Product Engineer

Job Title: Product Engineer

Location: Cardiff, UK — Hybrid (1 day/week in-office)

Employment Type: Full-time / Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking a Product Engineer to join our engineering team. This is a hybrid role requiring 1 day per week on-site in our Cardiff office, offering a balance of collaborative in-person working and remote flexibility.

In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders, product owners, and fellow engineers to solve complex business challenges and build high-quality digital products used by thousands of learners and instructors across the UK.

You won't just write code, you will take true ownership of features from discovery and design through implementation, deployment, and production support.

A Note on Our Tech Stack & AI: Our core ecosystem includes TypeScript, React, Node.js, GraphQL, Flutter, and AWS. However, we hire for problem-solving, strong engineering judgment, and adaptability over specific tech stack mastery. We actively embrace AI-assisted software development and expect our engineers to leverage these tools responsibly to boost productivity while taking complete accountability for quality, security, and maintainability.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Feature Ownership: Take full accountability for features from initial discovery, requirements gathering, and technical design through to production deployment and support.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Translate complex business challenges and requirements into scalable, practical, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Software Excellence: Deliver clean, high-quality software that balances delivery speed, customer value, and long-term operational stability.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product owners, designers, testers, and business leaders in an Agile environment.
• AI & Engineering Evolution: Champion modern software development practices and help mature AI-assisted engineering workflows within the team.
• Continuous Improvement: Actively contribute to improving products, team tooling, code quality standards, and your own professional growth.

What We Are Looking For

Core Capabilities & Working Style

• Workplace Flexibility: Ability to commute to our Cardiff office at least 1 day per week.
• Pragmatic Problem Solver: Ability to challenge assumptions, offer creative technical options, and balance speed-to-market with long-term architectural stability.
• Strong Communicator: Ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders clearly and effectively.
• AI-Assisted Workflow Mindset: Proven experience or strong interest in using AI development tools responsibly to accelerate delivery without sacrificing code quality or security.
• Ownership & Accountability: A proactive approach to taking full responsibility for the quality, security, and impact of what you deliver.

Technical Requirements

• Experience building modern web applications using contemporary frameworks.
• Solid experience designing and building REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Practical knowledge of relational (SQL) or NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and modern deployment practices.
• Proficiency with Git, code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.

Desirable Tech & Skills (Nice-to-Have)

• Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Node.js, Flutter / React Native.
• APIs & Data: GraphQL (Apollo), SQL Server, database design.
• Cloud & DevOps: AWS (Lambda, SQS, CloudFormation), Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Testing: Automated testing frameworks like Jest.
• Agile: Prior experience in cross-functional Agile product teams.