(Senior) Product Engineer (Backend)

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential SaaS organization seeking a backend-focused Product Engineer to join their UK-based team. This role offers the opportunity to build reliable, scalable products that directly impact frontline employees. You'll work within a cross-functional product squad, taking ownership from user problem discovery through to measuring feature impact. The position emphasizes end-to-end ownership, AI-enabled development, and continuous learning in a remote-first environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain reliable, scalable backend services and product features using Kotlin or Java and modern web frameworks
• Take ownership of features from initial user problem discovery through development, rollout, and impact evaluation
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate user needs into high-quality shipped experiences
• Contribute beyond backend when needed, including web, mobile, infrastructure, and other parts of the product stack
• Use AI coding assistants to navigate unfamiliar codebases, accelerate development, and deliver well-structured changes outside your primary specialization
• Explore user problems through prototypes, instrumentation, experimentation, and collaboration with product or customer-facing teams
• Help evolve engineering practices toward more end-to-end, product-minded ownership and AI-enabled development
• Contribute to reliable deployment and infrastructure practices, with opportunities to work with Kubernetes, Helm, messaging systems, and related technologies

What We're Looking For

• Professional experience in backend software engineering, with strong foundation in Kotlin or Java and experience with frameworks such as Micronaut or Spring
• Experience developing SaaS products, ideally within an Agile and cross-functional product environment
• Backend specialization combined with willingness and ability to contribute to frontend, mobile, infrastructure, or other areas when required
• Familiarity with AI-powered coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar tools, or strong willingness to incorporate them into your workflow
• Strong product mindset and ownership mentality, focused on understanding user problems and delivering measurable outcomes
• Ability to work effectively with product managers, designers, engineers, and other stakeholders
• Strong curiosity, adaptability, engineering judgment, and willingness to learn new technologies
• Experience working with designers, mockups, or prototypes is a plus
• Experience with instrumentation, experimentation, A/B testing, Grafana, or Mixpanel is a plus
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and Helm is a plus
• Experience with PostgreSQL and messaging systems such as RabbitMQ or Apache Kafka is a plus
• Candidates at different experience levels are welcome, including engineers early in their careers who have gained relevant experience alongside their studies

Benefits

• Remote-first working model with flexibility to work from home
• Opportunities for occasional in-person collaboration through team events, workshops, and meetings, with advance notice
• Flexibility to work remotely from other locations within the European Union
• E-Gym-Wellpass membership covered by the employer
• Job bike leasing
• Relaxed, collaborative environment with highly motivated colleagues
• Strong opportunity to shape products and contribute directly to organizational growth
• Regular team events and culture days focused on collaboration and connection
• Supportive environment encouraging continuous technical and product development

How We Work With You

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai partners with you throughout the process. You'll apply through our platform at getajob.ai, where one of our recruiters will screen your application and discuss the opportunity with you. We then submit qualified candidates to our client for their review and interview process. Please do not contact the client directly, as all communication is managed through Get A Job.ai to ensure a smooth and professional experience for everyone involved.

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