Product Engineer

Technology Product Engineer Bengaluru, Karnataka   |   Full Time Apply Now About us We are building this and this and this In short, we are building the platform to drive global careers for millennials from emerging economies We work at the exciting intersection of the 2 hottest trends around - edtech & fintech! And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students! Founder Profile Arnav Kumar is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. Leap is his second company and he has raised more than $30M in capital for his startups. In his last role, he was a VC investor with SAIF Partners (Now Elevation Capital), which is an early investor in paytm, meesho, urban company, unacademy and many other unicorns. He thinks and tweets about Product, Business Models and Company Building, here Vaibhav Singh is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur. He spent his first 6 years at DeutscheBank, across Singapore & Sydney to manage a $3Bn flow book. He has built 2 fintech startups before, as a founding member of CapitalFloat and Incred, both pioneering businesses valued >$500Mn The Leap team has a fine balance of industry experience (edtech, fintech, study abroad) and technical skills (engineering, product, design) This is not a traditional engineering role.The expectation is not just writing good code.The expectation is building products people actually use.The ideal person for this role has experienced product-market fit firsthand.Not through courses, frameworks, or podcasts.Through shipping, scaling, failing, iterating, and understanding user behavior deeply.Strong full-stack fundamentals are important.But engineering skill alone is not enough.This role requires product instinct:Understanding why users behave the way they doKnowing what to build vs what not to buildMaking fast product decisions with incomplete informationCaring deeply about user experience and interaction qualityAt Leap, the products being built are AI-native from day one.Not traditional products with AI layered on top.Products are designed around the latest model capabilities across reasoning, voice, search, workflows, video, and personalization.The ideal candidate is already deeply immersed in this space.Someone who:Constantly experiments with new models and toolsHas strong opinions on model strengths and limitationsUses AI heavily while buildingNaturally optimizes for speed and execution qualityThinks in terms of products, not just featuresWho started building early and has been tinkering with products for years. This role involves working directly with the founders in a high-ownership environment where:Thinking is challenged directlySpeed mattersClarity mattersHigh agency is expected by defaultSignals of a strong fit:Graduated in 2023 or laterHas built and shipped products with real usersStrong full-stack engineering capabilityComfortable operating in ambiguityLearns and iterates quicklyHigh ownership and execution intensityApplications should include something real:A productA side projectA prototypeA shipped experienceAnything that demonstrates ownership and product thinkingIf there is no live link, applications should include:1. What was built and why?2. Why were those features chosen?3. Why is the product better than alternatives?4. What is the most delightful part of the experience?5. What is the go-to-market strategy? Life @ Leap Mutual Respect We love people who are ‘relentlessly resourceful’. Find your way out. Focus on the possibilities instead of the problems. Bias for action We take calculated risks backed by data and information available and encourage fail fast to find the best solutions as soon as possible Learn & get better Continuous learning and improvement is the key. We don’t stop learning. We treat feedback as a gift and as an opportunity to get better. ...