Senior Software Engineer, Product

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to own features end-to-end across Arena's platform — from understanding the problem, through designing and building the solution, to shipping it, measuring its impact, and iterating. This is a hands-on IC role for someone who writes code every day, cares deeply about what happens after launch, and is excited to shape how people interact with cutting-edge AI.

Responsibilities

• Own features from technical scoping through deployment and post-launch iteration — not just build them, but make sure they work
• Design and extend schemas, APIs, and business logic to support new product capabilities
• Ship high-quality product code across the stack
• Incorporate real user feedback — from data, direct user contact, or your own product instincts — to improve what you've shipped
• Work closely with ML researchers to turn research services to production, making them consumable for product development
• Collaborate across design, product, and engineering to figure out what to build, not just how
• Identify and advocate for improvements to development, testing, and deployment practices

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on product development
• Experience building user-facing web applications spanning frontend, backend/API, and database — in any stack
• You understand the request lifecycle across layers
• Clear, concise communication — you explain technical decisions well, distinguish your work from the team's, and proactively share context
• Evidence of shipping and iterating — you can describe the full arc of a feature you owned: problem, solution, code, what happened after launch, and what you'd change now
• A product engineering identity — you care about whether the thing you built actually worked for users, not just whether the code was clean
• Genuine curiosity about AI evaluation and Arena's mission — you've looked at the product and can articulate why this domain matters to you

Qualifications

• Familiarity with our stack: NextJS, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, ShadCN, HonoJS, Postgres, Vitest
• Experience with Supabase or Vercel's AI SDK
• You've shipped without PM or design support — determined what to build by talking to users or looking at data

Skills

• Technical proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and related frameworks/libraries
• Experience with Agile methodologies and iterative development processes
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity aligned to the markets where our team members are based
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and additional support programs
• The opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI with a small, mission-driven team
• A culture that values transparency, trust, and community impact

Pay

Compensation Range: $150K - $300K

Schedule

Full-time