Staff Software Engineer

Howrecruit; Greater London; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real ownership from day one

Flat hierarchy and low bureaucracy

AI at the core of the business

Small, talented engineering teams

Remote-first across Europe & Canada

Founders with a strong track record

Job summary

Howrecruit is seeking a deeply hands-on Staff Engineer to stay close to the code within a fast-moving, AI-native analytics platform company. You’ll influence technical direction and shape architecture in small autonomous teams delivering weekly product updates across analytics and tooling.

The role requires staying in the weeds technically while thriving in a startup environment, delivering high-quality craft and UX, and owning ownership with autonomy in a remote-first setup across Europe &

Qualifications

• Loves staying hands-on with code in a senior, non-manager role.
• Thrives in fast-moving startup environments.
• Cares about craft and delivering quality UX.
• Works at an AI-native company.
• Enjoys ownership, ambiguity and autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Influence technical direction
• Help shape architecture and engineering strategy
• Solve hard product and systems problems

Skills

Hands-on coding

Startup experience

Craft & UX

AI-native company

Ownership & autonomy

Job description

This role is for engineers who are genuinely senior technically but still want to stay close to the code. Not managers pretending to be engineers. Not architects living in diagrams. Not “strategy-only” Staff Engineers. This is a deeply hands-on Staff Engineer role inside a very flat, AI-native product company. We’re partnering with a fast-growing company building an AI-driven analytics platform used by some of the world’s leading e-commerce brands. They’ve already analysed over $14B in media spend and are now scaling the next phase of the platform. The engineering culture is high-bar, fast-moving, and extremely product-focused. This is not a ticket factory role.

About the Role

You’ll work in small autonomous teams shipping product every week across:

• Analytics
• Creative tooling

Responsibilities

• Influence technical direction
• Help shape architecture and engineering strategy
• Solve hard product and systems problems

Qualifications

This is a Staff role where 90% of your time is still spent building.

Required Skills

• Still enjoy being in the weeds technically
• Thrive in fast-moving startup environments
• Care deeply about craft and user experience
• Want to work at a genuinely AI-native company
• Enjoy ownership, ambiguity and autonomy

Preferred Skills

The stack matters less than engineering quality. They care far more about strong engineers than specific frameworks.

Pay range and compensation package

Benefits

• Real ownership from day one
• Flat hierarchy and low bureaucracy
• AI at the core of the business
• Small, talented engineering teams
• Remote-first across Europe & Canada
• Founders with a strong track record

Interested? Send me:

• Your CV
• Your LinkedIn profile + a short note

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