Product Engineer (Consumer, Design-Heavy)

Wwshemi; Palo Alto (CA); Remote; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Wwshemi is seeking a hands-on product engineer to own consumer product life cycles from discovery through shipping and learning from real usage. You will blend product strategy, design, and full-stack development with direct ownership of quality and outcomes.

You will design onboarding flows, interfaces, and copy, build systems with TS/React/Next.js/Node.js, and implement secure payments and subscriptions. You’ll deploy, monitor, and iterate rapidly based on data.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of shipping consumer products end-to-end with live users.
• Startup founding or early product engineering ownership.
• Strong production experience with TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, APIs, SQL and data modeling.
• Experience implementing authentication, payments and subscriptions.
• Experience designing consumer interfaces and using analytics/experiments to drive retention.
• Comfort with AI development tools and maintaining code quality.
• Experience with cross‑platform tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define product positioning, scope features, and identify the smallest viable version.
• Design consumer onboarding, interfaces, and product copy.
• Build frontend and backend systems using TS, React, Next.js, Node.js.
• Implement APIs, SQL data models, authentication, payments, subscriptions.
• Set up analytics, experiments, and production monitoring for engagement.
• Deploy products, debug production issues, and maintain core functionality.
• Use feedback and retention data to guide iteration and decisions.
• Ship MVPs or significant iterations within 3–7 days.

Tools

PostHog

React Native

Electron

Flutter

WebRTC

Job description

This listing's locations Remote - Palo Alto

Employment Full-time

Workplace Remote

Compensation USD 200000–350000 per year

Own the full lifecycle of consumer products, from identifying user opportunities to shipping polished experiences and learning from real-world usage. This role combines product strategy, design, and full-stack engineering, with direct ownership of product quality and user outcomes.

What You'll Do

• Define product positioning, scope features, and identify the smallest complete version to build.
• Design consumer experiences, including onboarding flows, interfaces, and product copy.
• Build frontend and backend systems using TypeScript, React, Next.js, and Node.js.
• Implement APIs, SQL data models, authentication, payments, and subscriptions.
• Set up analytics, experimentation, and production monitoring to measure engagement and retention.
• Deploy products, debug production issues, and maintain reliable core functionality.
• Use user feedback and retention data to guide iteration and product decisions.
• Ship polished MVPs or substantial product iterations in approximately 3 to 7 days.

What We're Looking For

• At least 3 years of experience shipping consumer products end-to-end, including independently launching a live product used by real users.
• Startup founding or early product engineering experience, with ownership across product decisions, design, and implementation.
• Strong production experience with TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, APIs, SQL databases, and data modeling.
• Experience implementing authentication, payments, and subscriptions, and deploying and debugging production applications.
• Experience designing consumer interfaces and using analytics and experiments to understand engagement and retention.
• Comfort using AI development tools while maintaining sound architectural judgment and code quality.
• Consumer apps, social or communication products, and cross-platform development are valuable; experience with tools such as PostHog, React Native, Electron, Flutter, WebRTC, or real-time audio and video is a plus.

Base salary: $200,000 to $350,000 USD annually. Equity and visa sponsorship details were not provided.