Fullstack Product Engineer

Zinc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your

Benefits allowance

Early finish Fridays

Yearly company retreat abroad

30 days to work from anywhere

Enhanced parental leave

Pension scheme

Zinc shares ( EMI )

Coaching access

Company socials

Nursery benefit

Electric car scheme

Anniversary rewards

Job summary

Zinc is expanding its engineering team in London. As a Fullstack Product Engineer, you’ll build high-quality features end-to-end across the platform, work with Product and Design, and influence technical decisions. You’ll help deliver a robust product that delights thousands of customers and scales with growth.

You’ll collaborate with senior engineers to understand problems deeply, translate them into practical solutions, and shape how we evolve the stack and processes for long-term success.

Qualifications

• Proven full-stack development experience with Node.js and modern frontend frameworks.
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript skills and production-grade coding practices.
• Experience designing scalable, maintainable systems and cloud-native features.

Responsibilities

• Build powerful end-to-end features and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and senior engineers on technical decisions.
• Maintain, optimise, and secure systems for performance at scale.
• Tackle complex technical challenges and translate them into clean, maintainable code.
• Grow skills by learning from teammates and contributing to best practices.
• Keep up with new tools and trends to improve stack and workflows.
• Own features from idea to production with end-to-end accountability.

Skills

Full stack development

Node.js

Vue/Nuxt

React/Next

TypeScript

JavaScript

System design

MongoDB

AWS

CI/CD

Testing (Jest/Cypress)

Tools

Express

Nest.js

Vue

Nuxt

React

Next.js

MongoDB (DB)

AWS (Cloud)

Lambda

S3

API Gateway

Jest

Cypress

Job description

Description

We are expanding our engineering team to boost our development capacity and take our product to the next level. As a Fullstack Product Engineer, you'll play a hands‑on role in building high-quality features across our platform, contributing to technical decisions, and helping us deliver a product that's efficient, robust, and a delight for thousands of customers to use.

Department

Tech - Engineering

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

Zinc - London

Compensation

£63,000 - £76,000 / year

Description

We are expanding our engineering team to boost our development capacity and take our product to the next level. As a Fullstack Product Engineer, you'll play a hands‑on role in building high-quality features across our platform, contributing to technical decisions, and helping us deliver a product that's efficient, robust, and a delight for thousands of customers to use.

You'll work closely with Product, Design, and more senior engineers to understand problems deeply, translate them into well‑crafted solutions, and grow your ability to shape how we build for long‑term success.

Key Responsibilities

Building powerful features – Design and deliver high‑impact solutions that are clean, scalable, and built to last, delighting thousands of customers.

Contributing to the big picture – Collaborate with Product, Design, and the wider engineering team to understand what we're building and why, and bring thoughtful input to technical decisions.

Keeping things running smoothly – Help maintain, optimise, and secure our systems so they perform at their best, even at scale.

Problem‑solving like a pro – Tackle tricky technical challenges with support from the team, building your ability to turn complex problems into elegant, maintainable solutions.

Growing and sharing – Learn from senior engineers around you, share what you know, and contribute to a team culture of continuous improvement.

Staying ahead of the game – Keep up with new tools, trends, and best practices, and bring fresh ideas to how we evolve our stack and processes.

Owning your work end‑to‑end – Take responsibility for features from initial idea to production, making sure every detail delivers value to users.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Hard Skills

Full Stack Development – Solid working experience with Node.js (Express/Nest.js) and modern frontend frameworks like Vue/Nuxt or React/Next, building reliable experiences end‑to‑end.

TypeScript & JavaScript – Good hands‑on experience delivering production applications using modern JS/TS practices, with a desire to deepen your expertise.

System Design – An understanding of how to build scalable, maintainable systems, and an eagerness to develop stronger architectural instincts over time.

Database & Cloud – Working familiarity with MongoDB and AWS services (Lambda, S3, API Gateway), comfortable building and shipping cloud‑native features.

DevOps & CI/CD – Some experience with deployment pipelines and automated processes, with appetite to grow your infrastructure skills.

Testing & Quality Assurance – Comfortable writing tests using tools like Jest and Cypress to ship with confidence.

Soft Skills

Highly Collaborative – Works well in cross‑functional teams alongside engineers, designers, and product, and actively contributes to a positive team dynamic.

Product‑Minded – Thinks beyond the code, staying curious about how features improve the user experience and serve broader business goals.

Clear Communicator – Can explain technical thinking clearly, ask good questions, and engage constructively with feedback.

Kind & Supportive – Contributes to a respectful, inclusive team culture and brings a collaborative, humble attitude to their work.

What we offer

Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring

• 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off
• £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
• Early finish Fridays (16:00)
• Yearly company retreat abroad
• 30 days to work from anywhere
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory)
• Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
• Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
• Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching
• Company socials, quarterly team socials, free Monday lunches
• Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)
• Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme
• Celebrated Zinc anniversaries