Colonist
Senior Product Engineer, QA Engineer | Full-time
hn · Senior Product Engineer, QA Engineer
Jose is an exceptional founding engineer with proven ability to build and ship 0→1 products end-to-end in fast-moving environments, which directly matches Colonist's needs. His full-stack expertise (TypeScript, Next.js, React, Python, FastAPI), infrastructure skills, and experience deploying systems to millions of users aligns well with owning features across a multiplayer platform. However, he lacks specific QA/testing infrastructure experience and board game domain knowledge, and his recent focus has been heavily AI-driven rather than on core gaming infrastructure and player experience optimization.
Hook: Your track record shipping 0→1 AI products to production with millions of concurrent users mirrors exactly what Colonist needs: a founding engineer who owns architecture, shipping, and player impact without waiting for specs.
Missing: QA automation frameworks and testing infrastructure, Game development or multiplayer gaming experience, Player analytics and retention optimization, WebSocket/real-time game state synchronization experience
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Colonist | Senior Product Engineer, QA Engineer | Full-time | Remote & async Colonist (colonist.io) is a multiplayer board game platform. ~20 people, millions of monthly players, no middle management between you and the product. You'll own features end-to-end and ship to a live player base within days. Right now we're evolving the core experience and building toward a multi-game platform. The mission is to become the internet's biggest board game platform. This role is a good fit if you: want to see your work matter at real scale without a large team around you, are comfortable with ambiguity and don't need someone to define your tasks, and use AI tools as a genuine multiplier in your workflow. This isn't a good fit if you: prefer a larger team with specialists for every layer, or are looking for a role with clearly scoped tickets. More on the roles, culture and values: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/colonist