Hybrid Product Engineering Director

at GetGround

• Job title: Product Engineering Director
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: React, TypeScript, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Product Engineering Director leading hands-on coding and engineering teams in a FinTech startup. Shaping technical strategy and building AI-native products for property investment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop engineering leaders - Manage and mentor a team of Product Engineers, helping them grow their technical and leadership capabilities while driving impact across their teams.
• Code regularly - Spend meaningful time writing production code, reviewing pull requests, and contributing to architecture. You'll work across our React/TypeScript frontend and Golang backend, using AI tools as your co-pilot.
• Shape technical strategy - Define and evolve our engineering roadmap, architectural decisions, and technical standards in an AI-first development culture - informed by your hands-on work.
• Build and scale teams - Partner with our talent team to attract, hire, and onboard exceptional engineering talent. Create an environment where engineers thrive and deliver their best work.
• Drive delivery and impact - Own outcomes across multiple product streams, ensuring teams ship high-quality features fast whilst balancing technical excellence with commercial priorities.
• Champion engineering excellence - Establish and evolve engineering practices, standards, and culture that enable us to move quickly without compromising quality. Lead by example through your own code contributions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally - Work closely with Product, Design, and other functions to align on priorities, make strategic trade-offs, and drive business outcomes.
• Navigate ambiguity - Operate effectively in a fast-moving environment where ownership, experimentation, and adaptability are essential.

Requirements

• Hands-on technical leadership - You're a strong full-stack engineer (React/TypeScript, Golang or similar) who actively codes and wants to continue doing so. You earn credibility through your technical contributions, not just your title.
• Engineering management experience - Proven track record managing and developing engineering teams, including other engineering leaders. You've built high-performing cultures where engineers grow, collaborate, and deliver impact.
• Recent coding experience - You've been writing production code within the last 6-12 months and are excited to continue. You can jump into our codebase and make meaningful contributions quickly.
• Architectural expertise - Experience making significant architectural decisions, building consumer-facing products at scale, and balancing technical debt against delivery pressure.
• Product and commercial acumen - Deep understanding of how engineering enables product and business outcomes. You're excited about building world-class tech products that solve real user problems and drive commercial results.
• People development focus - Passionate about growing engineers and engineering leaders through coaching, mentoring, and clear feedback - while also demonstrating excellence through your own technical work.
• Change agent - Demonstrated ability to drive meaningful change in engineering organizations - whether improving delivery practices, elevating technical standards, or evolving team culture.
• AI-first mindset - Excited about AI-augmented development workflows (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, code generation) and building AI-native products. Comfortable with rapid experimentation and iteration.
• Strong communication - Able to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, facilitate difficult conversations, and build alignment across functions.
• Values alignment - Embody our operating principles: no BS, pursuit of excellence, feedback obsession, and healthy ego.

Benefits

• The opportunity to lead engineering at a fast-growing FinTech/PropTech company disrupting a massive market while staying hands-on with code
• Autonomy and ownership to shape our engineering function and culture
• A team that values excellence, feedback, and continuous improvement
• Competitive compensation and equity
• The chance to work on AI-native products that are reshaping property investment