What is a “Product Engineer”?We define a “product engineer” as an engineer who delivers customer value by learning who users are, empathizing with their problems, and turning those insights into well-scoped, testable outcomes. They balance discovery and delivery by shipping pragmatic MVPs quickly and iterating from feedback, while keeping longer-term strategy and maintainability top of mind. They care about good UX and reliable, high-quality software, and are adaptable, comfortable wearing multiple hats across backend, infrastructure, security, or design.Working at WorkbrewAt Workbrew we work hard but (usually) not long. We value getting things done quickly and then being able to spend time with our friends, family and hobbies. We know that “time spent working” is an exceptionally poor metric for output, happiness or success.Requirements (you need all of these)You have at least 2 years’ experience building either open source software and/or commercial software.You can (usually) give and receive direct feedback with kindness and empathy.You are comfortable with asynchronous collaboration. When blocked, you can be self-directed to unblock yourself, moving onto another task.You use AI tooling to increase velocity without sacrificing quality or security.You are willing to do some of your engineering work in the open (e.g. open source or repositories shared with external customers).Nice-to-haves (you do not need any of these)You have worked on open source projects before, ideally in the Homebrew ecosystemYou have worked on a Ruby on Rails application beforeYou have worked on a Go application beforeYou have worked remotely beforeYou have worked on a timezone distributed team beforeYou have experience working on software deployed on a Unix or Unix-like OSA Day In The Life Of A Workbrew Product EngineerStart work at a time that suits you and your life.Read Slack backlog, emails (we definitely don’t need you to have these on your phone).Write code, open pull requests for new features, fixing bugs, etc.Review pull requests from coworkers and provide helpful, unblocking feedback.Merge pull requests that seem ready..0-2 planned meetings a day. These may not always be the ideal times, but you will have some advance notice.0-1 unplanned meetings a day.Respond to Slack messages with colleagues, customers and partners at least 2-4 times a day.Write more code, open more pull requests.Make sure that your colleagues have what they need to not be blocked by you until tomorrow.Finish work at a time that suits you and your life.30 Day GoalsYou have landed a simple feature in at least one of the (Ruby on Rails) Workbrew Console, (Go) Workbrew Agent or (macOS) Workbrew Installer90 Day GoalsYou have landed a non-trivial feature in at least one of the Workbrew Console, Workbrew Agent or Workbrew InstallerYou have been able to communicate with kindness, empathy and directness when requiredYou have implemented a change based on an (internal or external) customer need from feedback/support request/reported bug/etc.BenefitsThe starting contract rate or salary for this role is between $50,000 to $200,000 USD (paid in your local currency, through Oyster, if outside the US).A generous equity package.For employees: we provide a flexible paid leave. Everyone is expected to take at least 20 days off a year (or your country’s legal minimum). 40 paid vacation days off a year is too many.Paid travel, accommodation and (pre-agreed) expenses to meet coworkers in person a couple of times a year.You can do your work from different places around the world (as long as you get your job done and show up for meetings at the right times).We will consider part-time on a pro-rata basis (e.g. 80% hours for 80% pay).If there’s something else you really want that we’ve not mentioned: please ask. We’re a small, early-stage company so are willing to be flexible and work with you to hire exceptional people like you.
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