Product Builder UK

PayFit Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility to work remotely in the UK

Learning & Development

Career progression

Private medical insurance

Meals: Deliveroo credit

Transport stipend

Home office budget

Parental leave support

25 days paid holidays

Job summary

PayFit Ltd. in London is seeking a Product Builder to shape, enhance, and evolve our UK product offering. You will understand customer needs, craft intuitive experiences, and technically build features that fuel growth.

The role emphasizes product development and design, with collaboration across local UK teams and international colleagues. A hands-on, growth-oriented candidate with UX passion will thrive here.

Qualifications

• Engineering background with a technical degree (CS or similar).
• 1+ year experience in a product-technical role.
• Interest in product mgmt, design and development, aiming to grow into Product Owner.
• Passion for building apps with strong UX.
• Strong problem-solving, logical thinking and curiosity.
• Positive, entrepreneurial, collaborative attitude.
• Fluent in English; Spanish a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve the UK product using JetLang low-code platform.
• Design intuitive user experiences for PayFit's UK users.
• Update product in line with UK payroll regulations.
• Maintain and troubleshoot the platform by managing numerous variables.
• Clean and optimize codebase for technical transformation.
• Collaborate with designers and engineers on solutions.
• Work with UK and international teams including CS, Onboarding, Sales, and Marketing.

Skills

Engineering background

Product tech experience

Product management interest

Great UX mindset

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Positive attitude

Humble attitude

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS or similar

Tools

JetLang

Job description

Get to know us

Do you want to help us shape what the future of work will look like and how it will best embrace our life's aspirations? If this sounds like a journey you want to embark on, we may have the right role for you! PayFit is an intuitive cloud-based payroll and employee management solution designed specifically for SMBs. Since 2015, we have set ourselves a mission to simplify payroll for SMBs and enable employers and employees to grow together. We are a European company operating from 3 main countries (France, Spain, and the UK) where we are supporting over 20,000 clients.

Creating a fulfilling work environment and culture is also a core mission at PayFit, and our day-to-day work philosophy is reflected in our four values:

Care:We genuinely care for others whoever they are, whatever they think.

Excellence:We aim to improve and achieve better results every day.

Humility:Staying humble and exchanging transparent feedback helps us to grow and improve.

Passion:We are the architects of PayFit's success.

A key part of our culture, and essential for our success, is also improving the diversity of our teams and building an inclusive culture where you can be yourself at work.

This is why our recruitment focuses on the skills you demonstrate, and not only on your academic background or previous professional experiences. At PayFit we understand that you can gain applicable skills through a variety of life experiences and we are interested in knowing them, too.

Location : The position is based in London, with some flexibility to work a few days a week remotely.

Position Overview : Are you passionate about building products that drive real impact? As a Product Builder, you'll be at the forefront of shaping, enhancing, and evolving our product offering for the UK market. You'll play a key role in understanding customer needs, crafting intuitive user experiences, and technically building features that fuel our growth. If you're a problem-solver with a passion for product development and design, this is your chance to make a real difference.

Key responsibilities:

• Product Development : Build and develop the product for our users in the UK with our low-code platform (JetLang);
• Draw the most efficient and intuitive user experience possible for our customers;
• Update the product according to the evolution of UK payroll law;
• Technical Responsibilities: Maintain and troubleshoot the existing platform by managing the links between the thousands of variables that make up the intelligence of the system;
• Clean, optimize, and revamp the current codebase to contribute to our technical transformation.
• Collaboration Design solutions (prototypes and architecture), by working closely with product designers and engineers;
• Work in collaboration with the local UK teams: Customer Success, Onboarding, Sales, and Marketing; and the international teams.

This role is for you if (Must-have skills) :

• You have an engineering background and diploma: bachelor's/master's degree in Computer Science or a similar technical field of study ;
• You have at least 1 year of experience in a product technical role ;
• You have an enthusiasm for product management, design and development, and would like to grow progressively into a hands-on Product Owner ;
• You have a passion for building apps with a great UX for customers ;
• You have enthusiasm for problem-solving, logic and developing smart solutions ;
• You have a positive attitude: highly-motivated, with an ability to be entrepreneurial, creative and intellectually curious ;
• You have a humble attitude: you love working in teams and constantly learning
• You speak fluent English (Spanish is a plus)

If you think you would be a good fit even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements, we would love to hear from you!

Your future team:

You will be building our platform alongside 1 Product Lead and the other Product Builders in the team. You will also work in collaboration with the local UK teams: Customer Success, Onboarding, Sales, and Marketing, and the international teams.

Interview process :

• 1. First, you will meet a Talent Acquisition Specialist for a discovery call (30min) Next step, you will be sent a low-code preliminary test to be taken online (1h)
• 2. You will have a meeting with our Product Lead, Mina (45 min)
• 3. You will go through a technical challenge with one of the team members (1.5 hr)
• 4. Final step - Meeting with the Head of Product, Carolina (30 min)

Background Check (ISO27001 certification): identity, diploma, and past professional experiences will be checked after the offer.

What we offer

• Flexibility: We believe it is key to producing your best work and being fulfilled. We therefore offer the possibility to live and/or work away from our main offices, within the UK; as well as abroad for a defined period. Further requirements may apply depending on the role and your overall experience.
• Learning & Development: At PayFit, we offer a comprehensive learning platform that enables you to acquire new skills daily, supported by our company.
• Career Development: We want you to progress and be free to choose which direction you want to grow. There are also opportunities for internal moves.
• Health promotion: Private medical insurance with Vitality, with various options.
• Meals: Weekly Deliveroo credit to spend on meals of your choice. Fortnightly fruit and vegetable packages delivered to your house (to help you get your 5 a day!) thanks to a partnership with Oddbox.
• Public transportation: 50% of your travel cost to the office up to £100 a month is covered by us.
• Home office budget: Yearly work from home budget to help you get set up in the best conditions. A MacBook as our standard working tool.
• Parental support program: 16 weeks of maternity leave supported by PayFit at 100% and 4 additional weeks of leave for the co-parent at 100%.
• Time off: 25 days of paid holidays per year in addition to public holidays.

Disability Inclusion: All of our positions are open to any person living with a disability. To guarantee equal treatment and opportunities, we will take, based on individual needs, appropriate measures to adapt the work conditions of PayFiters with disabilities, and if needed also during the recruitment process. Please let us know what you need and we will do our best to accommodate!