Senior Product Engineer [Backend]

Attio
GB
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior backend engineers who excel in TypeScript/Node.js/GCP and thrive in product-driven environments with high technical standards.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers who architect scalable backend systems with TypeScript/Node.js
    — “Use your strong expertise in TypeScript/Node.js/GCP to move the company and product forward
  • Product-minded engineers who lead projects end-to-end to solve customer problems
    — “Lead projects end-to-end to solve real customer problems
  • Technical leaders who communicate and influence across engineering and product teams
    — “The ability to communicate technical ideas to the wider team and influence stakeholders across Engineering, Product and Design

Things to consider

  • Expectation to re-architect existing systems as scaling demands grow
    — “re-architect existing systems as their scaling demands grow
  • High standards for performance, reliability, security, and scale
    — “support our high standards of performance, reliability, security and scale

How to stand out

  • Showcase experience with real-time data processing or large-scale backend applications
    — “processing large volumes of real-time data
  • Highlight contributions to open source projects or community engagement
    — “Experience contributing to, or participating in open source projects
  • Demonstrate a proactive approach to experimenting with new technologies
    — “A love for experimenting with new ideas, tools and techniques, and exploring new technologies
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • architected systems for high standards of performance, reliability, and security
  • designed REST API contracts for internal and external consumers
  • led projects end-to-end to solve real customer problems
Typical background
experience designing scalable, reliable, and secure backend systemsexpertise with Node.js and TypeScript

Skills & requirements

Required

TypeScriptNode.jsGCPRest-api-designCloud-native-architecture

Preferred

Open-source-contributionsMentoringData-rich-backend-applications

Stack & domain

TypeScriptNode.jsGCPFinance

About the role

Original posting from Attio via Ashby

Attio is the CRM built for the AI era. Designed for the most ambitious go-to-market teams, it gives companies the power to understand every customer, automate at scale, and build their go-to-market motion exactly as they need. We've raised $116M from some of the world's best investors: GV (Google Ventures), Redpoint, Balderton, Point Nine, and 01A.

We hire builders who thrive on complex technical challenges, hold themselves to a high bar, and genuinely care about delighting the people who use what they build. The team here brings sharp judgement, real craft, and the drive to do exceptional work. We're obsessed about the details and energized by the frontier.

If you want to do the best work of your career, this is the right place.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our Engineering team tackles the toughest challenges, so our users never have to. Real-time infrastructure, AI-native architecture, and a frontend that feels effortless - all powered by a team that moves fast, thinks rigorously, and holds an exceptionally high bar for quality.

We’re looking for a Senior Product Engineer who takes pride in pushing boundaries, obsesses over details, and wants to help reinvent how millions of people work.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Use your strong expertise in TypeScript/Node.js/GCP to move the company and product forward
  • Lead projects end-to-end to solve real customer problems
  • Architect the systems which power new features to support our high standards of performance, reliability, security and scale, and re-architect existing systems as their scaling demands grow
  • Design REST API contracts for both internal and external consumers that are easy to work with
  • Represent Attio’s Product & Engineering values both internally and externally

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

  • Experience designing scalable, reliable, secure backend systems
  • Excellent knowledge of modern Cloud Native systems architecture
  • Expertise with Node.js and TypeScript
  • A track record of ownership and product delivery
  • A proactive, self-motivated problem solving attitude, with a strong passion for advancing and innovating in distributed systems
  • The ability to communicate technical ideas to the wider team and influence stakeholders across Engineering, Product and Design

Nice to have:

  • Experience contributing to, or participating in open source projects
  • An interest or experience in mentoring other members of the team
  • Experience working with data-rich backend applications, or processing large volumes of real-time data
  • A love for experimenting with new ideas, tools and techniques, and exploring new technologies

WHAT WE OFFER

  • Competitive salary of £95,000 to £125,000
  • Equity in an early-stage tech company on an incredible trajectory
  • 25 days holiday plus local public holidays
  • Apple hardware
  • Private medical insurance through AXA
  • Pension contribution through Hargreaves Lansdown
  • Enhanced family leave
  • Team off-site in fun places! (We've been to Barcelona, Lisbon, Malta, and Split so far)

Source: Attio careers (Ashby)

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