Senior Product Engineer

Hiremav; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Paid relocation

In-office culture

Job summary

Mav is seeking a Senior Product Engineer to own end-to-end features in Rails and Python, shaping our AI-powered dashboard and CRM experiences. You will collaborate with leadership and product planning to deliver scalable, secure software at a fast-growing startup.

This in-office role at our Las Vegas HQ offers paid relocation for the right candidate and a meaningful equity stake. You will work on the core product, optimize performance, and help ensure reliability across the stack.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building production Rails apps (MVC, RESTful APIs).
• Proficiency in Python, especially for AI/LLM features.
• Experience with AI/LLM integrations in product settings.
• MongoDB schema design, indexing, and performance optimization.
• Frontend features with Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus).
• RSpec, Capybara for unit/integration/E2E testing.
• Sidekiq background jobs; asynchronous workflows.
• Experience deploying/scaling on Heroku.
• Solid OO design and web security fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Join product planning meetings to define, scope, and prioritize features.
• Design, build, and maintain Rails apps across full stack (DB, backend, Hotwire frontend).
• Contribute to Python services powering AI-driven messaging and autonomous workflows.
• Integrate with internal/external APIs and service interfaces.
• Build and maintain Sidekiq background jobs for async tasks.
• Optimize MongoDB queries with good schema design and indexing.
• Ensure automated tests (RSpec, Capybara) and security best practices.
• Deploy, monitor, and maintain apps on Heroku.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Python

AI/LLM integrations

MongoDB

Hotwire

RSpec/Capybara

Sidekiq

Heroku

Security best practices

Tools

MongoDB

Sidekiq

Heroku

Job description

As a product-led company, Mav (the product) is at the core of everything we do. Our product team is growing, and we're looking for a Senior Product Engineer with a growth mindset - someone who loves to learn, thrives on solving hard problems, and wants a large scope of ownership within our fast-growing company.You'll work primarily in Ruby on Rails, building and scaling the dashboard and CRM experiences our customers rely on, while also contributing to the Python services that power Mav's AI-driven messaging and autonomous agent workflows. The features you build will have a direct impact on our customers and our company.You'll report directly to the Head of Engineering and work closely with company leadership, including the CEO, CGO, and Head of Product. You'll join product planning early, contribute to architecture decisions, and help ensure our systems stay scalable, maintainable, secure, and reliable as we grow.

This is a co-located position at our headquarters in the Arts District, Las Vegas, NV. Paid relocation is available for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Join product planning meetings to define, scope, and prioritize new features.
• Design, build, and maintain reliable, reusable Ruby on Rails applications across the full stack: database, backend logic, and Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus) frontend.
• Contribute to Python services that power AI-driven messaging, real-time voice, and autonomous agent workflows.
• Integrate with internal and external APIs and service interfaces.
• Build and maintain Sidekiq background jobs for asynchronous workflows.
• Optimize and scale MongoDB queries, with attention to schema design and indexing.
• Ensure automated test coverage (RSpec, Capybara) and adherence to security best practices.
• Deploy, monitor, and maintain applications on Heroku.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building production applications, with primary depth in Ruby on Rails (MVC architecture, RESTful APIs).
• Working proficiency in Python, ideally applied to AI/LLM product features.
• Experience with AI/LLM integrations in a product setting.
• Proficiency with MongoDB (schema design, performance optimization, indexing strategies).
• Experience implementing frontend features with Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus).
• Experience with unit, integration, and E2E testing using RSpec and Capybara.
• Familiarity with Sidekiq background job processing.
• Experience deploying and scaling on Heroku.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design and security best practices for web applications.

Bonus

• Experience with autonomous agent workflows or real-time voice systems (e.g., LiveKit).
• Familiarity with Python frameworks such as FastAPI and async/concurrency tools (asyncio, Celery).
• Experience with event-driven or streaming infrastructure (RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis Streams).
• Experience designing CRM or dashboard-style applications.
• Knowledge of compliance requirements in financial or insurance applications.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines or contributions to open-source Ruby projects.

What's In It for You

• Fast, exciting start-up environment
• Meaningful equity

About Mav

Mav is an early-stage, venture-backed AI company transforming the insurance industry. Our mission is to give power back to consumers and indie brokers by handling end-to-end insurance tasks - freeing them to focus on higher leverage tasks like relationships and growth. We’re scaling fast, with strong revenue traction and big ambitions.

We’re headquartered in the Arts District of Las Vegas, and work in-office, where you’ll enjoy our unique culture: built on core values like radical honesty, figuring it out, and always doing the hard things first - complete with house music, caffeine, and good vibes.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our customers.