What we look for when hiring senior engineers

Craft, communication, and ownership — the signals that matter more than buzzword checklists.

March 21, 20264 min read
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Great product engineers do more than write correct code. They clarify ambiguous requirements, communicate trade-offs, protect maintainability, and stay accountable for what reaches users.

Look for ownership in the details

Our interviews focus on reasoning, collaboration, debugging, and practical delivery decisions. Candidates explain how they would reduce risk, validate assumptions, and improve an unfamiliar system—not just solve an isolated exercise.

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" The strongest engineers make the whole team more effective. "

Hire for judgment and learning

Technical fundamentals matter, but so do curiosity, written communication, and the ability to change direction when evidence challenges an initial idea.

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