[Hiring] Product Engineer @Wellio

Role Description

Wellio is hiring an Engineer to add to our Product Team. We're a (mostly) bootstrapped company that has been funded by real customers. We love to work on actual problems that schools wouldn't be able to solve otherwise. We like to ship fast but also keep an eye on the quality of the code we write.

We are a Ruby on Rails company and we believe that we wouldn't be able to move as fast with any other technologies. We try to stay as close to the Rails way as possible, but we can also branch out if we find a better tool for the job.

We want to keep our stack in check. We try to keep up with updates - we are currently using Ruby 4.0.7 and Rails 8.1.3.1.

We're inspired by product philosophies from 37signals, Linear, and Airbnb, and we implement the Shape Up process to guide our product development. We believe in small, senior teams that embrace constraints, focus on craft, and deliver exceptional outcomes.

• Continuous discovery
• Small teams over big ones
• Embracing constraints
• Fixed appetites with flexible scopes
• Knowing our tools and cutting with the grain
• Treating product as a marketing job
• Obsessing over craft and sweating the details
• Avoiding long-term plans in favour of betting on what matters right now

Improving student wellbeing requires solutions that weave technology and content together seamlessly. Most edtech companies split this work - platform teams here, content teams there, design somewhere else. We think that leads to narrow solutions that miss the bigger picture. At Wellio, design and content teams report into product because the best solutions integrate all three disciplines.

We are a small product team consisting of:

• CTO
• Two other senior Product Engineers
• Designer
• Head of Product

You will also work very closely with the co-founders as well as the customer-facing teams. Every line of code that we write is to solve customers' problems and we believe that the best way to do that is to stay as close to the customers as possible.

Within your first year, you'll:

• Have deep knowledge of our codebase and business domain
• Lead the implementation of several major product initiatives
• Improve our development practices through code reviews and technical documentation
• Help establish patterns and practices that make our monolith easier to work with
• Be a trusted voice in technical discussions and architectural decisions

Qualifications

• Extensive Ruby on Rails experience
• Passion for building products that matter
• Ability to solve challenging technical problems
• Focus on customer-centered solutions
• Value clean code while understanding practical constraints
• Curiosity and creativity in problem-solving
• Experience with AI-assisted coding

Requirements

• Located anywhere in Australia
• Ability to work from offices in Melbourne and Sydney if preferred

Benefits

• Small, exceptional team
• Mission-driven work
• Transparency in internal communications
• Healthy work culture with humor
• Remote-friendly with opportunities for in-person meetups

Company Description

40% of young people have suffered from a mental health condition in the last 12 months, so chances are you know someone who has been affected.

Wellio was founded to help schools put wellbeing at the heart of learning. We believe deteriorating youth mental health is one of the most important problems in the world to tackle right now, and we're looking for people to join us on that journey.

Schools are stepping up to tackle this crisis head-on, putting wellbeing lessons into their timetables and making student mental health a priority. But here's the challenge: teachers trained in maths, English, and history (not wellbeing) often find these lessons uncomfortable to deliver. Meanwhile, schools are trying to hand-roll their own systems to triage students, spot who's struggling, and deliver tailored interventions.

To solve these problems, we're creating the world's first Wellbeing Management System (WMS): a platform that packages the world's best approaches to student wellbeing and makes them simple to teach, measure, and improve across the full spectrum of care. It shouldn't matter which school you attend - you should get world-class support. If we're successful, our impact will be seen in national wellbeing data.

Our platform already powers engaging, data-rich wellbeing programs in 15 countries, 4 continents, and over 400 schools. We've tripled in 12 months, and we're on track to double again in 2026, which is why we need exceptional product talent to help guide what comes next.