Senior Backend Product Engineer

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We are thrilled to be partnering exclusively with
Fyxer AI
- the fastest growing AI start-up in the UK - to recruit talented
Senior Backend Product Engineers
for their London team.What Are They Building?Great people are working on overdrive to do a great job but are held back because their inbox is failing them. Fyxer AI is building an AI productivity tool that eliminates admin for client-facing professionals: consultants, recruiters, real estate agents anyone drowning in emails, scheduling, and follow-ups. Fyxer AI drafts emails in your voice, takes crisp meeting notes, and auto-manages your inbox.How’s It Going?Since launching in May 2024, they''ve grown from
$0 to $10M+ ARR
with thousands of paying users. In
Feb 2025, they raised a $10M Series A
backed by top-tier investors including Marc Benioff (Salesforce) and 20VC.They spent Q4 2024 at HF0 in San Francisco, the top AI startup accelerator, learning from legends like the CEO of Instacart and the Head of Applied Research at OpenAI.They are now entering hypergrowth and building the engineering team that will scale them to $50M+ in revenue.What They ValueSmall teams. Big ownership. High talent density.They don’t hire for headcount. They hire people who ship, who care, and who think from first principles.At Fyxer, "Product Engineer" means you’re not just writing backend endpoints you’re building products. You’ll look at usage data, talk to customers, and design elegant solutions with real impact.What You’ll Be DoingYou’ll work closely with Matt (CTO) and the engineering team to scale and evolve their backend systems as they grow to tens of thousands of users.Expect to own high-leverage features across everything from core architecture to AI workflows to observability.Some things you’ll work on:Design and scale backend infrastructure to handle millions of user actions per dayBuild real-time processing pipelines for email, calendar, and Zoom dataOwn integrations with external APIs (Google, Microsoft, OpenAI)Collaborate on product direction, usage insights, and user experienceDrive performance, reliability, and observability across our cloud functions and servicesMake key decisions around architecture, data modelling, and toolingIdeal Candidate5+ years experience working as a backend engineer in a startup or high-growth environmentExpert-level fluency in TypeScript, including server-side developmentSolid experience with Google Cloud Platform or similar (e.g. AWS, Azure)Confident writing SQL (BigQuery or equivalent) and building data flows that scaleComfortable owning infrastructure and CI/CD (we use GitHub Actions + GCP)Product mindset you care about what you''re building and why it mattersExperience with AI or high interest in AI-powered productivity tools would be idealIntensity, urgency, and high standards for your workTypeScript across the stackReact frontend, but the product is backend-heavyCI/CD via GitHub ActionsWhat You’ll GetHuge ownership and autonomy from day oneWork in-person with an elite founding team
(Oxford, HF0, backed by world-class investors)A chance to build category-defining tech that people actually useEarly-stage speed with the scale and traction of a growth company***This role is based in Chancery Lane, London 4 days-per week. We are looking for candidates who value in-person collaboration.***Seniority level
Seniority level Mid-Senior levelEmployment type
Employment type Full-timeJob function
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