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Productboard is the intelligent product management platform that helps future-ready product teams drive strategic alignm
The Role
Seeking a Senior Full-stack Product Engineer with strong skills in Kotlin and React to lead development, implement AI-native practices, and drive product features across backend and frontend.
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AI Is How We Work
About Productboard
Productboard is an AI-first company. Not as a tagline — but as a daily reality.
Everyone here, from Design and Product to Engineering and our CEO, uses AI every day to prototype, explore ideas, and ship faster. We are investing deeply to make AI part of our foundation.
What that looks like:
- Access from day one. Every engineer and leader gets the best tools available — Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and more.
- AI Champions across teams. Dedicated experts embedded in teams to pair, unblock, and help you move faster with AI agents.
- A codebase built for agents. Structured AGENTS.md files, curated skills, and clean patterns so AI agents can work effectively alongside engineers.
- Serious investment in DevX. We continuously improve our developer tooling so testing, prototyping, and working with agents is seamless.
- Dedicated AI days. Every six weeks, Engineering, Product, and Design teams get focused time to ship real features using AI tools and push boundaries.
AI isn’t something we experiment with occasionally. It’s how we build.
The opportunityThe way software is built is changing, and fast! Engineers who embrace AI-native workflows today will define the next decade of product development. Those who don’t? They will be explaining what they used to do.
At Productboard, this transformation to being AI native is not a side project; it is our entire focus. AI first is our operating model, and this is how we work. We are building an AI-first Product Engineering organization where learning velocity matters as much as shipping. Our northstar: turn ideas into validated learning twice as fast. More experiments. Tighter feedback loops. Better outcomes.
We are looking for a Senior Full-stack Product Engineer (Kotlin/React) who wants to be at the center of this transformation, not watching it happen from the outside. Join us, and help shape the future of AI-powered product development.
This role will be based in our Prague or Brno office with an office-centric hybrid schedule.
Why this matters for your careerThe gap between engineers who are building with AI daily and those who are still watching is widening fast. At Productboard, you won't just use AI tools. You will shape the architecture that makes AI agents effective, define the workflows that make them reliable, and build the evaluation systems that make them trustworthy. You will work in an environment where AI first is not a future aspiration. It is the current standard.
The skills you build here, agent native design, multi-model orchestration, eval-driven development, AI-ready codebase architecture, are the skills that will define senior engineering for the next decade.
AI is how we buildThis is not a tagline. It is our daily operating model across Engineering, Product, and Design. PMs and designers don't just spec features here. They prototype with AI tools and ship to production alongside engineers.
AI is embedded across the full lifecycle: technical discoveries, spec writing, design exploration, implementation, test generation, code review, CI/CD, and incident resolution. Human judgment stays in control. People own product intent and quality decisions, with strong review practices and guardrails that keep shipping safe.
What you get from day one:
- Every engineer and leader gets access to the best AI tools available: Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Glean, and more.
- AI Champions embedded across teams, ready to pair with you, unblock you, and help you move faster with AI agents.
- A codebase built for agents, with structured AGENTS.md files, curated skills, and clean patterns that make AI coding agents effective alongside engineers.
- Heavy investment in developer tooling so testing, prototyping, and working with agents is seamless and fast.
- Every six weeks, we pause our regular roadmap and give Engineering, Product, and Design a dedicated 2 days window to build and ship real features using AI tools, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. This is not a hackathon. What gets built goes to production.
What we are building underneath:
- Agent native architecture standards: clear API contracts, semantic naming, and well-defined module boundaries that keep AI effective as systems grow.
- A context infrastructure layer with repo versioned guidance that AI tools automatically load, improving the output of Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex simultaneously.
- AI agent workflows for on-call and incident resolution: triage alerts, pull logs, surface relevant history, and suggest remediation.
- Systematic optimization of AI code review to catch correctness, security, and maintainability issues earlier.
- Take full ownership of features and platform capabilities, working across backend (Kotlin) and frontend (React/TypeScript) layers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Lead the delivery of complex or ambiguous full-stack projects, breaking down problems, scoping technical work, and shipping iteratively.
- Work primarily in Kotlin-based services to build reliable, scalable, and maintainable internal systems.
- Contribute to platform-wide efforts like authentication, permissions, notifications, and shared UI patterns.
- Collaborate with product managers and designers to define technical solutions that balance speed, scope, and user experience.
- Write high-quality, well-tested code across both frontend and backend codebases.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, design reviews, and technical feedback.
- Make our codebase AI-ready: define clear module boundaries, improve API contracts, add semantic context, and build the structured documentation that makes AI agents more effective across every repo.
- Design and implement agent workflows that go beyond chat: multi-step reasoning, tool use, autonomous task execution, and human-gated checkpoints.
- Run experiments, validate with real users, and iterate based on evidence. We measure learning velocity, not just output.
- Collaborate closely with product managers and designers to shape what we build, not just how we build it. We expect a product mindset, not just technical execution.
- Act as a knowledge multiplier, sharing what you learn across and beyond your team to raise the bar for everyone.
- Have 5+ years of professional engineering experience
- 4+ years of professional experience building and maintaining production systems at scale.
- Strong backend development skills in Kotlin or Java, with experience in designing and evolving service-level logic and infrastructure.
- Working proficiency in React and TypeScript, with the ability to contribute meaningfully to frontend implementation and UX polish.
- Proven ability to own features end-to-end across backend and frontend systems.
- Experience delivering projects iteratively in cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with tools like PostgreSQL, Kafka, GraphQL, and AWS.
