Counterpart

Counterpart

Product Engineer

Remote (United States) · Principal · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 29 days ago
PythonReactDjangoAWSAirflowData EngineeringLeadershipConstruction Management

About the role

  • You run projects with other Product Engineers and AI agents.
  • You know when to delegate to a human, when to delegate to an agent, and when to do it yourself.
  • Talk directly to your users, stakeholders, and peers to discover the problem.

Responsibilities

  • Translate business intents into functional requirements that engineers and agents can build against.
  • Own the non-functional technical requirements.
  • As a Product Engineer at Counterpart, you own problems and drive outcomes.
  • Own the non-functional technical requirements. Specify the quality bar: performance, scalability,
  • Run projects that span other Product Engineers and agents. Coordinate work, manage dependencies, and keep things moving without micromanaging.
  • Contribute to and manage the context harness as you build and deliver.
  • Monitor your services in production. Own the signal. Debug and fix what breaks.
  • You build it with AI.
  • You work within the Context Architecture, a shared system of documentation, design patterns, and domain knowledge that gives you the technical context to make autonomous decisions at every step.
  • Consider every interaction with internal and external partners an opportunity to develop trust by going above and beyond what is expected.

Requirements

  • You have taken something from idea to deployment and working.
  • Experience can come from a job, freelance work, or self-started projects.
  • Proficiency in developing with AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, similar) and the drive to stay ahead of how AI development practices are evolving.
  • You have defined what a system must do and held the line on how well it must do it.
  • A track record of owning a domain or initiative without close supervision.
  • You have navigated ambiguity, made judgment calls, and been accountable for the outcome.
  • The ability to communicate clearly across engineering, product, and business, translating technical complexity without losing meaning.
  • Newton joins Counterpart with 7+ years of experience in platform and data engineering.

Compensation

  • We allow employees to work from wherever they do their best work, and invite the team to meet in person a couple times per year.
  • Our estimated pay range for this role is $110,000+.

Benefits

  • Unlimited Vacation: We offer flexible time off, allowing you to take time when you need it.
  • Health, Dental, and Vision Coverage
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Parental Leave
  • Home Office Allowance: to set up your home office with the necessary equipment and accessories.
  • Wellness Stipend
  • Professional Development Reimbursement
  • You own a problem or part of a vision.
  • Speak Boldly & Honestly - the only failure is not learning from mistakes.
  • Be Entrepreneurial - control your own destiny.

Company info

  • You iron out requirements with stakeholders, partners, and customers.
  • Drive adoption of what you ship. Documentation, enablement, and usage monitoring are part of the job.
  • We are committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about maki

Visa & Work Authorization

  • race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual preference, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military

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