Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Watchful.ai is hiring a Product Intelligence Research Analyst to investigate mobile apps and connect technical evidence with product observations. The role translates findings into competitive intelligence about product features, experiments, launches, growth, monetization, and strategy.
Responsibilities
- Investigate Android and iOS apps for new features, experiments, and upcoming launches
- Analyze APK changes, strings, feature flags, and other technical signals
- Combine app observations, technical evidence, and external research to validate hypotheses
- Work through access restrictions, geography constraints, and difficult debugging problems responsibly
- Identify new research opportunities and improve investigation methods
- Explain why discoveries matter for competitors’ product, growth, monetization, and strategy
Skills
- Strong curiosity, persistence, and creative problem-solving
- Comfort with developer tools, basic scripting, debugging, and learning unfamiliar technologies
- Analytical thinking: distinguish facts, hypotheses, and alternative explanations
- Product intuition and ability to turn observations into business insights
- Independence, ownership, and clear written English
- Experience in software QA, technical support, app testing, or technical research
- Android/iOS investigation; ADB, Logcat, APK analysis, API inspection, or network debugging
- Python, JavaScript, Bash, SQL, or similar scripting experience
- Knowledge of A/B testing, feature flags, or mobile experimentation
- Experience using AI coding tools to accelerate technical research
Benefits
- Remote work — open to candidates worldwide
- Have a direct impact on intelligence delivered to global technology companies
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