Sr. Product Engineer
TLDR
Full-stack, senior engineer building modern web apps, developer tools, and AI-powered workflows for aerospace/defense, spanning frontend to backend with user-focused, mission-critical tooling.
Build Across the Stack: Develop modern frontend applications using TypeScript and React. Design and implement backend services in Python and Go. Build clean, well-tested APIs that power complex engineering workflows. Contribute to system architecture with an eye toward scalability, reliability, and security.
Solve Real Customer Problems: Engage directly with product managers, designers, and occasionally customers to understand real-world workflows. Translate ambiguous user needs into thoughtful technical solutions. Iterate quickly, validate assumptions, and refine features based on feedback.
Improve Developer & AI Tooling: Build internal and customer-facing developer tools, SDKs, and workflow automation systems. Integrate AI capabilities (LLMs, retrieval systems, copilots) into product experiences. Help improve CI/CD, local development environments, and engineering productivity.
Operate in Mission-Critical Environments: Build systems that function reliably in secure, regulated, or air-gapped settings. Balance speed with correctness, performance, and long-term maintainability.
6+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React).
Experience building backend systems in Python, Go, or similar languages.
Demonstrated ability to ship full-stack features end-to-end.
Product-minded: you seek to understand the “why,” not just implement tickets.
Comfortable working in ambiguity and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.
Must be a US citizen living within the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience building developer tools or technical user-facing products.
Experience integrating AI into software products (LLMs, embeddings, AI-assisted workflows).
Background in aerospace, defense, digital engineering, or other regulated domains.
Experience with secure or air-gapped environments.
Benefits
comprehensive benefits package
Istari is a digital engineering software company that empowers customers to transform the physical world into digital environments to achieve their specific missions. We are building an open and scalable digital engineering ecosystem, enabling seamless integration of engineering models across various disciplines and organizations. Our platform facilitates prototype design, virtual testing, and AI training, helping clients save time, resources, and reduce environmental impact.