Product Engineer

Tldraw; City of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing startup in London is looking for a Product Engineer to join their team. You will build and enhance core features of the tldraw web app and SDK, collaborate with various teams, and contribute to documentation. Ideal candidates should have strong experience with React, Next.js, Node.js, and TypeScript. The position offers a competitive salary, equity options, and a hybrid working model, making it an exciting opportunity to shape the future of creative collaboration.

Benefits

Competitive salary + equity options

Hybrid working model

25 paid days holiday + UK public holidays

Private health insurance

Pension contribution

Income replacement & employee assistance programmes

Equipment allowance + great tech stack

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience building modern web applications using React, Next.js, Node.js, and TypeScript.
• Experience on high-agency teams where you’ve shipped meaningful features.
• Excellent problem-solving mindset to navigate ambiguous, high-leverage problems.
• Clear communication skills to engage with interdisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated competence in both product and front-end development.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and scale core features of the tldraw web app and SDK.
• Collaborate with design, product, and engineering to shape new experiences.
• Contribute to and maintain developer-facing documentation and SDK usage patterns.
• Monitor performance, reliability, and developer experience of our platform.
• Participate in experimental culture to innovate and iterate quickly.

Skills

React

Next.js

Node.js

TypeScript

Problem-solving

Communication

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About You

You’re a product engineer who leans front-end but is comfortable diving across the stack. You thrive in startup environments, have strong technical chops (React / Next / Node / TypeScript required), and you want to build tools and experiences that empower others. You’re excited by experimentation, high‑leverage product problems, and a company culture that celebrates creativity and developer‑first thinking. We celebrate craft and nerd out about bringing obsessive attention to detail in our products.

Role

You will join our product engineering team working across our SDK and the web application, collaborating closely with product and design. Your work will impact both end‑users of tldraw.com and enterprise customers building on our SDK.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and scale core features of the tldraw web app and SDK (React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript)
• Collaborate with design, product and engineering to shape new experiences: ideate, prototype, ship and iterate
• Contribute to and maintain developer‑facing documentation, code samples and SDK usage patterns (ensuring our SDK remains world‑class)
• Monitor performance, reliability, and developer‑gravity of our platform; proactively identify friction points and improve them
• Participate in an experimental culture: build viral demos, iterate fast, embrace creative tooling ideas
• Work across the stack when needed: focus on UI and interaction design but able to also help maintain backend services and APIs

Qualifications

• Strong hands‑on experience building modern web applications using React, Next.js, Node.js, and TypeScript
• Experience on high‑agency teams where you’ve shipped meaningful features and helped shape the product
• Excellent problem‑solving mindset. You can navigate ambiguous, high‑leverage problems and drive them to completion
• Clear communication skills, and the ability to engage with product/design/engineering as well as external developer users
• Demonstrated strong product + front‑end competence as well as proficient knowledge in backend systems
• Based in or willing to relocate to London / able to work at the Finsbury Park office

We’d Love (but don’t require)

• A passion for building developer tools, SDKs or platforms is a strong plus
• Side projects or contributions to open‑source communities

What You’ll Get

• Competitive salary + equity options
• Hybrid working model (office in Finsbury Park; mix of remote + in‑office)
• 25 paid days holiday + UK public holidays
• Private health insurance
• Pension contribution
• Income replacement & employee assistance programmes
• Equipment allowance + great tech stack
• Opportunity to join a fast‑growing startup and help shape the future of creative collaboration

About tldraw

tldraw is a London‑based Series A startup building the go‑to infinite canvas primitive for collaborative products needing a web‑native surface. With 70k+ Twitter followers, 43k+ GitHub stars, and a vibrant community of makers and builders, the brilliant folks working at tldraw strive to be a modern‑day equivalent of Xerox PARC for creative tooling. We’re innovative, experimental, and boundary‑pushing. Come bring your expertise to the table!