Staff Product Engineer (London Area)

Product focused mindset AND technical prowess - an opportunity to truly own, build and ship a product entirely influenced by you!

This is a perfect sum-up for this Staff AI / Product Engineer role & the culture within the company.

Quick view details about the role:

Location: London

Hybrid working - 1 day / week in office

Salary: £120-140k base + Equity

No Visa Sponsorship possible at this point

Company Size: Seed Stage with 7m funding and ample runway, more funding on its way.

Team size: 22 employees in total - 8 in engineering & research

Tech stack: Python, Fast API, GCP, AI coding tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot or Claude Code

What makes them awesome?

The product - an AI driven workspace, purpose built LLMs to be incredibly accurate and able to influence business decisions. The product is already far more accurate than OpenAI / Gemini / Salesforce or others within their space.

The leadership - highly experienced leaders with 17+ years in the tech scene, extremely passionate about harnessing AI's power to build truly impactful products & solutions.

The people - a senior team that's highly experienced and knowledgeable, each bringing an edge in their field & their roles. Together, they truly believe in team effort, recognising each other's values and excited about what each can do. It is a truly inspirational envrionment allowing people to focus on what they do best.

Their way of working has been defined by this approach: no daily stand-ups - just meaningful weekly syncs, ad-hoc collaboration when needed and lots of well documented journeys.

What do they believe in?

  • Product-Minded Engineering: Understanding the why behind features and using technical
  • expertise to inform product decisions
  • Intellectual Honesty: Backing discussions with data and acknowledging knowledge gaps
  • Effective Time Management: Setting clear time boxes and abandoning approaches that aren't working
  • Clear Communication: Writing self-documenting code and providing detailed explanations
  • Innovation Mindset: Forming well-reasoned opinions backed by data and continuously learning
  • Personal Growth: Supporting your development through challenging work and opportunities to expand your expertise

What does a Staff Product Engineer do here on a day to day:

  • Think like a Product Manager: Own core product components while balancing technical excellence with business impact (they do NOT have a PM in the team so part of this responsibility is yours).
  • Own end-to-end delivery of complex features from initial concept to production deployment and customer adoption
  • Collaborate with product and commercial teams to understand customer needs and translate them into robust technical solutions
  • Leverage AI coding tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code to accelerate development workflows
  • Lead development of features solving our customers' most complex challenges:
  • Advanced data extraction systems for processing property leases at scale
  • Sophisticated workflow automation for analysing planning documents and drafting advice
  • Multi-step agentic content generation for creating market research reports
  • Implement data privacy and security by design
  • Invest in your own growth by taking on ambitious technical challenges and expanding your expertise
  • Apply our engineering philosophy: intellectual honesty, effective time management, clear communication, and innovation

What you'll need:

  • Experience in high-growth startups or fast-paced tech environments
  • Track record building software in organizations with excellent engineering practices
  • History of owning end-to-end product development, from definition to delivery and customer adoption
  • Strong Python skills with a track record of shipping customer-facing features on critical paths
  • Experience building and maintaining high-quality APIs and integrations
  • Proficiency with AI coding assistance tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code)
  • Intellectual curiosity and honesty—digging deep into problems and sharing findings openly
  • Proven ability to make technical decisions that balance immediate user needs with long-term architecture
  • Exceptional communication abilities for explaining complex concepts to diverse audiences
  • Ambition and resilience—we're a seed-stage company tackling ambitious challenges
  • Commercial awareness—delivering continuous value to customers is essential
  • Passion for personal growth and continuous learning

If this sounds like a role for you, I would love to have a chat!

Company
Okto Search
Location
London, UK
Hybrid / WFH Options
Posted
Company
Okto Search
Location
London, UK
Hybrid / WFH Options
Posted