Product Engineer

New York, USA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Description

Full-Stack Product Engineer (Early-Stage Startup)

About the Role

We’re hiring one of our first engineers to take full ownership of a core product — a recruiter-facing dashboard used as a CRM to manage roles, candidates, pipelines, and payouts.

This is a highly product-focused role. You’ll work directly with the founder, interact closely with users (recruiters), and play a key role in shaping both what we build and how we build it.

If you enjoy solving real user problems, iterating quickly, and owning systems end-to-end, this role is a strong fit.

What You’ll Do

Core Product (Primary Focus)

  • Design and build end-to-end product features for the recruiter dashboard
  • Improve existing user flows to reduce friction and enhance usability
  • Translate real user workflows into intuitive product experiences
  • Redesign key features such as candidate submissions, role discovery, and pipeline tracking
  • Build tools that make recruiters significantly more efficient in managing their work

Product & UX Collaboration

  • Work closely with the founder and team to define product direction
  • Engage directly with users to understand needs and gather feedback
  • Collaborate with design to deliver polished, high-quality experiences
  • Focus on detail and usability to ensure the product feels fast and intuitive

Full-Stack Development

  • Own development across frontend and backend systems
  • Build and maintain scalable, reliable application architecture
  • Rapidly iterate on features based on feedback and usage data

Growth & Product Quality

  • Contribute to initiatives across signup, activation, engagement, and retention
  • Build features such as dashboards, incentives, and engagement tools
  • Maintain high standards for performance, reliability, and product quality

What We’re Looking For

Required

  • 4+ years of experience in full-stack software development
  • Strong experience building products end-to-end (frontend + backend)
  • Proficiency in modern web technologies (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, React, APIs)
  • A strong product mindset — you care about users, not just code
  • Ability to work in fast-paced, early-stage environments with minimal structure
  • High attention to detail in product design and user experience

Preferred

  • Experience working in early-stage or high-growth startups
  • Experience building dashboards, CRMs, or internal tools
  • Familiarity with user workflows in recruiting or similar domains
  • Experience contributing to product decisions, not just execution

Why Join

  • Work directly with the founder and have real ownership from day one
  • Build a core product used daily by real users
  • High impact role with strong growth potential as the company scales
  • Opportunity to shape product direction, not just implement features

Role Breakdown

  • 70% Core product development (dashboard, UX, feature iteration)
  • 20% Internal tools and supporting features
  • 10% Growth-focused engineering (activation, retention, billing)
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The Plum Tree Group

The Plum Tree Group is an interactive agency focusing on solutions for emerging businesses. We focus on Information Technology, Business Process Outsourcing, Marketing and Communications, Consulting and Micro Venture Support Services ... all customized exclusively for small- and mid-sized emerging companies.

Founded in 2003
Chicago, Illinois, USA
134 employees (12 in marketing)