast and iterate: Build and ship features across our platform — from AI call handling, to dispatcher-facing tools, to analytics and integrations. Get things into customers' hands, learn, and iterate.
- Work directly with customers: Visit dispatch centers, watch how they use the product, and use that context to drive what you build next.
Who We’re Looking For
- Product thinker first, engineer second: You've owned products or features end-to-end — not just built what someone else decided. You think in terms of user problems and outcomes, not just technical solutions.
- Comfortable across the stack: 6+ years of software engineering experience. You can build what needs building — frontend, backend, or both. You don't need to be the deepest technical expert on the team, but you're a capable, confident engineer.
- High ownership: You see a problem, figure out the right thing to build, and drive it to completion. You take responsibility for outcomes, not just your code.
- Customer empathy: You genuinely like understanding how people use software. You're energized by customer conversations, not drained by them.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision & Life insurance
- 401(k)
- Unlimited PTO
- Company-wide offsites
- Equipment stipend
- Relocation assistance
- Daily delivered lunches (on us)
- Office in Seattle
- Start-up Equity
Skills
Full Stack Development, Frontend Development, Backend Development, Product Ownership, Roadmapping, Customer Interviewing, Prioritization, User Empathy
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