Gaia Family Inc - Product Engineer
Requirements
• Fluent in Python (Frappe) and TypeScript ecosystems • Experience with MariaDB or any other RDBMS • Strong technical background in building high-quality code and infrastructure • Preference for simple solutions over complex ones • You are experienced in working with PostgreSQL • You're resilient working in ambiguity while seamlessly balancing tactical and strategic considerations • You're ready to hit the ground running with a strong technical background, including experience building high-quality code and infrastructure • You enjoy working as part of a small, cross-functional team in close partnership with other cross-functional teams • You prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones • You like to take ownership of problems. Our product spans across healthcare, insurance and finance. You will need to find creative solutions and get others on board with them • You approach understanding and solving problems holistically, not only from a tech point of view • We always prefer passion over skills. If you do not tick all of the above requirements but are excited about our mission and values, please get in touch! • How we build at Gaia • We work in small cross-functional teams collaborating closely across our entire business • We believe work should be shipped and improved in small iterations with the help of early feedback from Members and internal users • We are heavily biassed towards keeping things simple, using existing open-source technologies and not reinventing the wheel if we can’t add any value • Our tech stack is built of strongly typed TypeScript, Next.js + React.js, Nest.js, PostgreSQL and SQS • Our production services run on AWS and Vercel. We automate infrastructure and configuration using Pulumi and Github Actions • Our observability stack is built up of Cloudwatch, Grafana and Sentry • Throughout the interview process, we are looking for... • You can take on big, loosely defined projects, break them down, and deliver them in an intuitive and digestible way • You are comfortable working in a constantly-changing environment, regularly questioning and challenging the status quo • You are able to understand problems deeply and holistically • You can communicate complex topics clearly and concisely • You show the potential to mentor other engineers as the team builds
Responsibilities
• Designing and building scalable software to deliver a world class digital experience to our customers, integrating complex financial processes (like underwriting, insurance, risk scoring, loan servicing, payments) • Scoping and leading technical projects, laying the groundwork for our products to iteratively evolve, scale and deliver outcomes • Making effective tradeoffs that consider business priorities, user experience, and technical feasibility • Collaborating closely with our product, design, ops and data teams to prioritise and build solutions and deliver customer and business outcomes • Improving the developer experience and quality of our systems by investing in tooling, infrastructure, code quality, automated testing and observability • Setting the engineering culture with the rest of the team by defining how we should work as a team, set standards for quality, and improve the speed of engineering execution • You’ll be great for this role if you • You have experienced life as a full-stack engineer (backend leaning is ideal!) in a startup for over 3 years
Benefits
• Market Timing: The fertility care market is exploding ($20bn US market, growing 10% annually), and we're shaping how it gets accessed and paid for. • Early Impact: Your work won't disappear into layers of abstraction. Every smart solution changes our trajectory. • 📈 Scale of Opportunity: • 3,500 Gaia members = $100M Gross Revenue business • 30,000 Gaia members = $1bn Gross Revenue business • The true market demand could be 5x higher • We are backed by the best VCs including Atomico and Valar Ventures. • How we build at Gaia • We work in small cross-functional teams collaborating closely across the business. • We believe work should be shipped and improved in small iterations with the help of early feedback from users. • We are heavily biased towards keeping things simple, using existing open-source technologies and not reinventing the wheel if it doesn't add any value. • AI is how we operate. We use Claude, pi, Codex, and Cursor to write code, triage bugs, manage production incidents, automate compliance workflows, and run operations. Every engineer at any time has multiple agents doing their work so they can focus on solving real problems. AI isn't a tool we reach for occasionally - it's the default. Our engineers are expected to bring that same instinct to everything they build and everything they do. • Our tech stack is built of strongly typed Python, TypeScript, Next.js, React.js, MariaDB and Redis. Our data platform is built using DBT, Prefect, Fivetran and Snowflake. • Our production services run on AWS and Vercel. We automate infrastructure and configuration using Pulumi and GitHub Actions. • Our observability stack is built up of Datadog and Sentry. • Compensation: £75,000 – £100,000 (experience dependent) • Equity: Meaningful ownership in a fast-growing company • Private Healthcare (Vitality) • Fertility Support • Pension (SMART) • Workplace Nursery Benefit • Culture: Hybrid/Remote working - 3 days in office (Mon, Wed and Thu) at our Central London location, 4 minutes from Oxford Circus. • Our Members Say It Best • "Thank you so much! Couldn't have done this without you. I know people may say this all the time but you have changed our lives. I could never repay you." - Victoria Webster • Ready to help build the future of family building? • We're looking for engineers who want to solve complex problems that directly change people's lives. If you're ready to build something that matters, let's talk.
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