Product Engineer I - AI-Driven, Spec-First

Finch; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

DefenseStorm is seeking a Junior Product Engineer / Software Engineer I to guide AI agents in implementing features for the GRID platform. You will translate customer problems into precise specifications and review outputs to ensure customer value is delivered.

Located in Atlanta, GA with remote options, this role collaborates across product, design, and engineering teams, breaking work into increments and validating results through tests and demonstrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field.
• 0-4 years of experience building and maintaining production software systems.
• An AI-native mindset and genuine interest in agentic software development.
• Ability to turn ambiguous problems into precise specifications and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Proficiency to evaluate agent-produced architecture, data flow, tests, edge cases, and security.
• Comfort iterating quickly, learning from failures, and improving instructions based on results.
• High standard for reviewing and validating work over accepting generated output at face value.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, design, engineering, and customer-facing teams to shape the right outcomes.
• Define clear problem statements, requirements, acceptance criteria, and implementation constraints.
• Break initiatives into small, independently deliverable increments for agent execution.
• Direct AI agents through iterative development workflows.
• Review generated implementations for correctness, maintainability, security, and alignment with the specification.
• Validate results through tests, demonstrations, and customer-focused evaluation.
• Diagnose failures to improve context, specifications, and the agent harness.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

AI mindset

Specification-driven development

Collaboration

Clear communication

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Job description

DefenseStorm is seeking a Junior Product Engineer / Software Engineer I to guide AI agents in implementing features for the GRID platform. You will translate customer problems into precise specifications and review outputs to ensure customer value is delivered.

Located in Atlanta, GA with remote options, this role collaborates across product, design, and engineering teams, breaking work into increments and validating results through tests and demonstrations.