Senior Product Engineer (Remote)

The opportunity at Beam We’re looking for Senior (and above) software engineers with a product‑mindset to join our product teams to help build the future of Beam with the right technologies. It’s a passionate and growing team (doubled in size in 2024) and values autonomy, empowerment and bias‑to‑action. We want engineers who want to take responsibility for the product they are building and take part in every part of the product creation. We’re solving some hard problems that aren’t just technical, and value people who want to solve them with us. What you’ll be doing Help build our technology for the future - be it infrastructure or front‑end. We value generalists Work with product, design, commercial and analytics to figure out what new features to build within our product Building internal tools - for our team to help as many people as efficiently as possible Using the latest generative AI tooling to empower our caseworkers to focus on what matters, helping those in need Get deep into the power of the LLMs that exist and figure out ideal optimisations across our systems with them Why is this exciting? Our MagicNotes product is already used by thousands of case workers per day - you will have an opportunity to figure out the future of it or you’ll be designing and defining the future of our BeamForce product You will have a high degree of autonomy working with other exceptional and like minded engineers and product people You will see your features used by people who really need them - and see the amazing 5‑star feedback we get in return for building these critical features Who we’re looking for breadth of experience across infrastructure, backend and frontend technology stacks We use the latest Ruby on Rails, Typescript, and PostgreSQL running on GCP React + Typescript on the client backed by our shadcn design system OpenAI & Claude for LLM interfacing We are not wedded to them and will rapidly evolve over the next 3‑6 months with the right technologies Has worked in complex software systems - both front‑end and back‑end and understands the importance of good data structures, a scalable architecture and constantly evolving tech stack You care about the “right tool for the right job” and pick the pragmatic options when building software Enjoys working in cross functional teams - PMs, UX, Designers and Data You have a product mindset: you care about customer outcomes and you want to make data‑informed decisions You have an entrepreneurial, get‑things‑done attitude You'll contribute to fostering a culture of psychological safety, inclusivity, collaboration and continuous improvement within the team through participation in retrospectives and feedback You're passionate about social mobility We’re committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion through our work as an organisation, and that starts with the team we build. 53% of the people we support are from ethnic minority backgrounds and 17% have disabilities. We believe we serve these people best when we’re a diverse and inclusive team. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority candidates and/or those who’ve experienced social disadvantage.

Perks Generous EMI‑qualifying share options Access to therapy, coaching, classes & content - powered by Oliva Your own financial well‑being coach, through Bippit Generous Holiday – 25 days with 3 additional days over the Christmas period + bank holidays Work remotely up to 6 weeks a year Eligible for a 6‑week sabbatical after 3 years in service Nursery scheme through Gogeta Healthcare cover through Benenden Health Enhanced parental leave: Primary Caregiver leave 18 weeks and Secondary Caregiver leave 4 weeks £200 WellBeam budget for activities enhancing wellbeing and professional development Annual membership to Shoreditch Exchange gym (London office only) Pension scheme where we contribute 3% of your salary and you contribute 5%. Free subscription to the Calm meditation app Discounted bike and accessories with Cyclescheme, and tech products with Techscheme #J-18808-Ljbffr