Lead Product Engineer

Artificial Labs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Income protection insurance

Life insurance of 4× base salary

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus national holidays

Home office and equipment allowance

Company stock options

Learning allowance and leave for exams/conferences

Job summary

Artificial Labs in Greater London is seeking a Technical Leader to design high-performance software architectures. You will lead technical initiatives, support engineers through coaching, and improve collaborative processes. Applicants should have strong experience with Haskell and be proficient in multiple languages. The position offers benefits like private medical insurance, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and generous holidays. Join us in transforming the specialty insurance market!

Qualifications

• Build performant, evolutionary architectures grounded in best practices.
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and use appropriate testing strategies.
• Communicate complex ideas clearly and build alignment across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve high-performance software architectures for engineering teams.
• Lead delivery of large, complex technical initiatives into achievable milestones.
• Support and develop engineers through coaching and performance management.

Skills

High-performance software architecture

Strong experience with Haskell

System-level technical understanding

Collaboration skills

Problem-solving skills

Job description

About Artificial

Help shape the future of specialty insurance. At Artificial, we’re building the next generation of technology for the specialty (re)insurance market. Our mission is to transform how brokers and carriers operate in complex markets by removing operational barriers and enabling smarter, faster decision‑making.

We use modern technology to solve real challenges for some of the world’s leading brokers and insurers. By automating the repetitive and structuring the complex, we help our partners unlock new opportunities for innovation and growth.

You’ll be joining a collaborative team that values curiosity, ownership, and continuous learning. We work in an environment where ideas are heard, support is built‑in, and outcomes matter. Everyone here has the chance to make a tangible impact on our products, our customers, and the industry.

Our values

• Build high‑quality, robust features and supporting infrastructure that sets the standard for the rest of the engineering team
• Ask good questions, share knowledge, mentor and develop others in the team
• Continuously improve operations (think: Kaizen, Toyota Way)
• Spread skills across the team, discouraging knowledge silos
• Have the confidence needed to be ambitious and do what others can’t

About the role

• Design and evolve high‑performance, scalable software architectures that act as a force multiplier for engineering teams.
• Lead the breakdown and delivery of large, complex technical initiatives into clear, achievable milestones.
• Provide deep technical leadership across system architecture, raising the overall technical bar of the team.
• Act as a go‑to technical authority across multiple codebases, languages, and domains.
• Own the delivery of major projects end‑to‑end, driving progress, unblocking teams, and ensuring meaningful outcomes.
• Establish and improve engineering and organisational processes to solve recurring delivery and collaboration challenges.
• Support and develop engineers through coaching, performance management, and targeted growth plans.
• Model and promote clear communication, alignment, and effective cross‑team collaboration.

About you

• You build performant, evolutionary architectures grounded in best practices.
• You have strong system‑level technical understanding and enjoy helping others deepen theirs.
• You are highly proficient across multiple languages and codebases, including strong experience with Haskell.
• You write high‑quality, well‑tested code and use appropriate testing strategies (unit, property‑based, integration).
• You balance pragmatism with quality, acting decisively without over‑optimising for perfection.
• You inspire and retain teams, creating an environment where people are challenged and supported to grow.
• You think deeply about organisational dynamics and proactively improve processes and team health.
• You communicate complex ideas clearly and build alignment across teams and stakeholders.

We especially want to hear from you if you have

• Collaborative skills with an emphasis on product quality.
• Experience in insurtech, insurance or related industries.
• Strong problem‑solving skills.
• Experience in a distributed work environment.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Income protection insurance
• Life insurance of 4 × base salary
• On‑site gym and shower facilities
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Team social events and company parties
• Salary exchange on pension and nursery fees
• Access to Maji, the financial wellbeing platform
• Company stock options managed through Ledgy
• Milestone Birthday Bonus and a Life Events leave policy
• Generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus national holidays
• Home office and equipment allowance, and a company MacBook
• Learning allowance and leave to attend conferences or take exams
• YuLife employee benefits, including EAP and bereavement helplines
• For each new hire, we plant a tree through our partnership with Ecologi Action
• The best coffee machine in London, handmade in Italy and imported just for us!

We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to building a team that reflects the diverse communities around us. If there’s anything you need to make the hiring process more accessible, just let us know—we’re happy to make adjustments. You’re also welcome to share your preferred pronouns with us at any point.

Think you don’t meet every requirement? Please apply anyway. We value potential as much as experience, and we know that raw talent counts.

As part of our hiring process, we’ll carry out some background checks. These may include a criminal record check, reviewing your credit history, speaking with previous employers and confirming your academic qualifications.