Lead Software Engineer

At GetGround, our mission is simple: to make property investment safer, faster, and more accessible for landlords. We're looking for a Lead Engineer, an individual contributor role, to help shape how our engineering team builds in an AI-native environment. You'll join our cross-functional product team in London, shaping technical direction while working hands-on to build user-facing AI-native products.

Responsibilities

Work closely cross functionally to understand customer needs, taking ideas from concept all the way through to deployment; Enjoy a lot of ownership and freedom, navigating a fast-moving environment where things aren't always clearly defined; Build and maintain user-facing products across the stack (React, Remix, TypeScript on the frontend, Golang on the backend) and work fluidly across both; Collaborate closely with product, design, and other engineers to ship high-quality features fast, using AI tools as leverage in day-to-day development; Help define new engineering practices for an AI-native development environment; Mentor other engineers and help scale our engineering culture

Requirements

A track record of owning technical initiatives, and being a senior technical voice in the room on a given problem; Product and commercial thinking; Comfortable moving between frontend and backend development, even if you have a background leaning more heavily one way; A curiosity and excitement about using AI tools to build better software faster; Experience setting or influencing engineering practices, not just following them; A track record of mentoring or supporting other engineers

Nice to have

Familiarity with React, Remix, and TypeScript

Benefits

Competitive salary; EMI share options; Private health; Private dental; 12 Mental health days off annually (1 per month) plus holidays and public holidays; 1 paid Community day off (paid day off to volunteer for a charitable cause); Hybrid working; Free breakfast daily; Team and company-wide events; 360° performance reviews to promote a culture of growth and development; Support for conferences and professional learning & development