Fullstack Product Engineer
- london, england, United Kingdom
- Job type not listed
- Full time
- £63 - £76 Per Annum
Job Description
Description We are expanding our engineering team to boost our development capacity and take our product to the next level. As a Fullstack Product Engineer, you'll play a hands‑on role in building high‑quality features across our platform, contributing to technical decisions, and helping us deliver a product that's efficient, robust, and a delight for thousands of customers to use.
Department: Tech - Engineering
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Zinc - London
Compensation: £63,000 - £76,000 / year
Description We are expanding our engineering team to boost our development capacity and take our product to the next level. As a Fullstack Product Engineer, you'll play a hands‑on role in building high‑quality features across our platform, contributing to technical decisions, and helping us deliver a product that's efficient, robust, and a delight for thousands of customers to use.
Key Responsibilities
- Building powerful features – Design and deliver high‑impact solutions that are clean, scalable, and built to last, delighting thousands of customers.
- Contributing to the big picture – Collaborate with Product, Design, and the wider engineering team to understand what we're building and why, and bring thoughtful input to technical decisions.
- Keeping things running smoothly – Help maintain, optimise, and secure our systems so they perform at their best, even at scale.
- Problem‑solving like a pro – Tackle tricky technical challenges with support from the team, building your ability to turn complex problems into elegant, maintainable solutions.
- Growing and sharing – Learn from senior engineers around you, share what you know, and contribute to a team culture of continuous improvement.
- Staying ahead of the game – Keep up with new tools, trends, and best practices, and bring fresh ideas to how we evolve our stack and processes.
- Owning your work end‑to‑end – Take responsibility for features from initial idea to production, making sure every detail delivers value to users.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Hard Skills
- Full Stack Development – Solid working experience with Node.js (Express/Nest.js) and modern frontend frameworks like Vue/Nuxt or React/Next, building reliable experiences end‑to‑end.
- TypeScript & JavaScript – Good hands‑on experience delivering production applications using modern JS/TS practices, with a desire to deepen your expertise.
- System Design – An understanding of how to build scalable, maintainable systems, and an eagerness to develop stronger architectural instincts over time.
- Database & Cloud – Working familiarity with MongoDB and AWS services (Lambda, S3, API Gateway), comfortable building and shipping cloud‑native features.
- DevOps & CI/CD – Some experience with deployment pipelines and automated processes, with appetite to grow your infrastructure skills.
- Testing & Quality Assurance – Comfortable writing tests using tools like Jest and Cypress to ship with confidence.
Soft Skills
- Highly Collaborative – Works well in cross‑functional teams alongside engineers, designers, and product, and actively contributes to a positive team dynamic.
- Product‑Minded – Thinks beyond the code, staying curious about how features improve the user experience and serve broader business goals.
- Clear Communicator – Can explain technical thinking clearly, ask good questions, and engage constructively with feedback.
- Kind & Supportive – Contributes to a respectful, inclusive team culture and brings a collaborative, humble attitude to their work.
What we offer
Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring
- 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off
- £1200 annual benefits allowance (ThanksBen, from month 2)
- Early finish Fridays (16:00)
- Yearly company retreat abroad
- 30 days to Work from anywhere
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory)
- Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
- Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
- Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching
- Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches
- Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)
- Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme
- Celebrated Zinc anniversaries