About Smart Working
At Smart Working, we believe your job should not only look right on paper but also feel right every day. This isn't just another remote opportunity—it's about finding where you truly belong, no matter where you are. From day one, you're welcomed into a genuine community that values your growth and well-being. Our mission is simple: to break down geographic barriers and connect skilled professionals with outstanding global teams and products for full-time, long-term roles. We help you discover meaningful work with teams that invest in your success, where you're empowered to grow personally and professionally.
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About the Role
As a Product Engineer, you will work across the full stack to build and enhance an AI-powered tutoring platform, contributing throughout the software development lifecycle while taking ownership of both technical implementation and product decisions. You will collaborate closely with engineers, designers, customers, and technical leaders to prototype, build, and refine features that deliver meaningful user value.
This is a hands-on engineering role for a self-starter who combines strong technical capability with excellent product judgement. You will help shape what gets built by engaging with customers, reviewing usage data, prioritising features, and implementing high-quality user experiences without relying on fully detailed design handoffs.
Responsibilities
Develop full-stack features on a Ruby on Rails application.
Use AI tooling, including Claude and Codex, throughout the development lifecycle for planning, prototyping, code generation, and cross-model code review.
Participate in AI-assisted code review workflows before code enters the deployment pipeline.
Speak with customers to understand requirements and product needs.
Review product usage data and metrics to inform development decisions.
Prioritise features and determine what should be built without dedicated product managers.
Prototype new features with strong product and UX judgement.
Build across both front-end and back-end components using a traditional Rails monolith with HTML, CSS, Hotwire, and light JavaScript.
Implement user interfaces to a near pixel-perfect standard from design systems and components.
Move across projects as business priorities require.
Contribute as an independent, self-starting engineer while collaborating closely with the wider engineering team and designers.
Help define solutions through customer insight and data rather than simply executing predefined tickets.
Deliver high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment while maintaining engineering rigour through AI and human code review processes.
Requirements
5+ years' experience developing full-stack applications using Ruby on Rails.
3+ years' experience with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the Hotwire stack.
3+ years' solid working knowledge of PostgreSQL.
2+ years' hands-on experience using AI-assisted engineering tools, including Claude, Codex, or orchestrating AI agents across the development lifecycle. Strong experience with other coding-agent tooling (e.g. Cursor, Copilot Workspace) is also acceptable for candidates who can rapidly adopt the required tooling.
2+ years' experience demonstrating strong product sense and UX judgement, with the ability to implement near pixel-perfect user interfaces without full designer handoff.
2+ years' working knowledge of AWS S3 and CloudFront. Equivalent object storage and CDN experience on another cloud provider is acceptable.
3+ years' working knowledge of CI/CD using GitHub Actions. Experience with another CI/CD platform such as GitLab CI or CircleCI is also acceptable.
Nice to Have
Exposure to AWS EC2 and Elastic Beanstalk. This is not required on day one, as applications are being migrated to AWS.
Experience within the Education or EdTech domain.
Strong product instincts gained in any industry or vertical.
Benefits
Fixed Shifts: 12:00 PM - 9:30 PM IST (Summer) | 1:00 PM - 10:30 PM IST (Winter)
No Weekend Work: Real work-life balance, not just words
Day 1 Benefits: Laptop and full medical insurance provided
Support That Matters: Mentorship, community, and forums where ideas are shared
True Belonging: A long-term career where your contributions are valued
