Product Engineer

Devconnectplatform; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

RealResponse is hiring a Product Engineer (Remote US) to build software used across college athletics, professional sports, higher education, and other organizations. You’ll own problems end-to-end, from understanding customer needs to shipping fixes, with a focus on Rails and AI-enabled features.

You’ll work in a small team, prioritize solid engineering practices, and ensure performance and security under production load, using Rails 8, Postgres, and AWS.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering practices and judgment.
• Ability to ship end-to-end features from concept to production.
• Experience evaluating AI models and designing safe AI workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end features from concept through production.
• Build and maintain Rails applications with focus on quality and security.
• Design AI-enabled features, agent workflows, and robust retrieval systems.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Software engineering

API design

AI/ML concepts

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS

Rails

Job description

# Product EngineerRealResponseSalary not statedFull-timeremote· midUSrailspostgresawsListed via Hacker News · posted 6 Oct 2026. The application happens there, not on DevConnect.Apply on the company site## DescriptionRealResponse | Product Engineer | REMOTE (US) | Full-time | https://www.realresponse.comWe build software used across college athletics, professional sports, higher education, and other organizations, from reporting and compliance to live event operations. We're a team of < 15 people, with no venture capital, and profitable. This means we get to make decisions for our customers and our team, not for investors. Rails is at the core of everything we build, and we keep reasonable hours and a codebase we're proud of.We're looking for someone who solves problems across the board: building and improving our applications, shaping products, internal tools, fast prototypes, and the systems that keep quality and security high. You'd own problems end to end, from understanding what the customer actually needs to shipping the fix.On the AI side, we want someone who knows how to:- Evaluate new models as they ship, and pick the right one for the job (fast and cheap vs. most capable)- Design agents and multi-agent workflows with tool use, and know when a simpler approach is better- Build retrieval that stays accurate as the underlying content changes (RAG, embeddings, search)- Measure quality with evals and observability, so changes are proven rather than guessed- Keep AI features fast, reliable, and cost-effective under real production load- Handle AI security properly: prompt injection, data isolation between customers, and sensitive dataStack today: Rails 8, Hotwire, Hotwire Native, Postgres, AWS. Rails experience helps but isn't required. What matters more is a strong grasp of solid engineering practices and principles, and the judgment to use the right tools to solve the problem.DO NOT send messages via Linked in or directly to any employee. Apply only via the email below.To apply: email [e-mail] with subject \"Product Engineer: [your name]\". Include a link to something you built, a few sentences about a problem you solved end to end, your salary expectations, and your CV.