Housing | Product Engineer - Web

ZURU; Milano; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy

Job summary

ZURU is reimagining play and is seeking a product-driven web engineer to own our websites and web apps in Italy. You will build static sites and robust web apps using React and Node.js, collaborating with product designers to turn ideas into well-engineered solutions.

Join a fast-moving environment with a hybrid work model. You will maintain code quality, prototype new ideas, and review AI-generated code to ensure excellence across our digital products.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with React and TypeScript.
• Experience building static websites and performant web apps (Next.js).
• Working experience with Node.js backends and REST/API integration.
• Ability to read, understand and maintain codebases you did not write.
• Strong product sense and a collaborative attitude towards design.
• Daily, fluent use of AI coding tools and the judgement to review their output critically.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain ZURU's product websites and web applications with React.
• Work on the Node.js backend: extend, maintain and keep healthy.
• Take ownership of existing web codebases and keep them maintainable.
• Partner with product designers: translate designs into production and assess feasibility.
• Rapidly prototype ideas and push successful ones to production.
• Review and quality-gate web code, including AI-generated code.

Skills

React & TypeScript

Next.js

Node.js

REST APIs

Codebase ownership

AI coding tools

Collaboration with product/design

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

About ZURU

ZURU is a reimagination company. We look for categories that have stood still, then we build next-generation products and brands that set the new standard. ZURU Toys is reimagining play. ZURU Edge is reinventing everyday consumer brands. Rhodes Pet Science is reimagining pet science. ZURU Tech is leading the next building revolution.

ZURU started in 2003 with two brothers from New Zealand, and we're still founder-owned and operated today. Since then we've become the world's second-biggest privately held toy company, and nearly half of all Gen Y and Gen Z households with kids in the US own a ZURU product. Today we're 5,000 people in 34 offices, selling into more than 150 markets, backed by over 100 acres of fully automated manufacturing. And we're only getting started.

Roles and Responsibilities

We are looking for a product-driven web engineer to own our websites and web apps in Italy. You will build and maintain static websites and web applications using React and Node.js, working side by side with our product designers to turn their ideas into robust, well-engineered products, and giving them the technical confidence they need when judging how things should be built.

You will

• Build and maintain ZURU's product websites (including static / marketing sites) and web applications with React.
• Work on the Node.js backend: extend it, maintain it and keep it healthy.
• Take ownership of existing web codebases, improve their quality and keep them maintainable over time.
• Partner with product designers: translate designs into production, advise on technical feasibility and help them make sound decisions.
• Rapidly prototype new ideas and bring the successful ones to production.
• Review and quality-gate web code, including code produced with AI coding agents.

Must have

• Strong, hands-on experience with React and its ecosystem (TypeScript, modern build tooling, state management, routing).
• Experience building static websites and performant web apps (e.g. Next.js or similar, SEO, accessibility, performance).
• Working experience with Node.js backends and REST/API integration.
• Ability to read, understand and maintain codebases you did not write.
• Strong product sense and a collaborative attitude towards design.
• Daily, fluent use of AI coding tools and the judgement to review their output critically.

Nice to have

• Exposure to mobile or native development (e.g. React Native), so you can contribute there if needed.
• Experience working closely with designers or in a design-led team.
• Startup experience or having shipped your own web products.
• CI/CD, hosting and deployment experience for web projects

Who thrives at ZURU

This isn't a 9-to-5. We move fast, think big, and set goals most companies would call impossible, then go after them. The people who thrive here are entrepreneurs at heart. They own their work, chase bold ideas, and never stop raising the bar.

At ZURU, you drive your career, and we give you the platform to take it as far as you can. There are opportunities here that you won’t find anywhere else, and you'll be surrounded by talented people who make things happen. We're a true meritocracy: we reward impact, not tenure.

Contract: CCNL Commercio e servizi

Full-time - Permanent

Work mode: Hybrid policy

How we work

Big ideas happen when great people work side by side, so we're office-first by design. Being together means faster collaboration, sharper decisions and stronger teams, and it's where the real learning happens. Some flexibility may be available depending on the role, location and business needs. At ZURU Tech, we have a hybrid work policy.

Want to see what life at ZURU really looks like? Follow @LifeatZURU on Instagram or visit www.zuru.com.

ZURU – Reimagining tomorrow

The data collected will be processed in compliance with EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) and Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003, exclusively for the purpose of personnel selection.

The company is committed to ensuring equal opportunities and non-discrimination based on sex, race, language, religion, political opinions, or personal and social conditions. This announcement is open to all candidates, men and women, without any form of discrimination.

ZURU may use AI tools to help screen, assess or select applicants.