Join Birda as a Product Engineer to help people connect with nature through our innovative mobile app. You will drive user experience and platform performance across the full stack while collaborating on product ideation and marketing. This is a unique opportunity to build technology that impacts both global users and the planet.
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Product Engineer at Birda
Are you a Senior Engineer who loves the outdoors? Birda is looking for a Product Engineer to help connect people with nature through their innovative mobile platform. Working within one hour of the UK timezone, you'll leverage React Native and Node.js to build a community-driven app that makes birdwatching accessible to everyone. With a £50-70k salary, equity, and a dedicated 'birthday bonus day,' this is a rare chance to use your full-stack skills for a mission that truly matters to our planet. Join a dynamic team where your impact reaches far beyond the codebase.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Birda
Birda - Nature-focused social impact startup
Backed by Andrew Millar.
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Develop and optimize high-performance features across our React Native mobile apps and Node.js backend to ensure a seamless user experience.
- Collaborate directly with the Product and Leadership teams to ideate, prioritize, and execute features that drive user engagement and impact.
- Maintain and scale a distributed architecture, ensuring platform quality and performance while adopting modern tools like GraphQL, Apollo, and Next.js.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Senior-level proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript with extensive professional experience building scalable applications in Node.js.
- Deep expertise in React and React Native for mobile development, with a strong eye for UI/UX and styling using CSS or Tailwind.
- A passion for nature and conservation, comfortable working in a remote-first team within one hour of the UK timezone.
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What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Work at the intersection of technology and conservation, building a product that encourages people to explore the outdoors and protect biodiversity.
- Enjoy a high-autonomy, startup environment where you influence everything from technical architecture to product prioritization and marketing analytics.
- Benefit from a nature-first culture including staff discounts on outdoor gear and cameras, plus flexible working hours and a co-working allowance.
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