Associate Product Engineer

Who you are

• You are scrappy, resourceful, and eager to prove yourself. You don't need all the answers—you need the drive to find them. You're not afraid of ambiguity or hard problems; in fact, they excite you. You take feedback like fuel, and you're looking for a place that will invest in making you exceptional, not comfortable
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)—graduating between December 2026 and June 2027
• Solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Experience with at least one modern programming language (TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, etc.). Bonus if you've worked with TypeScript, React, or Node.js
• Projects that show you can build real things—personal projects, hackathons, internships, open source contributions. We care about what you've shipped, not just what you studied
• A hunger to learn and an ego small enough to admit when you don't know something
• Grit. You don't give up when things get hard. You Google, you ask questions, you figure it out
• Strong communication skills. You can explain your thinking, take feedback without defensiveness, and collaborate with people who aren't engineers
• Extreme bias toward action. You'd rather ship something imperfect and iterate than wait for perfect

What the job involves

• At Solace, you won't be relegated to small bug fixes or endless onboarding—you'll ship real features to real users within your first weeks
• This isn't a hand-holding job
• You'll be challenged daily, expected to move fast, learn faster, and take ownership of your work like a seasoned engineer
• You'll join a spectacularly talented team who will push you to grow, but you'll also be expected to think independently, ask the right questions, and own your work from design through deployment
• You will commit code daily
• You will make mistakes
• You will learn from them and get better every single day
• If you're the kind of person who wants to be thrown into the deep end and come out stronger, keep reading
• Ship production code in your first week—real features that impact real users
• Build across the stack, from database queries to API endpoints to UI components, learning the full lifecycle of software development
• Take ownership of features end-to-end. You'll be accountable for what you build, and you'll feel the weight and pride of that responsibility
• Work directly with senior engineers, product managers, and designers. You'll have mentorship, but you'll also be expected to drive your own work forward
• Debug production issues, refactor messy code, and improve systems—not glamorous, but essential, and you'll learn more from this than any bootcamp could teach you
• Move fast and iterate. We deploy continuously, and you'll see your code in production within hours, not weeks
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and product planning. Your voice matters here, even on day one
• What You'll Learn:
• You'll be working in our modern tech stack and will gain hands-on experience with:
• Typescript across all our applications
• NestJS API with TypeORM
• Postgres and Redis
• React with our custom UI library built on shadcn
• Tailwind CSS