Senior Software Engineer, Product
Job description
About the role
This position defines major product areas and drives them to completion from initial concept through production launch. The hire will own the end to end lifecycle of critical product features, translating ambiguous business goals into coherent technical strategies. They will set and maintain the technical direction for their assigned domains to ensure the platform remains scalable and resilient under future demands. Collaboration with cross functional partners will be central, requiring the ability to distill complex technical constraints into plain language decisions. The role involves mentoring other engineers and elevating the collective capability of the product team to higher standards. Engineers in this position balance strategic planning with hands on implementation, spending significant time on debugging and system optimization. Success is measured by the reliable delivery of impactful solutions that drive WARP's expansion targets and reinforce its market position.
Key facts
What you'll do
Architect and drive major product initiatives, setting technical direction to keep the platform coherent and scalable for future growth.
Mentor and elevate other engineers, raising the overall capability, code quality, and delivery velocity of the product team.
Enable WARP to scale up 10x over the next year, designing systems that support the company's aggressive expansion targets and new market demands.
Own features from specification through production deployment, ensuring reliable delivery of high impact solutions that meet strict quality standards.
Navigate ambiguity with high agency, aligning stakeholders and making clear technical decisions that balance speed, quality, and long term maintainability.
Write and review code in modern, strongly typed languages, applying deep expertise to maintain performance, reliability, and security across the stack.
Lead technical project execution across cross functional teams, coordinating efforts to ensure timely and successful product delivery.
Spend focused time each week on debugging, performance optimization, and code review to sustain a robust and maintainable codebase.
Dedicate time to planning and system design, balancing immediate delivery needs with architectural integrity and future scalability.
Engage in the full product development cycle, including requirements analysis, scoping, implementation, testing, and post launch monitoring.
Contribute to hiring and mentoring less experienced engineers, helping to build a strong, cohesive product engineering culture in New York.
Participate in weekly planning, sprint ceremonies, and debugging sessions, ensuring continuous improvement of engineering practices and workflows.
Champion best practices in software development, emphasizing craft oriented execution and rigorous standards for code quality.
Act as a technical leader in defining testing strategies, ensuring that new features are production ready and resilient under real world conditions.
Requirements
The posting specifies a bachelor's degree as a requirement for this position.
Applicants must bring a demonstrated background of 5+ years building full stack applications, providing the foundation for complex product work at scale.
Technical project leadership across a team is mandatory, with a track record of ensuring cross functional execution and on time delivery.
Expertise in modern, strongly typed programming languages is required to maintain the performance, reliability, and quality of WARP's platform.
Candidates must show feature ownership from specification to production, consistently delivering impactful solutions in a fast paced environment.
High agency and strong communication skills are essential for navigating ambiguity and aligning diverse stakeholders on technical decisions.
Work is performed from the WARP NYC office with a five day weekly presence expectation to support in person collaboration.
All hires must comply with stated education and experience thresholds, adhering to the outlined eligibility criteria without exception.
The ability to operate independently while coordinating closely with product, design, and engineering partners is a core requirement.
A commitment to maintaining a high standard of code quality, testing, and documentation is non negotiable for this role.
Nice to have
Only items explicitly preferred in the source are noted here, and no additional preferences are introduced.
Practical notes
Warp operates from its NYC office with a five day weekly presence expectation for all team members.
Comprehensive benefits include health coverage, 401k matching, unlimited PTO, commuter benefits, daily catered lunch, and quarterly offsites.
The typical interview process for engineering roles starts with a recruiter screen, followed by one or two technical rounds.
Candidates often solve a coding problem, discuss past projects, and answer system design questions during the technical assessments.
Some interview loops include a take home task to evaluate practical coding and design skills.
Final rounds focus on team fit and provide an opportunity for candidates to ask questions about the role and expectations.
Interviewers evaluate how candidates break down unfamiliar problems, placing emphasis on thought process and approach rather than only the final answer.
Practicing a few problems aloud and reviewing past projects is recommended for effective preparation.
Questions to ask
Useful questions for the interview include inquiring about a typical week, how work is assigned, what tools the team uses, and how feedback is conducted.
Asking how the role has evolved recently and what the team wishes it had known when joining the role is also reasonable and encouraged.
Questions regarding the manager's current priorities are especially valued by the interview panel.
Career growth
Engineering careers typically progress from individual contributor to senior, staff, and principal levels over time.
Some engineers transition into management tracks, leading teams of five to twenty people and shaping product strategy.
Others choose to remain on the technical track, deepening their expertise and taking on greater architectural responsibility.
Growth is driven by demonstrated impact and outcomes rather than tenure alone within WARP.
A standard engineering ladder exists with clear levels, each defining specific expectations for scope, quality, mentorship, and delivery.
Advancing usually requires owning outcomes end to end, including problem definition, execution, and user impact, rather than only completing assigned tasks.
About the company
Warp is building self driving employee management.
Payroll, tax compliance across thousands of jurisdictions, benefits, IT, and HRIS that runs autonomously so companies never have to think about back office operations again.
The company processes hundreds of millions in payments across more than 1,000 companies, handling significant scale and complexity in its operations.