Full-Stack Product Engineer: Real-Time, Hardware-Cloud Apps

Kindredventures; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Opal is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer to design and scale applications that connect customers, devices, and services. You will work across frontend and backend, collaborating with hardware, firmware, and design teams to deliver low-latency, secure experiences.

The role emphasizes real-time APIs, data pipelines, and dashboards for operations and field service, with opportunities to influence product direction and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and scaling full-stack applications.
• Fluent in JavaScript/TypeScript (React, Node.js), comfortable with Python for backend/AI integration, experienced with databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Partner closely with hardware, firmware, and design teams to bridge devices with cloud and mobile experiences.
• Architect and implement real-time APIs that integrate with web and mobile.
• Optimize data pipelines for low-latency multimedia and AI-driven applications.
• Develop manufacturing dashboards, admin portals, and field-service tools that ensure reliability and quality at scale.
• Design secure, seamless server-side OTA update systems and dashboards.
• Create and manage user account flows that connect hardware, mobile, and cloud.
• Ability to move fast in an environment where things are sometimes loosely defined.

Responsibilities

• Engineer full-stack solutions with intuitive user interfaces for customers and internal teams.
• Enable secure, low-latency communication between users, devices, and services at scale.
• Bridge devices with cloud and mobile experiences.
• Architect and implement real-time APIs for web and mobile.
• Optimize data pipelines for multimedia and AI-driven apps.
• Develop dashboards and admin portals for operations and field service.
• Create secure server-side OTA update systems and dashboards.
• Ensure seamless user account flows across hardware, mobile, and cloud.

Skills

Full-stack development

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

Node.js

Python

SQL/NoSQL databases

Job description

Opal is seeking an experienced full-stack engineer to design and scale applications that connect customers, devices, and services. You will work across frontend and backend, collaborating with hardware, firmware, and design teams to deliver low-latency, secure experiences.

The role emphasizes real-time APIs, data pipelines, and dashboards for operations and field service, with opportunities to influence product direction and work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.