Product Engineer

SchooLinks

Full-Stack Product Engineer at SchooLinks developing educational tools for students and school staff. Collaborating with teams, shipping features independently in a hybrid role based in Austin, Texas.

Posted 5/3/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDjangoReactRedisSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own features end-to-end: write specs and plan with Claude, build, QA, write release notes, create product documentation, and socialize changes with Marketing, Customer Success, and other teams
Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership to align on solutions, then execute autonomously once direction is set
Ship clean, readable, and maintainable full-stack code across our Django backend and React frontend
Use AI tools as a core part of your workflow for planning, building, and delivering
Iterate rapidly on solutions by proposing, testing, and refining ideas
Write tests and address technical debt to elevate codebase quality
Design and build solutions that scale to millions of users
Review requirements and user stories and provide timely, meaningful feedback
Participate in on-call rotations

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of full-stack engineering experience with strong proficiency in Django, Django Rest Framework (DRF), and React
Demonstrated ability to ship complete features autonomously, including writing your own specs
AI-native work style: active use of AI tools such as Claude or Cursor for planning, coding, and documentation
Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to navigate unclear requirements and propose solutions
Strong written communication skills for writing specs, release notes, and product documentation
3+ years of experience working with AWS
3+ years of experience working with SQL databases in production
Experience building, supporting, and planning production systems
Experience with asynchronous task management
**Nice to have**
Experience with the following technologies we use regularly:
Celery
Redis
**Domain experience or interest in the following areas is a bonus:**
Educational data (SIS, Ed-Fi, One Roster)
Workforce development and career exploration
Predictive analytics around educational outcomes

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% health care coverage
401K with company 2% matching
Dental & Vision
Parental Leave
Subsidized gym membership
Remote work stipend
Annual team offsite

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Hard Skills & Tools

DjangoDjango Rest FrameworkReactSQL databasesAI toolsasynchronous task managementCeleryRedisfull-stack engineeringcode quality

Soft Skills

written communicationautonomous executioncomfort with ambiguitycollaborationfeedback provisioniterationplanningproblem-solvingdocumentationuser story review