Product Engineer (PM)

Fully Remote

Reports to: Director of Product

Search Atlas is a SaaS B2B company building products and services that help businesses improve their performance on Google. We work with clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to leading Silicon Valley startups, and we're growing fast.

About the Role

You are the product strategist, spec writer, QA owner, and stakeholder interface for your pod. And when the fastest path to unblocking your engineers is writing the code yourself, you write it. This is not a role with a clean boundary between product and engineering. That boundary is intentionally blurred, because the best product decisions are inseparable from technical reality.

You will work in a small, high-leverage pod as the sole PM alongside 2-4 fullstack engineers. Your job is to keep that pod moving at maximum throughput: clear specs, fast decisions, QA that actually catches things, and enough technical depth to stay honest about complexity. Claude Code is already a core part of how you work, not something you're curious about, but something you rely on daily.

If you've been in PM roles that asked you to leave your technical background at the door, and you've been waiting for one that doesn't, this is it.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy and Ownership

Own the roadmap. Define what gets built and why. Prioritize ruthlessly, kill low-leverage work, and protect your engineers' focus.

Write specs that are hypotheses, not instructions. Define the problem before prescribing the solution. Every feature brief ships with a clear success criterion.

Engage stakeholders. Synthesize signal from the CEO, go-to-market, and customer success into decisions with explicit tradeoffs.

Challenge weak requirements. If a spec doesn't hold up under scrutiny, say so and bring a stronger alternative.

Technical Participation

Read and navigate the codebase. Python/Django backend, React/Next.js/TypeScript frontend. Enough depth to assess complexity, spot scope risks, and make credible estimates.

Debug independently. Inspect network requests, read stack traces, reproduce edge cases, and narrow down root causes before escalating.

Ship small things. Write or modify features, config changes, or test utilities when it's faster than context-switching an engineer.

Review code with a product lens. Flag scope creep, call out UX gaps, and confirm implementations match intended behavior.

Use AI-native tooling. Claude Code and Cursor are part of your daily workflow, not a novelty.

QA and Release Ownership

Own QA end-to-end. Write test plans, execute regression passes, and sign off on deployments.

Build a lightweight QA framework. Test case libraries, edge case inventories, and reproducible bug reports.

Test beyond the happy path. Adversarial inputs, load edge cases, cross-browser and mobile checks.

Own post-release monitoring. Define what healthy looks like, watch Sentry and Grafana in the days after a deploy, and own the response when things go wrong.

Delivery and Collaboration

Run sprint ceremonies. Standups, planning, retros: lean and outcome-focused.

Keep your engineers unblocked. Decisions that drag kill throughput. Own the clarity that enables speed.

Surface risks early. Flag cross-pod dependencies and blockers to engineering leads and leadership before they become problems.

Communicate async-first. Status, decisions, and tradeoffs in writing. Minimal meetings.

Customer and Data Feedback Loop

Talk to customers. Work directly with customers and CS to understand pain points and validate product direction.

Instrument features. Define event tracking and funnel analysis for your surface area and use that data to drive iteration.

Own your KPIs. Define success metrics for your pod's surface area and hold yourself accountable to them.

Requirements

• 3+ years of product management experience shipping B2B SaaS products, ideally in a startup or high-growth environment
• Hands-on technical background: you have written production code in a prior role, completed a coding bootcamp, or can demonstrably read and navigate a full-stack codebase
• Comfortable reading Python and JavaScript/TypeScript; able to write SQL queries, understand REST API contracts, and reason about frontend state
• Proven track record owning QA: writing test cases, executing regression cycles, filing structured bug reports, and managing release sign-off
• Strong written communication: your specs, briefs, and status updates are clear, complete, and require minimal back-and-forth
• Product mindset: you challenge weak requirements, propose alternatives, and treat every spec as a hypothesis to validate
• Production experience with Claude Code or equivalent AI-native development tools, used in a real workflow, not just experimented with
• Comfortable with ambiguity and autonomous decision-making in a fast-moving environment
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with Git-based workflows (GitLab or GitHub)

Nice to Have

• Prior experience as a software engineer, QA engineer, or technical lead who transitioned into product
• Familiarity with SEO, content marketing, or digital marketing agency workflows
• Experience with observability tools like Sentry or the Grafana Stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir)
• Familiarity with Django REST Framework and React/Next.js application architecture
• Experience with end-to-end testing tools like Cypress or Playwright
• Exposure to analytics and event tracking platforms (Segment, Amplitude, Mixpanel)
• Experience working with or building AI-powered products or agentic systems
• Comfort working directly in Figma to review designs, flag implementation gaps, and collaborate on handoff

Skills and Competencies

• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Proactive problem-solver who anticipates issues before they arise
• Ability to stay focused and prioritize under pressure
• Strong follow-through and accountability
• Collaborative and service-oriented
• Adaptable and comfortable with shifting priorities
• You don't ship work you wouldn't be proud of, and you raise the standard for everyone around you

Recruitment Process

Step 1: Initial screening call with our recruitment team

Step 2: Assessment

Step 3: First technical interview with our Senior PM

Step 4: Final interview with Director of Product

Step 5: Offer extended

Why Join Us

Work with an ambitious team that values real craft and outcomes. Be part of a company with clear direction, strong momentum, and products already used at scale by Fortune 500s and fast-growing startups.

Life at Search Atlas

We're committed to work-life balance, innovation, and a collaborative culture, no matter where you work. We host monthly virtual events and game days, and our team has the flexibility to contribute to charity initiatives of their choice. Remote at Search Atlas means connected, not isolated.

Our core values:

• Collaborative and Engaged: We support each other and share knowledge freely.
• Excellence Driven: We hold ourselves to high standards.
• Self-Starter Mentality: We take initiative and solve problems independently.
• Innovative: We embrace change and experiment.
• Student Mentality: We learn from mistakes and keep evolving.

Recognition

• Nevada's Top Workplaces: #1 Small Business, Best New Ideas
• Best Start-Up Agency (U.S. Search Awards)
• Top B2B Companies (Clutch)
• Inc's On The Rise and Best Places to Work (Inc. Magazine)
• Great Place to Work Certified