Staff Product Engineer

hyperexponential

. Take customer problems from discovery to production inside a pod, engaging directly with customers .

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and shipping production systems end-to-end, with a strong focus on testing, observability, and maintaining high-quality standards. Capable of leading technical direction and collaborating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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Production Systems DevelopmentStrong Systems ExperienceAI Tools UtilizationTechnical Direction SettingCross-Cutting Work Leadership

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Hard Skills

RustC/C++PythonTesting DesignObservabilityEnd-to-End DevelopmentPolyglot Environment ExperienceAI ImplementationCodebase IntegrationComplex Behaviour Analysis

Soft Skills

AccountabilityDecision-MakingCollaborationAdaptabilityCommunication

Industry Keywords

Production SystemsCustomer EngagementIncremental DeliveryTechnical DirectionStakeholder Interaction

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonRustC++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Take customer problems from discovery to production inside a pod, engaging directly with customers
Frame problems and ship in small increments based on real customer feedback
Direct AI agents to draft implementation, tests, and migrations
Review, integrate, and harden AI-generated work while owning correctness and maintainability
Design and deliver robust production systems with appropriate tests and observability
Work across the codebase wherever the problem leads, including front end, back end, data, and infrastructure
Move between pods, problems, and streams as priorities change
Ramp quickly on unfamiliar domains and codebases
Take accountability for outcomes, raise risks early, and make decisions
Set technical direction and lead cross-cutting or decoupling work at Level 4

Requirements

What you’ll need

Built and shipped production systems end-to-end, from design through rollout, monitoring, and iteration
Designed testing and observability for complex behaviour
Worked effectively in a polyglot environment and picked up unfamiliar languages, domains, and codebases quickly
Strong systems experience, for example in Rust, C/C++, or Python, valued
Shipped work outside your strongest layer of the stack, including front end, data, or infrastructure
Used AI tools as a serious part of how you build, with judgement to direct, review, and stand behind their output
Applied product and design judgement to engineering work and made sensible decisions under ambiguity
Owned outcomes beyond immediate tasks and made decisions rather than escalating
At Level 4: set technical direction on a hard problem; held a quality bar across others' work; led cross-cutting or decoupling work adopted by teams
Comfortable working directly with non-technical stakeholders
Willing to work from the office 2–3 days per week as part of a hybrid working model
Legal right to work in the country where the role is based

Benefits

Comp & perks

£5,000 training and conference budget for individual and group development
25 days of holiday plus 8 bank holidays (33 days total)
Company pension scheme via Penfold
Mental health support and therapy via Spectrum.life
Individual wellbeing allowance via Juno
Private healthcare insurance through AXA
Income protection and Life Insurance
Cycle to Work Scheme
Top-spec equipment (laptop, screens, adjustable desks, etc.)
Regular remote and in-person hackathons, lunch and learns, socials, and game nights
Team breakfasts and lunches, snacks, drinks fridge, and a fun office at The Ministry
Exceptional opportunities for personal development and growth