About the job
Senior Product Engineer
About the Position
Caribou is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Product Engineer to elevate our product team. This key role demands a full-stack engineer with a strong product intuition and proven history of transforming innovative ideas into successful products from inception to launch.
As we harness the latest in AI and LLM technology, your expertise in these areas will be crucial. You should be well-versed in contemporary techniques and capable of building independently, even in the absence of a dedicated design team.
Your primary responsibility will be to translate raw business objectives into impactful customer-facing features, ensuring a top-tier customer experience. You will guide the entire product development lifecycle, from understanding real user issues to crafting thoughtful solutions and implementing them across our technology stack.
This position intersects engineering, product development, AI, and design. Collaborating closely with founders and cross-functional teams, you will tackle ambiguous challenges and deliver elegant, scalable solutions that enhance our customer experience.
Your Responsibilities
- Lead the full-stack development of new product features from initial concept through to production deployment.
- Engage in product discovery: analyze customer feedback, map user workflows, identify opportunities, and prioritize feature development.
- Utilize AI and LLMs to enhance product capabilities, streamline development processes, and innovate complex tax workflows.
- Work alongside the tax team to deeply understand user needs and translate them into actionable product enhancements.
- Make informed decisions regarding infrastructure and architecture to ensure high-performance, reliable feature delivery.
- Enhance code quality by writing maintainable code, contributing to design systems, and refining engineering practices.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a full-stack or product-focused engineer in a web application startup environment.
- Strong technical proficiency in modern front-end frameworks and back-end technologies.

