Product Engineer

Community Phone Company; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Phone is seeking a Product Engineer to lead our engineering efforts and scale our product to support 100,000+ customers. You will own high-level outcomes, design features with cross-functional input, and drive end-to-end delivery in a remote-first environment.

You bring 6+ years of full-stack experience (Typescript/JavaScript, React, Python/Django) and excellent English communication. You thrive in a fast-paced startup where learning new domains and shipping tangible impact are valued.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of engineering experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience across the stack from TypeScript to Python; Go is a plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Participate in designing the best product for customers and own why/what to build.
• Follow best practices with tests accompanying PRs.
• Build and deploy features end-to-end with measurable impact.
• Own key product metrics and drive usage and growth.
• Contribute to thoughtful code reviews and team feedback sessions.

Skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Startup experience

English proficiency

Tools

Typescript/JavaScript

React

Python/Django

Go

Job description

About the role

As our Product Engineer , you will be a key leader on our engineering team. You will focus on scaling our product so we're in a position to support 100,000+ customers. You will grow to become an owner of one or two high-level outcomes (e.g. reducing support tickets, app usage and growth, phone service availability).

Our stack

Typescript/Javascript, React, Python/Django

You will...

• Participate in designing the best product for our customers, being an active voice in the decision of what to build and why, rather than receiving already-polished tickets
• Follow best practices, including accompanying (nearly) every PR with tests
• Build, and deploy features end-to-end making a significant impact on our company goals and our product
• Own key product metrics, like % of customers who take a certain action within the app
• Support your team b y participating in thoughtful code reviews and feedback sessions

You are...

• Experienced with 6+ years of engineering experience
• Well-versed across the stack from using Typescript to Python and Go
• Collaborative and enjoy working with multiple teams
• An Excellent Communicator with native or close to-native English skills
• Results-driven and enjoy a fast-paced environment. Startup experience is necessary
• Passionate About Learning open to new domains or technology; you're willing to dive into documentation/videos, talk to your teammates, and experiment to become well-versed

Community Phone Culture

Community Phone has a customer-obsessed culture. We are looking for team members who love our product and mission and see the remote first environment as a bonus.

Beyond the job description, here are some traits members of our team share:

We value Curiosity and learning in our employees. We promote open-mindedness, embrace mistakes, and encourage challenging questions for personal growth. We create a culture of continuous learning to empower our team to tackle challenges and excel in their roles.

Efficiency in everything . We operate lean, optimizing resources to improve our products and deliver a world-class customer experience. We prioritize value over excess, embodying a scrappy and resourceful spirit to achieve our mission and values.

We prioritize taking decisive action over deliberation, recognizing that building a world-class product requires pushing personal limits and taking risks. We believe that a Bias Toward Action is essential for achieving our goals and delivering exceptional results to our customers.

We strive for Transparency and prioritize open, Direct communication. This helps us resolve issues quickly and build strong relationships with our stakeholders.

We take our work seriously and see it as a reflection of who we are. We're always looking for ways to improve and are open to feedback. We approach our work with a sense of ownership and a desire to deliver the best possible results. By embodying a Founder Mindset , we're able to achieve our goals and create exceptional products.

We value a Caring Mentality . Our customers come first, and we collaborate to provide exceptional service. We prioritize teamwork over personal accolades, fostering a customer-focused culture that drives our success and promotes a supportive work environment.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is from $100,000 to $160,000/year. Total compensation is based on several factors that are unique to each candidate. These factors include (but are not limited to) job-related knowledge and skill set, depth of experience, certifications and/or degrees, and specific work location.

Community Phone

Remote First and Always

At Community Phone, we believe that everyone deserves access to reliable and affordable communication services. We're a mission-driven company, committed to providing exceptional landline service that keeps our customers connected to what matters most- starting with our seniors who deserve a landline service that doesn't just connect them, but protects them. We're also revolutionizing the business landscape by keeping them in constant contact with their customers. No more missed opportunities or frustrating interactions with automated systems. We're not just providing a service; we're fostering relationships.

Remote First and Always

Our innovative technology enables any traditional landline phone to connect over the cellular network through a SIM card inside of our landline base, ensuring uninterrupted service (with power back-up) without the need for Wi-Fi, while offering best in class software features like robust spam call blocking.

As a venture-backed, Y-Combinator graduate, we've evolved from a small team in 2018 to now ~70 fully remote team members spread across 15 countries and even more time zones. We proudly serve over 20,000 customers and clients, ranging from seniors to small businesses to franchises across the United States. As we continue to grow, we're looking for folks who share our passion for improving the lives of our customers through both technology