Developer Experience Product Engineer

Ancestry; United States; Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Bonus eligibility

Equity

Job summary

Ancestry is seeking a product-focused software engineer to own a developer workflow and related tooling. You will interview engineers, analyze CI data, and decide what to build next, balancing user needs with technical tradeoffs.

You’ll design experiences, prototype solutions, and ship internal tools using TypeScript, React, APIs, and CLIs. The role emphasizes developer productivity and responsible AI integration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Led a complex project from unclear requirements through launch.
• Strong in TypeScript and React and in at least one backend language (Go, Python, Java, or Rust).
• Experience building developer-facing software such as CLIs, internal platforms, or CI/CD tooling.
• Able to communicate clearly in specs, docs, and launch notes.

Responsibilities

• Own a developer workflow or tool from discovery to adoption.
• Conduct product discovery by interviewing engineers and analyzing usage data and CI logs.
• Frame problems, define audiences, and plan smallest viable releases.
• Design experiences before coding, create flows, and prototype in code or Figma.
• Build scalable solutions using TypeScript/React, APIs, CLIs, and integrations.
• Assess AI where it adds value, with guardrails and human review.

Skills

Software engineering

Product management

TypeScript

React

Go

Python

Java

Rust

Communication

Tools

Harness

GitHub Actions

Buildkite

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

Figma

Job description

Ancestry is seeking a product-focused software engineer to own a developer workflow and related tooling. You will interview engineers, analyze CI data, and decide what to build next, balancing user needs with technical tradeoffs.

You’ll design experiences, prototype solutions, and ship internal tools using TypeScript, React, APIs, and CLIs. The role emphasizes developer productivity and responsible AI integration.