Senior Product Engineer

Senior Product Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Product Engineer who is dedicated to help us implement high-quality applications used in the development and production of film and direct-to-consumer content. As part of this role, you would also be integrating these applications with other third-party applications using APIs, gRPC, and using MCP (Model Context Protocol) to connect AI models to external tools and data.

We're a casual shop that values passion, community involvement and exceptional software. If this is you, we want you to join our team.

What Makes This Role Unique

This is a backend engineering role with end-to-end feature ownership. You're a seasoned backend engineer—comfortable with APIs, databases, system architecture, and complex integrations—who uses AI development tools (Claude, Cursor, etc.) to deliver complete features without depending on frontend specialists.

You'll work alongside a frontend specialist who maintains UI standards and handles complex interface challenges, but you're self-sufficient for your feature work. Whether it's a standard CRUD interface, a complex dashboard with real-time data, or an interactive workflow, you use AI tools to bridge the frontend gap and ship production-quality features from database to UI.

This isn't about being a traditional full-stack engineer—it's about being a backend expert who leverages modern AI tooling to deliver complete product features autonomously.

You will be part of the team creating the next-generation internal systems for movie and direct-to-consumer creative development and production. You should be comfortable being part of a cross-functional team and working with a diverse group of business stakeholders and technologists.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Analysis & Design

• Gather requirements with stakeholders, Product Owners, and Business Analysts.

• Collaborate with UX/UI Designers.

• Design complex web components, software, and database objects.

• Establish and document development standards, procedures, and deployment processes.

• Evaluate and recommend third-party tools and integrations.

• Work with infrastructure teams on environment setup and CI/CD pipelines.

• Write technical specifications and project estimates.

Development & Testing

• Design and develop backend services, APIs, and data models.

• Develop complete features—from backend APIs and data models through AI-assisted frontend implementation—according to UX/UI requirements.

• Ensure production-quality, standards-compliant, cross-browser UI using AI development tools.

• Integrate web interfaces with backend services.

• Integrate applications with third-party systems.

• Connect AI models with external tools and data.

• Oversee complex system integration and testing.

• Support code reviews and adhere to development standards.

Delivery & Installation

• Prepare release documentation and manage change control processes.

• Support deployment and configuration of new systems.

Production Support

• Conduct functional analysis and troubleshoot production issues.

• Perform application tuning, maintenance, and repairs.

• Collaborate with IT for integrated system support.

Administrative

• Actively participate in a cross-functional team.

• Communicate project plans, status, and issues with management.

• Follow departmental standards, policies, and best practices

Basic Qualifications

Backend Engineering (Core Expertise)

• Proficient in developing RESTful APIs and web applications using Java and Spring Boot framework.

• Experienced with Spring Security, including authentication, authorization, and secure data access.

• Skilled in PostgreSQL: relational database design, performance tuning, and advanced SQL.

• Knowledgeable in Amazon S3 for file uploads/downloads, versioning, and security best practices.

• Strong experience securely integrating custom applications with third-party applications using APIs, gRPC, or current technologies; minimum Basic Auth.

• Experience using Model Context Protocol (MCP) for connecting AI models to external tools and data.

• Proficient with Git and collaborative workflows (Git Lab).

• Experienced in setup and use of CI/CD pipelines in Git Lab.

• Familiarity with Docker and…