Lead Product Engineer | High Quality SaaS Platforms | Remote First | Up to circa £80,000 + Benefits

We're recruiting for a Lead Product Engineer to join a growing SaaS business building large-scale, international software platforms used by customers across multiple markets.

This is a business that is fully embracing the next generation of software delivery, and likely already ahead of many: AI is becoming part of how products are designed, built and delivered.

As a result, we're looking for someone whose strengths go beyond writing great code.

As Lead Product Engineer you'll need strong technical capability across PHP, Laravel and AWS, however this role is much more about product thinking, customer empathy and using modern engineering approaches to solve real customer problems.

What makes this role different?

The business has already evolved towards being an AI-first engineering model, with tools such as Cursor becoming embedded within the development workflow.

The expectation isn't that you're an AI expert or prompt engineer. What matters is your ability to understand customer challenges, define the right solution and effectively leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate delivery whilst maintaining quality.

The strongest people in this environment won't necessarily be those who can write every line of code themselves. They'll be the people who can understand a problem deeply, break it down effectively, create clear specifications and use AI-powered tooling to help deliver solutions faster and better.

It's a role for someone who enjoys solving problems rather than simply building features.

A big part of the role involves understanding customer pain points, translating those into clear requirements and working with modern AI-assisted development workflows to deliver robust, scalable solutions.

The engineering culture places a strong emphasis on quality. Building it right the first time is far more important than rushing out features and creating technical debt that needs fixing later.

We're particularly interested in people who have experience with:

• AI-assisted software delivery tools such as Cursor
• Product-led engineering and customer-focused problem solving
• Creating clear technical specifications and development plans
• PHP, Laravel and AWS development
• Strong software design patterns and architecture principles
• Building high-quality, well-tested solutions
• Leading technical discussions and helping shape engineering direction

The type of person who will thrive here

You'll probably enjoy speaking with customers and stakeholders and working out solutions and answers - defining the on-going product

You'll understand that technology is ultimately there to serve the product and the customer, not the other way around.

You'll also be excited by where software engineering is heading and keen to experiment with new ways of working that increase productivity and improve outcomes.

The team and culture

Having partnered with them many times over the years; this is a genuinely collaborative, supportive and forward-thinking business.

The engineering team is ambitious, highly engaged and embracing new technology in a practical way. There are no silos here, plenty of opportunity to influence how things are done and a real appetite to evolve.

Remote working and meet-ups

This is a remote-first team - they don't even have an office

The team gets together approximately every 6 weeks for collaboration sessions, planning and team engagement. In addition, there are occasional wider company meet-ups throughout the year.

There isn't a fixed office location, so meeting venues are chosen to best suit the team, and all travel expenses are covered.

We're looking for people who enjoy the flexibility of remote working but also value spending time with colleagues in person when it matters.

To find out more, click Apply and we'll be happy to share further details.