Staff Product Engineer

Okto Search; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in London is seeking a Staff AI / Product Engineer to own and build product components in an innovative environment. The role involves leveraging AI tools, collaborating with teams, and delivering impactful features. Ideal candidates will have strong Python skills and experience in fast-paced tech startups.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-growth startups or fast-paced tech environments.
• Strong Python skills with a track record of shipping customer-facing features.
• Proficiency with AI coding assistance tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot.

Responsibilities

• Own core product components while balancing technical excellence with business impact.
• Collaborate with product and commercial teams to understand customer needs.
• Lead development of features solving complex customer challenges.

Skills

Python

AI coding tools

Communication

Problem-solving

Intellectual curiosity

Job description

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Owner & Talent Advisor @ Okto Search: Executive, Leadership and Key IC Search Agency; || CEO & Co-Founder in Stealth Mode

Product focused mindset AND technical prowess - an opportunity to truly own, build and ship a product entirely influenced by you!

This is a perfect sum-up for this Staff AI / Product Engineer role & the culture within the company.

Quick view details about the role:

Location: London

Hybrid working - 1 day / week in office

No Visa Sponsorship possible at this point

Company Size: Seed Stage with 7m funding and ample runway, more funding on its way.

Tech stack: Python, Fast API, GCP, AI coding tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot or Claude Code

What makes them awesome?

The product - an AI driven workspace, purpose built LLMs to be incredibly accurate and able to influence business decisions. The product is already far more accurate than OpenAI / Gemini / Salesforce or others within their space.

The leadership - highly experienced leaders with 17+ years in the tech scene, extremely passionate about harnessing AI's power to build truly impactful products & solutions.

The people - a senior team that's highly experienced and knowledgeable, each bringing an edge in their field & their roles. Together, they truly believe in team effort, recognising each other's values and excited about what each can do. It is a truly inspirational envrionment allowing people to focus on what they do best.

Their way of working has been defined by this approach: no daily stand-ups - just meaningful weekly syncs, ad-hoc collaboration when needed and lots of well documented journeys.

What do they believe in?

• Product-Minded Engineering: Understanding the "why" behind features and using technical
• expertise to inform product decisions
• Intellectual Honesty: Backing discussions with data and acknowledging knowledge gaps
• Effective Time Management: Setting clear time boxes and abandoning approaches that aren't working
• Clear Communication: Writing self-documenting code and providing detailed explanations
• Innovation Mindset: Forming well-reasoned opinions backed by data and continuously learning
• Personal Growth: Supporting your development through challenging work and opportunities to expand your expertise

What does a Staff Product Engineer do here on a day to day:

• Think like a Product Manager: Own core product components while balancing technical excellence with business impact (they do NOT have a PM in the team so part of this responsibility is yours).
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex features from initial concept to production deployment and customer adoption
• Collaborate with product and commercial teams to understand customer needs and translate them into robust technical solutions
• Leverage AI coding tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code to accelerate development workflows
• Lead development of features solving our customers' most complex challenges:
• Advanced data extraction systems for processing property leases at scale
• Sophisticated workflow automation for analysing planning documents and drafting advice
• Multi-step agentic content generation for creating market research reports
• Implement data privacy and security by design
• Invest in your own growth by taking on ambitious technical challenges and expanding your expertise
• Apply our engineering philosophy: intellectual honesty, effective time management, clear communication, and innovation

What you'll need:

• Experience in high-growth startups or fast-paced tech environments
• Track record building software in organizations with excellent engineering practices
• History of owning end-to-end product development, from definition to delivery and customer adoption
• Strong Python skills with a track record of shipping customer-facing features on critical paths
• Experience building and maintaining high-quality APIs and integrations
• Proficiency with AI coding assistance tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code)
• Intellectual curiosity and honesty—digging deep into problems and sharing findings openly
• Proven ability to make technical decisions that balance immediate user needs with long-term architecture
• Exceptional communication abilities for explaining complex concepts to diverse audiences
• Ambition and resilience—we're a seed-stage company tackling ambitious challenges
• Commercial awareness—delivering continuous value to customers is essential
• Passion for personal growth and continuous learning

If this sounds like a role for you, I would love to have a chat!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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