Senior Full-Stack Product Engineer — Remote

Optimal; Auckland; Remote; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ESOP

Wellbeing allowance

Learning & development support

Home office setup

Job summary

Optimal is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to join a cross-functional team building next-gen user research tools. You will own features end-to-end, shaping architecture and UI, while mentoring teammates and delivering high-quality, scalable software.

The role emphasises shipping quickly with a product-focused mindset, collaborating with design and product to iterate based on real-world usage. Remote-first with NZ/Australia base.

Qualifications

• Senior full-stack ownership from idea to delivery.
• Strong frontend (React) and backend (Rails) expertise.
• Experience shipping product-focused features.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects end-to-end with architecture input and UI finesse.
• Collaborate with product, design and engineering to ship features.
• Mentor peers and raise craftsmanship across the team.
• Drive fast iteration with real-world feedback.

Skills

Senior full-stack Engineer

React

Ruby on Rails

AWS

Leadership

AI curiosity

Tools

React

Ruby on Rails

AWS

Job description

Optimal is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to join a cross-functional team building next-gen user research tools. You will own features end-to-end, shaping architecture and UI, while mentoring teammates and delivering high-quality, scalable software.

The role emphasises shipping quickly with a product-focused mindset, collaborating with design and product to iterate based on real-world usage. Remote-first with NZ/Australia base.