Staff Product Engineer

Burns Sheehan; England; Hybrid; GBP 112,500 - 137,500; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology start-up in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to design and develop sustainable solutions. This role involves collaborating with a small, skilled team to innovate and improve product offerings. Candidates should have experience in building backend services and a passion for sustainability. The position is full-time and hybrid, requiring two days a week in London, with a competitive salary up to £125,000 and stock options.

Qualifications

• Passion for building sustainable, net-zero products.
• Experience in early-stage start-up environments.
• Ability to code backend services and front-end interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building new features to improve user experience.
• Enhancing tooling and infrastructure for scalability.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovation.
• Leading discussions on design and problem-solving.

Skills

Building sustainable products

Backend services/APIs

Frontend development

Product mindset

Collaboration

Tools

Typescript

Node

React

GraphQL

GCP

Job description

Senior Director - Engineering, Burns Sheehan

Up to £125,000 plus stock

London – Hybrid (2 days a week in the office)

Tech Stack: Typescript, Node, React, GraphQL & GCP

We are working with an amazing Carbon Neutral, B-Corp certified start‑up to find a Staff Product Engineer to join a small yet experienced engineering team. The company has received over $20m in funding in the last two years and as it reaches breakeven it is scaling its sustainable platform.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building new features to improve the lives of users.
• Improving tooling and infrastructure for scalability.
• Collaborating with cross‑functional teams to innovate.
• Leading design discussions to solve real‑world problems.

Qualifications

• Passion for building sustainable, net‑zero products.
• Comfortable with the ambiguity and challenge of an early‑stage start‑up.
• Experience building backend services/APIs; able to code both front‑end and infrastructure.
• Product mindset focused on customer benefit.
• Willing to release imperfect solutions.

This is an amazing opportunity to join an impressive start‑up as it scales its platform. Please apply or call Simon Evans for a chat.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology