Product Engineer

Talanto; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 167,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pager Duty compensation

20 days off per year

Job summary

Knapsack is the product company behind Knapsack Pro, a developer-tool that helps engineers optimize CI test runs. We are a small team located in Kraków, Poland, and mostly work remotely with in-person meetups.

This is a technical role focused on building product features, APIs, and tooling you will own from ideation to maintenance. You will work with Heroku/AWS, Postgres/Redis, Ruby/Rails, JS/TS, and multiple CI systems, while communicating with thousands of users and contributing to Pager Duty

Qualifications

• Minimum four years of professional experience.
• Experience as Product/DevTool Engineer preferred.
• Strong API design and dev-tools experience.
• Excellent English communication.

Responsibilities

• Own complex projects from ideation to maintenance.
• Respond to support tickets and participate in Pager Duty.
• Engage directly with thousands of users to understand needs.
• Collaborate across the team to deliver robust APIs and tooling.

Skills

Product/DevTool Engineer

Public API design

Data-driven decision making

English communication

Tools

Heroku

AWS

PostgreSQL

Redis

Ruby on Rails

JavaScript/TypeScript

CI systems

Job description

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About us and this roleKnapsack is the product company behind Knapsack Pro, a developer-tool that helps engineers optimize CI test runs since 2014. We are a small team located in Kraków (Poland). We mostly work remotely, but meet in person for some of the things.This is a technical role, but we are looking for someone who is both excited and interested in working on a product. We value good code and architecture, but they are always means to an end.Tens of thousands of users rely daily on Knapsack, so you’ll be on the frontline talking with them to ensure their needs are fulfilled.You’ll take ownership and responsibility for what you build. Everybody on the team responds to support tickets and takes part in Pager Duty.We expect you to take an active role in developing complex projects, from ideation and scoping to execution and maintenance. Again, if you're seeking having end-to-end influence on what is built, you might have come to the right place!At Knapsack, it’s not unusual for one person to touch Heroku/AWS, Postgres/Redis, Ruby/Rails, JS/TS, and multiple CIs on the same day. So you should have experience in some of those and be willing to pick up the rest.We look forward to hearing from you!

Our recent projects include:

• PREDICT
• Retry-only-Failures
• Rewrite of the API to support tens of millions of test batches per day
• Support for Vitest and Playwright
• Creation and analysis of analytics to evaluate alternative pricing models

About you:

• Four or more years of professional experience, preferably including a Product/DevTool Engineer role.
• Proficiency in crafting pragmatic and performant code where it matters and taking smart shortcuts where appropriateTaste in designing public APIs, dev-tools, and User eXperiencesData-driven skills to evaluate multiple alternatives and converge on the most promising solutionExcellent communication in English both in writing and verballyThe right mix of art & science to deliver projects in an experiment-oriented environmentAbility to self-direct and work on complex projectsComfortable in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing prioritiesPreferably located in Kraków, Poland

Agreement details:B2B contract15-18k PLN net / month20 days off / yearPager Duty (compensated)