Product Engineer
Wanted: Colonist Product Engineer
Working Hours: We work asynchronously and value outcomes over hours
Location: Fully Remote
Compensation:
Competitive salary paid in USD
Negotiable range based on experience and location
About Colonist
We're building the biggest digital board game platform on the internet. Last year, our players spent 3,037 years playing 60 million games on our Settlers of Catan alternative. We're a fully remote, asynchronous team spread across multiple continents, focused on crafting extremely polished digital board games that people truly love.
About The Role
As a Product Engineer at Colonist, your mission is to develop and enhance game modes and features to deliver excellent player experiences. You will oversee the full development of game interfaces, ensuring seamless UI/UX across platforms, high code quality, performance, and stability. Your technical skills and player-focused mindset will shape how 3,6 million players engage with our games each year.
What You’ll Do
Evolve our game architecture, ensuring cleaner code boundaries and better scalability
Architect multi-platform systems to enable consistent features
Scale the codebase to support multiple game titles, while maintaining performance and developer velocity
Own full-stack development, from backend logic to polished UI
Balance technical complexity and product value, helping prioritize work that brings the biggest impact to players
Review pull requests and mentor peers to ensure code quality, maintainability, and strong architectural foundations
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn concepts into highly engaging and intuitive player experiences
Identify and optimize performance bottlenecks, ensuring gameplay feels smooth even under heavy load
Continuously improve tools and workflows, leveraging automation, testing, and CI/CD for faster iteration
Requirements
Deep experience with modern full-stack development
AI first-mindset. We see AI fluency as a real multiplier
Strong grasp of Git, code reviews, and collaborative workflows
Proven ability to design and maintain scalable architectures
Skilled in React, TypeScript, CSS, and building high-performance UIs
Strong written communication, you explain complex ideas clearly in async settings
Experienced with relational databases and REST APIs
Passionate about board games, both as a player and a developer
Nice to Have
Knowledge of data analysis or SQL for player insights
Contributions to open-source or dev communities
Our Values at Colonist
We strongly adhere to these values in our team - if these resonate, then you’ll love working here!
Dependability
We're self-driven players who deliver without needing supervision. When we commit to something, we make it happen.
Ownership
We take full responsibility and go beyond our roles to improve Colonist.
Clear Communication
In our remote environment, written communication is key. We're direct, structured, and always keep our team in the loop.
Efficient Execution
We move fast and focus on impact. Instead of getting stuck on perfect solutions, we find practical ways forward and get things done.
Continuous Learning
We're curious problem solvers who love a challenge. We constantly seek new ideas, embrace feedback, and aren't afraid to change our minds when we're wrong.
Why Colonist
Your work ships to 3,6M+ yearly active players
Async culture; deep work, no performative meetings
Unlimited vacation, yearly team offsite, full work equipment
Budget to experiment with any AI tool you want
Access to all company metrics and internal discussions