Product Engineer, Sciences

About Mecka AI

Mecka AI is building the data infrastructure layer for robotics and embodied AI.
We design and operate global systems for data capture, data labeling, and hardware-enabled workflows used by leading AI labs and robotics companies to train and validate humanoid and embodied AI systems.

We work closely with frontier robotics teams to bridge real-world data, simulation, learning-based systems, and deployed hardware.

As Product Engineer, Sciences, you'll build software for scientists and technical users. Bring the engineering ability to ship useful products and the lab fluency to understand the work behind them.

You'll work closely with the Sciences team and users to identify problems, make product decisions and iterate quickly. This is a hands-on role across frontend, backend and data, with ownership from the first prototype through production use. Lab fluency can come from bench experience or sustained work building scientific software alongside experimental scientists.

What you will be doing:

• Build full-stack products: Develop interfaces, backend services and data models that make scientific workflows easier to use. Carry work from a useful first release into reliable daily operation. Understand laboratory work: Work directly with scientists to understand protocols, instruments, experimental records and practical constraints. Translate that understanding into clear requirements and usable software.
• Connect systems and data: Build integrations, imports and exports. Preserve context and traceability while handling incomplete records, validation failures and changing input formats. Own production quality: Test, deploy, monitor and support your work. Maintain access controls, debug failures and improve performance based on real usage.
• Make product decisions: Identify the most useful next improvement, test it with users and communicate tradeoffs. Adapt to unfamiliar problems and work with specialists when deeper expertise is needed.

Who You Are:

• Full-stack engineering: You've shipped and maintained production software across the frontend, backend and database, and can debug across those boundaries.
• Lab fluency: You understand experimental workflows, protocols, controls and sources of variability through bench work or sustained scientific software work with experimental users. User-facing development: You build clear, interactive interfaces and can turn complex requirements into practical workflows that users can understand.
• Backend and data: You can build reliable APIs, work with databases and file storage, and investigate errors in data-processing workflows.
• Product judgment and ownership: You work directly with users, make scope decisions under ambiguity and follow through after release.

Strong Signals

• Products used regularly by scientists or laboratory operators, with improvements shaped by their feedback.
• Experience with scientific records, instrument integrations or data-intensive review workflows. Practical use of AI tools in products or engineering, with attention to validation and failure handling.

A Note on Applying

Studies show women and candidates from underrepresented groups often only apply when they meet 100% of the listed qualifications, while others apply after meeting 60%. If you don't check every box above but believe you can do the job, we encourage you to apply — we're looking for capability and trajectory, not a perfect checklist match.

Inclusive Hiring at Mecka

We are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive candidate experience. Should you require any accommodation whatsoever during the interview process, please inform us without any hesitation. Mecka is dedicated to ensuring equal treatment and opportunity in all phases of recruitment, selection, and employment, in compliance with employment law. We do not discriminate based on gender, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other protected category. Mecka is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, fostering a culture of inclusivity and maintaining a work environment that is free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment

Mecka uses artificial intelligence (AI) responsibly to support administrative and efficiency-focused aspects of our recruitment process. This includes activities such as drafting job descriptions, generating interview questions, note-taking and recordings, and supporting sourcing and scheduling workflows. All candidate evaluations, interviews, and hiring decisions are made by members of the Mecka team. While AI tools may assist with screening and assessment, they do not replace human judgment in selection decisions. Our use of AI is intended to streamline routine tasks, improve consistency, and enhance the overall candidate experience. We are committed to upholding principles of fairness, transparency, and accountability in all hiring activities. Mecka regularly reviews its recruitment practices to mitigate bias and to ensure alignment with applicable laws and evolving best practices.

Compensation Range: $160K - $180K