Lead Product Engineer

Beam; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Amazing benefits

Job summary

Beam is seeking hands-on Lead Product Engineers to drive our engineering department. As a Lead Engineer you will be coding, driving technical direction and a people manager of a small product team.

You’ll work across infra, backend and frontend using Ruby on Rails, Typescript, PostgreSQL on GCP, with React frontend and OpenAI/Claude integrations, delivering impactful features and scalable AI-powered workflows.

Qualifications

• Experience as a lead engineer or engineering manager with people leadership.
• Breadth of experience across infrastructure, backend and frontend stacks (Ruby on Rails, Typescript, PostgreSQL on GCP; React + Typescript).
• Startup experience in fast-growth, customer‑focused environments delivering measurable results.
• Interest in AI products and how AI can improve workflows.
• Product mindset with data-informed decision making.
• Focus on using the right tool for the job and pragmatic software choices.
• Experience collaborating in cross‑functional teams (PMs, UX, Designers, Data).

Responsibilities

• Code across infrastructure, backend and frontend technologies; be a hands‑on contributor.
• Drive technical direction and manage a small product team.
• Collaborate with Product and GTM to define features to build.
• Build internal tools to improve team efficiency and impact.
• Utilize latest generative AI tooling to empower users.
• Experiment with LLMs to optimise system performance.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Typescript

PostgreSQL

React

LLM interfacing

OpenAI

Claude

GCP

shadcn design system

Tools

shadcn design system

Job description

At Beam, we’re building AI that serves society.

We're a global team of ambitious, hardworking problem solvers, applying fast-moving startup energy to work that makes the world a better place. If you want to apply your talent to the biggest problems society faces, Beam is the place for you.

You’ll be part of a high-performance culture where you'll make a huge impact, rapidly progress your career, and truly enjoy your work.

Over 100,000 frontline workers already use Beam to take notes, provide live interpretation and handle phone calls, so they can focus on the people who need them most. This is just the beginning.

The opportunity at Beam

We’re looking for hands‑on Lead Product Engineers to drive forward our engineering department. As a Lead Engineer you will be coding. driving technical direction and a people manager of a small product team.

What you’ll be doing

• Help build our technology for the future - be it infrastructure, backend or front-end. We value generalists.

• Work with cross functionally with Product and GTM teams to figure out what new features to build within our product.

• Building internal tools - for our team to help as many people as efficiently as possible.

• Using the latest generative AI tooling to empower our users to focus on what matters, helping those in need.

• Get deep into the power of the LLMs that exist and figure out ideal optimisations across our systems with them.

Why is this exciting?

• You will join an elite engineering team, shipping your code to production multiple times a day.

• You will help shape the future of social care globally.

• You will push the boundaries of AI usage both in the product and in engineering workflows.

Who we’re looking for

• Previous experience as a lead engineer, engineering manager or similar with programming and people management.

• Breadth of experience across infrastructure, backend and frontend technology stacks:
  - We hire engineers of all backgrounds to use the latest Ruby on Rails, Typescript, and PostgreSQL running on GCP.
  - React + Typescript on the client backed by our shadcn design system.
  - Experience with OpenAI & Claude for LLM interfacing.

• Startup experience: you’ve worked in fast-growth, customer‑focused startup companies delivering measurable results.

• You’re interested in AI products and how AI can improve your workflows.

• You have a product mindset: you care about customer outcomes and you want to make data‑informed decisions.

• You care about the “right tool for the right job” and pick the pragmatic options when building software.

• Enjoys working in cross functional teams - PMs, UX, Designers and Data.

Compensation

£130,000 - £160,000 base salary depending on experience and performance during interviews + equity and amazing benefits (see our careers page)

We're committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion through our work as an organisation, and that starts with the team we build. 53% of the people we support are from ethnic minority backgrounds and 17% have disabilities. We believe we serve these people best when we’re a diverse and inclusive team. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority candidates and/or those who’ve experienced social disadvantage.

Application process

We take hiring seriously. We have a 4-stage and an optional 5th interview process, giving you plenty of time to learn about Beam while we get to know you.

1. 30 minute intro with our Talent team

2. 30 minute Interview with a Lead Engineer

3. 1 hour technical test with two of our Senior Engineers

4. 1 hour systems design interview with two of our Senior Engineers

5. 30 minute product and cultural interview with one of our founders

About Beam

We’ve picked up an armful of awards for our work, including one from our former Queen. We've also been named by WIRED as one of London's 10 hottest startups and by LinkedIn as a Top 15 UK Startup. Meanwhile, we've been covered in the media literally thousands of times, including the likes of The FT, BBC, TechCrunch, Forbes and The Guardian.

We’re also proud to be backed by some of the world's leading tech investors and entrepreneurs, including the founders of Booking.com, Calm, Shazam and Dropbox.

Start your journey to a more impactful career today. We're excited to hear from you.

Reasonable adjustments

Beam is committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and supportive work environment for all employees. This policy extends to our hiring practices.

We recognise that some candidates may need additional support during their hiring process to give them the best chance of being a success. To ensure that all candidates have an equitable opportunity during their process, we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments where required.

If you require a reasonable adjustment to be made during your process, please let your Talent Partner know. We encourage you to share this information, but there is no obligation to do so.

Please be reassured that any reasonable adjustment requests will not be taken into account when making a decision about your candidacy.