People & Talent Product Engineer
Build and own bespoke People & Talent products end to end, from user experience and technical specification through full-stack implementation and production delivery. The role requires 2–4 years of autonomous product or full-stack engineering experience, strong UI/UX judgment, and comfort handling sensitive data.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the full product-engineering lifecycle for People & Talent tools, from problem framing and experience design through technical build and delivery.
- Make UI and UX decisions for employee and manager experiences.
- Turn front-end prototypes into production-ready full-stack products, including back-end services, data models, and infrastructure.
- Define user needs, delivery plans, technical architecture, and completion criteria before implementation.
- Iterate on live tools using user feedback and product-development rigor.
- Handle sensitive employee and compensation data in accordance with data-protection and security policies.
- Partner with IT, Security, and core Engineering while operating with substantial autonomy.
Requirements
- 2–4 years of experience as a full-stack or product engineer.
- End-to-end ownership of a tool or feature from specification through production.
- Demonstrated UI/UX decision-making based on real user needs.
- Experience operating as the primary or sole engineer on a project.
- Full-stack development experience across front end and back end.
- Experience with data models and infrastructure decisions, including hosting, access control, and monitoring.
- Experience with sensitive or regulated data, or comfort working within data-protection and security constraints.
Nice to Have
- Exposure to People, HR, or Talent systems and processes.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary details shared during the initial hiring conversations; salary information is not published in the posting.
- Equity offered across all roles.
- £5,000 training and conference budget.
- 25 days of holiday plus 8 bank holidays.
- Company pension scheme via Penfold.
- Mental health support and therapy via Spectrum.life.
- Individual wellbeing allowance via Juno.
- Private healthcare through AXA.
- Income protection and life insurance.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Top-spec equipment.
- Remote and in-person hackathons, learning sessions, and social events.
Skills
Full-Stack Development, UI/UX Design, Data Modeling, Infrastructure, Hosting, Access Control, Monitoring, Data Protection, Security, Product Engineering
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