[Hiring] Staff Product Engineer @Prefect

Role Description

Join a small, senior engineering group to ship end‑to‑end product slices that make Horizon indispensable for real users.

• Own everything from a quick wireframe and demo to the production service to the observability.
• Partner directly with the CEO, VP of Product, other product engineers, and early customers.
• Turn field signal into working software fast.
• Help confidently identify market opportunities and deliver solutions.

Horizon helps developers deploy, scale, and manage MCP servers with zero configuration—built for modern AI development workflows with production-ready infrastructure.

This role sits at the intersection of an emergent market where AI and LLM tooling are reshaping how development teams operate.

The right person is an enthusiastic, full-stack engineer who thrives in high‑ambiguity, seed-stage-alike startup environments and has repeatedly shipped meaningful products at early‑stage companies.

You'll report to Prefect's Director of Engineering, Jenny.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of full-stack engineering experience, with demonstrated success shipping early-stage products from 0 to 1.0 and scaling them beyond.
• Deep proficiency in TypeScript across the full stack.
• Comfortable owning UI/UX implementation—not just backend services.
• Python experience is a bonus.
• Track record of owning user-facing features end-to-end.
• 5+ years working with Postgres, Redis, and at least one major cloud platform (AWS strongly preferred).
• Strong design and architectural thinking.
• Proven experience with production observability (Datadog, Grafana, or equivalent).
• Experience building with the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
• Genuine interest in AI, LLM tooling, and where this space is heading.
• Track record of mentoring engineers and raising technical standards.
• Self-directed with strong judgment.
• Comfortable with AI-powered development tools (Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, etc.).

Requirements

• Own end-to-end product slices of Horizon—from customer problem to wireframe to production service, including the user-facing UI/UX.
• Define what "done" means and be accountable for it.
• Shape technical direction and architectural decisions for Horizon.
• Mentor product engineers on your team on systems thinking, reliability patterns, and shipping discipline.
• Develop deep product knowledge of the AI/LLM tooling space and MCP ecosystem.
• Establish and refine our approach to operational excellence.
• Participate in on-call/incident response and set the standard for handling production issues.

Benefits

• Base Salary Ranges:
• San Francisco Bay Area & NYC Metro: $245,000-$280,000
• Washington D.C, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle: $235,000-$265,000
• Denver, Chicago, Atlanta, & all other U.S. metros: $225,000-$255,000
• Remote-first team with flexible-first culture.
• Equity Stock Options.
• 401(k) with 5% company match (vests immediately!).
• Unlimited PTO.
• Medical, Dental and Vision insurance.
• Generous Parental Leave.
• Life Insurance and Disability benefits.
• $800 remote work stipend for whatever you need to work (food, wellness, equipment etc.).