Senior Product Engineer (Contract)

IndiaContractPosted Jul 13, 2026
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This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Product Engineer (Contract) based in India.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer who thrives at the intersection of product thinking, software engineering, and AI-driven development. In this role, you will work across a wide variety of business domains, including content platforms, automation systems, analytics, revenue operations, and AI-powered workflows. The position offers significant autonomy, allowing you to identify opportunities, shape solutions, and deliver end-to-end systems with measurable business impact. You will join a highly collaborative, remote-first environment that values ownership, experimentation, and rapid execution. Ideal candidates are curious, self-driven professionals who enjoy solving complex problems and leveraging modern AI tools to accelerate innovation and increase engineering effectiveness.

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Product Engineer (Contract) based in India.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer who thrives at the intersection of product thinking, software engineering, and AI-driven development. In this role, you will work across a wide variety of business domains, including content platforms, automation systems, analytics, revenue operations, and AI-powered workflows. The position offers significant autonomy, allowing you to identify opportunities, shape solutions, and deliver end-to-end systems with measurable business impact. You will join a highly collaborative, remote-first environment that values ownership, experimentation, and rapid execution. Ideal candidates are curious, self-driven professionals who enjoy solving complex problems and leveraging modern AI tools to accelerate innovation and increase engineering effectiveness.

Accountabilities:

    • Leverage AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to rapidly prototype, validate, and deploy production-ready solutions.
    • Identify high-impact opportunities across the business where software, automation, data, or AI can drive operational efficiency, product innovation, or revenue growth.
    • Own the full software lifecycle, from discovery and requirements gathering to architecture, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
    • Design, develop, and maintain full-stack applications, backend services, internal tools, and automation solutions.
    • Collaborate closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand business challenges, define requirements, and measure outcomes.
    • Contribute to architectural decisions, technical strategy, and long-term platform evolution.
    • Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure environments, ensuring system reliability, observability, and performance.
    • Conduct code reviews, uphold engineering best practices, and support knowledge sharing across teams.
    • Evaluate emerging technologies, AI capabilities, and development methodologies that can improve engineering productivity and business outcomes.
    • Requirements

      • Proven experience delivering complex software products and business solutions with a high degree of autonomy and ownership.
      • Strong background in full-stack software engineering and production application development.
      • Demonstrated expertise in AI-assisted development workflows and the ability to effectively integrate AI tools into engineering processes while maintaining quality and security standards.
      • Experience working with modern web application frameworks such as Laravel or comparable technologies.
      • Solid understanding of experimentation platforms, A/B testing methodologies, and data-driven product development practices.
      • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Cloudflare, or similar environments.
      • Strong knowledge of relational databases, query optimization, and data modeling.
      • Proficiency with Git-based development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and modern software delivery practices.
      • Experience with technologies such as PHP, Python, TypeScript, Laravel, Astro, MySQL, Datadog, LLM APIs, RAG architectures, embeddings, agent frameworks, containerization, or infrastructure-as-code is considered advantageous.
      • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in globally distributed teams.
      • Highly self-motivated, adaptable, and comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
      • Must be authorized to work in India without employer sponsorship.
      • Benefits

        • Fully remote contract opportunity based in India, offering flexibility and autonomy.
        • Competitive hourly compensation, with final rates determined by experience, skills, and market alignment.
        • Opportunity to work on a broad range of high-impact business initiatives rather than a single product area.
        • Exposure to modern AI technologies, cloud platforms, and advanced engineering practices.
        • Collaborative and innovative engineering culture that encourages experimentation and continuous learning.
        • High degree of ownership and influence on product, technology, and business outcomes.
        • Flexible work environment designed for independent and results-oriented professionals.
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