Staff Product Engineer

We’re looking for a product‑minded Staff Product Engineer who moves fast, ships iteratively, and obsessively cares about user impact. You’ll work on the scale‑critical engineering team that powers Hive’s event‑marketing platform for 1,500+ expert events, festivals, venues, and promoters across North America. Base pay range CA$180,000 - CA$225,000 per year What you’ll get up to: Own end‑to‑end delivery of high‑impact product features across the full stack, partnering with Product and Design to shape what we build Lead and inspire teams to build technology that ages well, making architectural decisions and investments that let us move faster as we scale Mentor engineers on technical excellence and product thinking, raising the bar for code quality, developer experience, and the "why" behind what we build Champion user impact in everything – work directly with customers to understand pain points and advocate for the right technical solutions that deliver real value Balance moving fast with building systems that last – knowing when to ship quickly and when to invest in the foundation Anticipate what’s next – solve today’s technical challenges to unlock tomorrow’s speed and capabilities for the team Past Projects Created an integration with Meta Ads Manager to allow clients to use our platform’s segmentation to create custom audiences on Meta Built a state‑based pipeline to send 10M+ personalized emails and SMS every day Constructed a simple UI to let our clients query their own customer data; behind the scenes it executes cross‑database queries against billions of data points in seconds Using Kubernetes and Docker, built a task‑processing system that runs billions of jobs every day, scaling with workload to save costs and improve speed Developed a JavaScript SDK that partners use on high‑traffic websites to pump customer preferences and behavior into Hive, handling web‑scale traffic from day one Who you are 7+ years building customer‑facing product features and leading technical initiatives across the full stack Track record of delivering ambitious technical projects that unlock new product capabilities and change what’s possible for the team Strong product intuition – you think about user problems first, break ambiguous challenges into shippable iterations, and deliver value incrementally Balance speed with systems that age well – you know when to short‑cut and when to invest in foundations that pay dividends for years Experience mentoring engineers on both technical skills and product thinking Thrived in remote settings, excelling in async communication, independent work, and time management Legally able to work within Canada – this is a non‑negotiable requirement Technologies we use & teach Frontend: React, Redux, TypeScript Backend: Python, Django Databases: Redis, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch Infra: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform Compensation & Benefits Package Meaningful salary and equity: rewarded based on impact Work fully remote from the comfort of your home; you must be based in Canada with legal Canadian work authorization Flexible work hours: minimal meetings and no 9‑5 grind Health & dental coverage with parental leave top‑ups in addition to EI benefits Unlimited vacation/PTO to ensure you can stay happy and healthy About Hive.co Hive.co is a marketing platform that helps brands personalize and automate their email and SMS campaigns to sell out events. By integrating with ticketing partners like Ticketmaster and e‑commerce partners like Shopify, we enable brands to access and act on all their customer data, segment lists in thousands of ways, and send customized, timely campaigns that land in inboxes. Founded in 2014 in a University of Waterloo lab and later backed by Y Combinator (S14), our team is 100% remote, located across Canada, and focused on strong work‑life balance. Seniority level Mid‑Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Internet Publishing #J-18808-Ljbffr