Product and Data Engineer

This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Product & Data Engineer Salary £50,000 – £90,000 + Equity Company Description BlakBear is an Imperial College London spin-out building advanced gas sensors and AI that predict food freshness in real-time, replacing archaic use-by dates across the supply chain. Job Description You will own the back-end infrastructure and data strategy for a mission-driven startup tackling global food waste. Working directly with the founders, you will build scalable GCP pipelines, design high-performance APIs, and develop full-stack solutions. Your work directly impacts how the world monitors food quality across global supply chains. Location London, UK Why this role is remarkable Join a high-impact mission to eliminate 1/3 of global food waste by replacing archaic printed expiry dates with real-time sensor intelligence.Work in a high-caliber environment as an Imperial College London spin-out that is already signing enterprise contracts across Europe and North America.Enjoy significant growth potential and ownership in a seed-stage team of under 20 people, directly influencing the product’s technical evolution. What You Will Do Design and maintain scalable ETL pipelines and GCP cloud infrastructure to process real-time sensor data and AI predictions.Build and iterate on robust APIs using Python and FastAPI, managing the full product lifecycle from design to operation.Collaborate with the CEO and CTO to implement agentic AI tools and full-stack features that enhance the core freshness-prediction platform. The ideal candidate Has 2–8 years of experience in software or data engineering with a strong mastery of Python for production-grade services.Possesses a proven track record of building and shipping full-stack applications and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines.Exhibits deep curiosity and a desire to solve hard problems, ideally with experience in startup environments or hands-on LLM agent frameworks. Who are Jack & Jill? Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. How does this work? Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives. We never post fake jobs This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.