Product Engineer

uhomes.com; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

uhomes is seeking a Product Engineer to drive Global Consumer Growth & AI from London or Manchester, blending hands-on full-stack development with strong product judgment to build intuitive experiences for international students.

You will own features from understanding user needs through implementation, launch, and iteration, focusing on onboarding, activation, engagement, retention, and conversion. Join a fast-growing global tech company shaping the future of global student living.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on software development experience, able to ship features end-to-end across the stack.
• Demonstrated product ownership—helped decide what to build, why it matters, and how to measure success.
• Experience building consumer-facing web or mobile products.

Responsibilities

• Understand user problems through conversations, feedback, and usage data.
• Turn ideas into clear user flows, requirements, and MVPs.
• Build end-to-end features across frontend, backend, APIs, and databases.
• Create smooth consumer experiences, with onboarding, interaction details, responsiveness, and performance.
• Prioritize improvements based on user value, business impact, and engineering effort.
• Track how features affect activation, engagement, retention, and conversion.
• Iterate after launch while maintaining code quality and reliability.

Skills

Full‑stack development

Product ownership

Consumer web/mobile

Frontend framework

Backend language/framework

APIs & databases

UX & usability

Independent work

Clear communication

Job description

uhomes is a leading global student housing platform, helping international students discover, book, and manage their overseas living experience.

With a global team across the UK, US, China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, and South Korea, uhomes is building the next-generation AI-powered global student living platform.

We are looking for a Product Engineer - Global Consumer Growth & AI to join our team in London or Manchester and help shape the future of global student living.

You’ll combine hands‑on full-stack development with product judgment to create experiences users find intuitive, useful, and worth returning to.

You’ll own features from understanding user needs and shaping solutions through implementation, launch, and iteration.

Responsibilities

• Understand user problems through conversations, feedback, and usage data.
• Turn ideas into clear user flows, practical requirements, and focused MVPs.
• Build end-to-end features across frontend, backend, APIs, and databases.
• Create smooth consumer experiences, with attention to onboarding, interaction details, responsiveness, and performance.
• Prioritize improvements based on user value, business impact, and engineering effort.
• Track how features affect activation, engagement, retention, and conversion.
• Iterate after launch while maintaining code quality and reliability.

What We’re Looking For

• 2+ years of hands‑on software development experience, with the ability to ship features across the full stack.
• Demonstrated product ownership - you’ve helped decide what to build, why it matters, and how to measure success.
• Experience building consumer-facing web or mobile products.
• Proficiency in a modern frontend framework and at least one backend language or framework.
• Solid understanding of databases, API design, testing, and deployment.
• Strong product sense and attention to UX, visual details, and usability.
• Ability to balance delivery speed, technical quality, and user needs.
• Clear communication and the ability to move work forward independently.

Nice to Have

• Experience taking a consumer product from idea to launch.
• Experience improving onboarding, retention, or conversion through experiments.
• Familiarity with product analytics, user research, and A/B testing.
• Experience building AI-powered consumer features.
• A personal product or side project with real users.

Why Join uhomes?

• Build products used by international students worldwide.
• Work on AI-driven consumer experiences.
• Join a fast-growing global technology company with international exposure.
• Collaborate with teams across Europe, North America, and Asia.
• Take ownership of products and features that directly impact our global users.
• Apply your engineering and product skills to solve real-world challenges in the global student housing market.
• Help us build the future of global student living.