Product Engineer (Forward Deployed)

This forward‑deployed Product Engineer will join a seed‑stage GovTech AI team to design, build, and own customer‑facing features end‑to‑end, working directly with the founders to deliver measurable user impact. You’ll move quickly across frontend, backend, and edge infrastructure to iterate on product experiences used in government contracting workflows.

What you'll do

• Own high‑impact product areas and ship daily improvements from concept to production.
• Rapidly iterate on UI, UX, and core application logic based on real user feedback and production data.
• Decompose ambiguous product goals into clear engineering plans, execute them, and measure outcomes.
• Build and maintain TypeScript codebases across frontend (Svelte/SvelteKit), backend (Postgres, auth, edge logic), and infrastructure (Cloudflare Workers).
• Use AI pair‑programming tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) to multiply productivity and promote team adoption.
• Collaborate directly with design, product, and the founding team to shape what gets built and why.
• Monitor production metrics, troubleshoot issues in real time, and own the reliability of what you ship.
• Contribute to platform architecture decisions that determine product scalability.
• Work closely with customers and customer success to translate feedback into product decisions and close the loop.

What GovSignals is looking for

• 5+ years of full‑stack engineering experience with a proven record of shipping customer‑facing features end‑to‑end.
• Strong frontend TypeScript skills with modern frameworks (Svelte/SvelteKit strongly preferred; React/Next.js acceptable).
• Hands‑on Postgres and backend TypeScript experience, including schema design, migrations, and query optimization.
• Daily, practical proficiency with AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf) to accelerate development.
• Ability to decompose ambiguous problems into shippable increments and communicate tradeoffs to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Comfort operating in a fast‑moving, early‑stage environment where priorities shift and you own outcomes.
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and production monitoring.
• Bonus: experience with AI SDKs, AI‑first UX patterns, RAG pipelines, AI agent architectures, or government/GovTech data.