Senior Product Engineer (Remote) in London

At Beam, you get to do work that matters for the world. We are solving the world’s toughest social problems with an incredible team, tech and AI. Join a company at the forefront of social impact, driving first-of-its-kind positive change. You will be part of a high-performance culture where you will make a huge impact, rapidly progress your career, and truly enjoy your work.

We are 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 and values autonomy, empowerment and bias-to-action.

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.

Who we’re looking for:

• Breadth of experience across infrastructure, backend and frontend technology stacks.
• 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.

Application process:

• 30 mins with our Talent team.
• 45 minute Interview with Ben, our VP Engineering.
• 1.5 hour technical test with one of Beam's senior engineers.
• 1 hour product and cultural interview with one of Beam's product managers and a member of the engineering/design team.

About Beam:

Our team of 200+ embraces a hybrid working approach, enjoying 2-3 days of vibrant collaboration in our beautiful Shoreditch co-working space. We’ve picked up an armful of awards for our work, including one from our former Queen. We’ve also been named by WIRED as one of London’s 10 hottest startups and by LinkedIn as a Top 15 UK Startup.

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.

Reasonable adjustments:

Beam is committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and supportive work environment for all employees. This policy extends to our hiring practices. We recognise that some candidates may need additional support during their hiring process to give them the best chance of being a success. To ensure that all candidates have an equitable opportunity during their process, we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments where required.