Staff Product Engineer

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the technical architecture as the product scales to serve requests from customers worldwide.
• Balance agility with scalability and availability through continuous deployment and incremental, feature-flagged releases.
• Contribute to all phases of software development, including ideation, prototyping, design, and implementation.
• Build both back-end and front-end systems in collaboration with designers, product managers, researchers, and data analysts.
• Provide hands-on development, technical leadership, and architectural guidance.
• Coach and mentor engineers and support their hiring and career development.
• Partner with the Engineering Manager on team development and technical strategy.
• Raise technical standards for performance, reliability, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Significant demonstrated impact on products and/or engineering teams.
• Deep knowledge of a high-level programming language, such as Ruby, Python, or Perl.
• Experience with distributed systems.
• 2+ years as the primary technical leader for a team.
• Experience collaborating directly with product teams and designers.
• A proven track record of delivering value to customers or users.
• Experience building SaaS products is preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Weekday lunch, snacks, and a fully stocked kitchen.
• Regular compensation reviews.
• Pension scheme with matching up to 4%.
• Life assurance and comprehensive health and dental insurance for employees and dependents.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Paid maternity leave and six weeks of paternity leave.
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme and secure bike storage.
• MacBooks as standard, with Windows available for certain roles.