Product Engineer (Full-Time, Remote — India)
About the role
Full-time Product Engineer (Remote — India) at AnswerThis, an AI-powered research platform. Design, code, and ship features across frontend and backend, with emphasis on Next.js, React, Python, and AI infrastructure. Own features end-to-end in a fast-paced, high-impact product environment.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and ship features from scratch across frontend and backend.
- Create polished user interfaces and seamless user experiences with React and Next.js.
- Build AI-powered tools for search, citation mapping, summarization, and more.
- Develop backend APIs using Python and FastAPI, with database logic in Postgres.
- Work with semantic search, vector databases, and retrieval pipelines for AI features.
- Participate in fast product sprints with rapid feedback and tight iteration loops.
- Take full ownership of your work—from architecture to deployment to performance monitoring.
Qualifications
- Based in India and able to work remotely during U.S. working hours, with daily standups.
- Frontend: Strong skills in React and Next.js, with a clear eye for UI/UX.
- Backend: Proficient in Python, with hands-on experience using FastAPI in production.
- AI infrastructure: Familiarity with LLM pipelines, RAG frameworks, and vector databases such as FAISS, Weaviate, or Pinecone.
- Databases: Solid experience with Postgres and database design.
- Styling/UI: Experience using Tailwind or a similar utility-first CSS framework.
- Workflow tools: Proficient with Git, Docker, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Academic context: Understanding of citation networks, research tooling, or academic workflows.
Skills

About AnswerThis
AI platform helping 200k+ researchers accelerate scientific discovery
AnswerThis is a scientific discovery platform used by over 200,000 researchers that reduces weeks of manual research work to hours. Instead of manually searching, reading, and organizing dozens of papers, researchers use AnswerThis to find the most relevant work, see how ideas are connected, and get comprehensive answers to complex scientific questions with line by line answers. This allows them to map research gaps, analyze trends, and draft literature reviews far faster, all while building a searchable library of their own research materials.
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