Fullstack Product Engineer

We are expanding our engineering team to boost our development capacity and take our product to the next level. As a Fullstack Product Engineer, you'll play a hands-on role in building high-quality features across our platform, contributing to technical decisions, and helping us deliver a product that's efficient, robust, and a delight for thousands of customers to use. You'll work closely with Product, Design, and more senior engineers to understand problems deeply, translate them into well-crafted solutions, and grow your ability to shape how we build for long-term success. Key Responsibilities 🗝️ Building powerful features 🚀 – Design and deliver high-impact solutions that are clean, scalable, and built to last, delighting thousands of customers. Contributing to the big picture 🎯 – Collaborate with Product, Design, and the wider engineering team to understand what we're building and why, and bring thoughtful input to technical decisions. Keeping things running smoothly 🛠️ – Help maintain, optimise, and secure our systems so they perform at their best, even at scale. Problem-solving like a pro 🧠 – Tackle tricky technical challenges with support from the team, building your ability to turn complex problems into elegant, maintainable solutions. Growing and sharing 🤝 – Learn from senior engineers around you, share what you know, and contribute to a team culture of continuous improvement. Staying ahead of the game 📚 – Keep up with new tools, trends, and best practices, and bring fresh ideas to how we evolve our stack and processes. Owning your work end-to-end 🎨 – Take responsibility for features from initial idea to production, making sure every detail delivers value to users. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise 🚀 Hard skills ⚡ Full Stack Development 💻 – Solid working experience with Node.js (Express/Nest.js) and modern frontend frameworks like Vue/Nuxt or React/Next, building reliable experiences end-to-end. TypeScript & JavaScript 📜 – Good hands-on experience delivering production applications using modern JS/TS practices, with a desire to deepen your expertise. System Design 🏗️ – An understanding of how to build scalable, maintainable systems, and an eagerness to develop stronger architectural instincts over time. Database & Cloud ☁️ – Working familiarity with MongoDB and AWS services (Lambda, S3, API Gateway), comfortable building and shipping cloud-native features. DevOps & CI/CD 🚀 – Some experience with deployment pipelines and automated processes, with appetite to grow your infrastructure skills. Testing & Quality Assurance 🧪 – Comfortable writing tests using tools like Jest and Cypress to ship with confidence. Soft skills ✨ Highly Collaborative 🤝 – Works well in cross-functional teams alongside engineers, designers, and product, and actively contributes to a positive team dynamic. Product-Minded 🚀 – Thinks beyond the code, staying curious about how features improve the user experience and serve broader business goals. Clear Communicator 🗣️ – Can explain technical thinking clearly, ask good questions, and engage constructively with feedback. Kind & Supportive ❤️ – Contributes to a respectful, inclusive team culture and brings a collaborative, humble attitude to their work. What we offer 🍉 Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off 🎉 £1200 annual benefits allowance ( ThanksBen , from month 2) Early finish Fridays (16:00) Yearly company retreat abroad ✈️ 30 days to Work from anywhere 🌍 Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory) Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee) Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme Unlimited access to MoreHappi coaching Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest) Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme Celebrated Zinc anniversaries 🥳