Senior Product Engineer [Backend]
At a glance
Senior Backend Engineering role at Attio. London · full-time · £95,000–£125,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Use TypeScript, Node.js and GCP to advance the product and tackle engineering work
- Take projects from initial problem through delivery, focused on issues customers actually face
- Design and update backend systems as features grow, keeping performance, reliability, security and scale in view
- Create REST API agreements that work for both internal teams and external users
- Represent the team's Product and Engineering principles in conversations inside and outside the company
What you bring
- You have built backend systems designed for scale, reliability and security
- You bring strong Node.js and TypeScript skills, plus a solid grasp of cloud-native architecture
- You have a record of taking ownership and delivering product work
- You can explain technical choices clearly and influence engineering, product and design partners
Who this fits
This suits a senior backend engineer who enjoys distributed systems, solving customer problems and owning work through delivery. The role is hybrid in London.
From the employer
Attio is the CRM for agentic revenue. 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)
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