Patent Product Engineer

Methodfi; City of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic innovation platform in London is seeking a hands-on patent professional to bridge product and engineering teams. You will work closely with customers to design proofs of concept and new products, ensuring successful adoption and delivering measurable value. The ideal candidate has over 2 years of patent experience and thrives in a fast-paced environment. The role offers competitive compensation and equity packages.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Substantial equity package

Visa sponsorship

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a patent-focused role.
• Understanding of the patent lifecycle.
• Experience in a fast-paced startup environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with customers to design and deliver proofs of concept and new products.
• Run customer sessions with patent professionals for successful adoption.
• Turn customer feedback into product requirements.
• Identify emerging product opportunities.

Skills

Patent expertise

Customer engagement

Problem-solving

Job description

The way companies innovate is broken. The systems built to create and protect ideas can’t keep up with the pace of change. Today, 90% of S&P 500 company value is intangible (e.g., IP) — yet R&D and IP teams spend half their time buried in manual work, sifting through patents and paperwork instead of pushing the frontier forward. The tools of creating and protecting are stuck in the past. We’re here to fix that.

Ankar is building the AI Platform for the Trillion Dollar Innovation Economy — a suite of tools that helps inventors explore, create, and protect ideas. We’re removing the friction from the invention process, starting with IP protection and expanding toward creation and exploration.

We’re already seeing this vision come to life:

• Achieved $1M+ Annual Recurring Revenue, with 75%+ of this coming in 2025.

• Loved by top law firms and Fortune 500 companies, with 60% of new business from word of mouth.

• Assembled a world‑class team from top tech companies like Palantir, Amazon, and BCG to tackle the next frontier of invention creation and expanding into a $1T+ market.

• Raised £3m from Index Ventures and angels from DeepMind and OpenAI.

We’re now expanding the team and looking for builders who want to own ambitious projects autonomously, solve impactful & complex problems, and do their best work at Ankar.

What you’ll be doing

We’re looking for a hands‑on patent professional who can bridge product, engineering, and intellectual property — embedding with customers and internal teams to design, prototype, and deploy proofs of concept and new products. You’ll apply your patent expertise to help shape how we capture and protect innovation as we build.

• Partner with our customers (in‑house patent teams and patent law firms) to design and deliver high‑value proofs of concepts and new products.

• Run customer sessions with patent professionals to ensure successful adoption and measurable value delivery from our products.

• Turn customer feedback into clear product requirements.

• Spot emerging product opportunities across customer conversations.

What we are looking for

• 2+ years of experience in a patent‑focused role (e.g., patent attorneys, trainee patent attorneys) with deep understanding of the patent lifecycle.

• A builder’s mindset. You thrive in ambiguity, iterate quickly, and love creating order out of chaos.

• Extreme ownership. You see problems before they happen, you take responsibility, and you deliver. This is how you grow—and how we win.

• [Bonus points] You’ve had experience working in a fast‑paced startup environment and is passionate about technology and AI.

What else you might want to know

• Location: Hoxton Square, London (we operate an office first policy with flexibility).

• Contract: Full‑time.>

• Compensation: We pay competitive salaries and will reward you with a substantial equity package under the tax‑efficient EMI scheme.

• Hiring process: (1) 30min introductory chat, (2) 2hr onsite interview, (3) 20min final in‑person co‑founder meeting. The process can be as fast you want it to be.

• Visa sponsorship: Yes.