- Experience mentoring other engineers and helping uplift team-wide engineering quality.
- Clear communication skills - especially when explaining technical trade-offs and collaborating across functions.
- A pragmatic, product-focused mindset - you care about delivering impact, not just elegant code.
- Bonus: Experience working on authentication, permissions, observability, or similar foundational concerns.
- Bonus: Curiosity to explore AI-based tooling for accelerating backend/frontend development or automation.
- Bring product thinking to engineering work. You can articulate why something matters for users, not just how it works technically.
- Embrace AI as a daily tool in your own workflow. You use AI coding assistants, iterate on prompts, and constantly look for ways to move faster.
- Are curious about what agent native architecture looks like: how to structure codebases, APIs, and documentation so AI agents can operate effectively at scale.
- Frontend: TypeScript, React, GraphQL
- Backend: Kotlin, Ruby, Kafka
- Storage: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elastic, Redis
- Data Pipeline: Python, Keboola, Looker, Snowflake
- Infrastructure: AWS, Cloudflare, Kubernetes, Terraform
- Business tools: Slack, Jira, Google suite, Zoom, Notion
- Full Tech Stack
💰Stock options
💻 MacBook + 34″ monitor
📚 Budget for online courses, books, and conferences
🏝️ 5 weeks of vacation + 9 sick days
🫶 Volunteer Days for you to help causes close to your heart
🥕 Carrot Fertility Benefits
🥗 Free snacks, drinks, and yummy catered lunches
🏋️♂️ MultiSport card to access sports facilities
⏰ Flexible working hours and home office
🧑🧑🧒🧒 Parental benefits
🗣️ Language lessons
🍀 Mental Wellness Program to support your well-being and self-care
Relocation Opportunities
If joining us means making a move, we’re here to help make that transition easier.
Candidates must have the legal right to work in the EU. While we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role, we’re happy to support relocation to Prague for candidates already authorized to work in the EU.
Relocation Support
We offer a one-time relocation bonus ranging from $6,000 to $13,000 USD, depending on your personal situation, whether you’re moving on your own or with a partner or family.
This bonus is intended to help offset moving expenses and support your transition into your new city. While it may not cover every cost, it provides meaningful financial support as you get settled.
If you’re thinking about relocating and want to explore what this could look like for you, we’d be happy to have that conversation.
At Productboard, we’re on a mission to help product teams build exceptional products with clarity and confidence. As the leading intelligent product management platform, we empower over 6,000 companies, including Salesforce, SAP, Autodesk, and Kroger, to understand what customers need, prioritize what to build next, and align everyone around a shared roadmap.
Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Prague and Brno, Czechia, we’re backed by some of the world’s most respected investors, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Tiger Global, and Dragoneer.
We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the best places to work by BuiltIn and Comparably, and to count ourselves among the world’s leading unicorn companies. Well-funded and financially disciplined, we have the stability and runway to build boldly for the long term.
Over the past few years, we’ve rearchitected our platform from the ground up to serve enterprise scale and set the foundation for the next era of product management. Now we’re entering an exciting new phase with Productboard Spark, our AI-first, agentic experience that transforms how product teams work. Spark is a true collaborator that deeply understands your product context, company strategy, and customer needs, helping teams move faster and make smarter, more confident decisions.
Join us as we build the future of product management.
About our cultureImagine working in a place where everything matters — most importantly, you. At Productboard, values aren’t just something we like to talk about, they’re something we live and breathe. We believe in creating a work environment where:
- People feel empowered, supported, and included
- Trust and transparency are built into the way we work
- Creativity, curiosity, and continuous improvement are encouraged and nurtured every day
Forming our company values was a group effort, with every employee allowed to contribute. From profit-sharing initiatives, like stock options, to open calendars and communication, we don’t waste time on politics or ego. We champion openness by sharing our goals, successes, and failures.
Join colleagues who are passionate about what they do. Team members who are invested in their work environment, and the future of Productboard. Help shape our company, culture, and product!
Check out our LinkedIn Life page, or listen to our People of Productboard podcast for a real feel of what life is like at Productboard.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer and champion equity. We aim to help people from all backgrounds, cultures, and groups realize their full potential at Productboard. We do not tolerate any discrimination or harassment based on gender identity, race, color, religion, age, sexual orientation, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other bias covered by appropriate law. All aspects of employment, including hiring, training, promotion, and terminations, are based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We are committed to an inclusive hiring process and provide all candidates with equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. Togetherness is one of our core values, and our Diversity Council helps to ensure that we uphold the values of authenticity, humanity, and diversity to create an environment where every person matters. We are committed to leading by example to drive societal change.
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Top Skills
AWS
GraphQL
Kafka
Kotlin
Postgres
React
Typescript
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The Company
What We Do
Productboard is the intelligent product management platform that helps future-ready product teams deliver exceptional products with clarity and confidence. Over 6,000 companies, including Salesforce, Autodesk, Zoom, One Medical Group, Cartier, and The Coca-Cola Company use Productboard to uncover customer needs, drive strategic alignment, and rally everyone around the roadmap. With offices in Prague and San Francisco, Productboard is backed by leading investors, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners. Learn more at [www.productboard.com](http://www.productboard.com/)
Why Work With Us
We believe that truly great products are not created by individual geniuses but by a great group of people that leverages everyone’s curiosity and creativity. That is why our mission at Productboard is to **make products that matter, together**. We are a global company with a stimulating, multicultural environment.
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