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# Principal Product Engineer at Beam

- **Company:** Beam
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Compensation:** £180k–£250k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/beam-up/bade4ce5-b8fe-45d2-b79d-ee5961512ca7

## Job description

At Beam, we’re building AI that serves society.

We're a global team of ambitious, hardworking problem solvers, applying fast-moving startup energy to work that makes the world a better place. If you want to apply your talent to the biggest problems society faces, Beam is the place for you.

You’ll be part of a high-performance culture where you'll make a huge impact, rapidly progress your career, and truly enjoy your work.

Over 100,000 frontline workers already use Beam to take notes, provide live interpretation and handle phone calls, so they can focus on the people who need them most. This is just the beginning.

The opportunity at Beam We’re looking for exceptional engineering talent with a product-mindset to join our product teams to help build the future of Beam. It’s a passionate and growing team (doubled in size in 2026) that values autonomy, empowerment and bias-to-action. As we scale, the complexity of the problems we face continues to increase, especially in the implementation of AI in a scaled product.

## What you’ll be doing

- Driving technical direction across the department.
- Setting technical strategy in line with long term business goals.
- Building the systems that allow us to scale globally.
- Continuously innovating on our use of AI internally to drive gains across product and engineering.
- Releasing your work to 100,000+ users multiple times a day in tight AI driven iterations.
- Building the products that will shape how public services are delivered globally.
- Identify and resolve systemic risks that exist between the existing teams and responsibilities
- Mentoring and growing the capabilities of our most senior ICs

## What we’re looking for

- Breadth of fullstack experience
- Proven experience evolving systems for scale
- Work across all departments to advise on strategic direction in light of technical context
- Evidence of having led technical work that spanned multiple teams
- Product mindset, passionate about building the right thing
- Genuine excitement about the power of AI and how it will shape our profession

We're committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion through our work as an organisation, and that starts with the team we build. 53% of the people we support are from ethnic minority backgrounds and 17% have disabilities. We believe we serve these people best when we’re a diverse and inclusive team. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority candidates and/or those who’ve experienced social disadvantage. Compensation: £180,000 - £250,000 base salary + equity and amazing benefits (see our careers page for more info) We're committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion through our work as an organisation, and that starts with the team we build. 53% of the people we support are from ethnic minority backgrounds and 17% have disabilities. We believe we serve these people best when we’re a diverse and inclusive team. To that end, we particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority candidates and/or those who’ve experienced social disadvantage.

Application process We take hiring seriously. We have a 4-stage and an optional 5th interview process, giving you plenty of time to learn about Beam while we get to know you.

- 30 mins with our Talent team
- 30 minute Interview with a Lead Engineer
- 1 hour technical test with two of our Senior Engineers
- 1 hour systems design interview with two of our Senior Engineers
- 30 minute product and cultural interview with one of our founders

## About Beam

We’ve picked up an armful of [awards](https://beam.org/awards) for our work, including one from our former Queen. We've also been named by WIRED as one of London's [10 hottest startups](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/london-hottest-startups-2021) and by LinkedIn as a [Top 15 UK Startup](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-top-startups-2022-15-uk-companies-rise-linkedin-news-uk/?trackingId=9TqxvkXTjF2HSPvSIWLczw%3D%3D). Meanwhile, we've been covered in the media literally thousands of times, including the likes of [The FT, BBC, TechCrunch, Forbes and The Guardian](https://beam.org/press).

We’re also proud to be backed by some of the world's leading tech investors and entrepreneurs, including the founders of [Booking.com](http://Booking.com), Calm, Shazam and Dropbox.

Start your journey to a more impactful career today. We're excited to hear from you.

Reasonable adjustments: Beam is committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse, and supportive work environment for all employees. This policy extends to our hiring practices. We recognise that some candidates may need additional support during their hiring process to give them the best chance of being a success. To ensure that all candidates have an equitable opportunity during their process, we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments where required. If you require a reasonable adjustment to be made during your process, please let your Talent Partner know. We encourage you to share this information, but there is no obligation to do so. Please be reassured that any reasonable adjustment requests will not be taken into account when making a decision about your candidacy.

## About Beam

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Beam builds AI-powered software and delivers frontline services to help government welfare teams and social workers reduce administrative burdens and improve outcomes.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Mission-driven startup, revenue-generating)
- **Headquarters**: London, UK (Hoxton office)
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Not publicly identified on the website or job page; the team is described as coming from startups, government, and frontline services.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Government Technology (GovTech) / Social Impact / Human Services Software
- **Target customers**: B2G (Business to Government); specifically local authorities, social care teams, housing services, employment support, mental health services, and other public service organizations.
- **Mission statement**: “To build brighter welfare systems globally” and “build brighter services for humanity.” The company is focused on bringing the benefits of AI to public services and the communities they serve.

## Products & Services
- **Notes**: AI-powered case notes, documents, and insights for frontline teams. Reduces admin time (claim: admin time halved, documents submitted 60% faster). Uses AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit.
- **Interpret**: Live, two-way translation in all major languages, enabling efficient communication with diverse service users.
- **Talk**: Custom voice agents that resolve inbound calls and capture intake details 24/7.
- **Frontline Services (Direct Delivery)**: Since 2017, Beam’s own caseworkers have supported over 7,000 people to achieve life-changing outcomes, delivering services via smartphones. This gave them frontline experience to build their software.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Over 350 frontline teams use Beam; the tech is used in over 150,000 meetings each week; trusted by over 80,000 frontline workers across hundreds of government partners.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: The website lists government partnerships across the UK, Europe, Australia, and the US. Specific investors are not named on the career page or main site.
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid expansion from UK local government into housing, employment, and mental health services in 2024. Formal launch of an office in Melbourne, Australia in 2025, and a US HQ in Flatiron, New York. The company is experiencing inbound demand from international partners, with a waiting list.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Frontline-built technology**: Beam’s unique differentiator is that their software is built by former frontline workers (their own caseworkers) who have firsthand experience with the admin challenges, making the tools highly practical and user-friendly.
- **AI-first for public sector**: In 2024, they claim to have built the world’s first AI tools specifically for frontline caseworkers, putting them ahead in the GovTech AI space.
- **Security & Compliance**: Government-grade security (AES-256 encryption, TLS 1.3, RBAC, customer-defined data retention). Data is never used to train models without consent and is stored on UK servers.
- **Bespoke implementations & integrations**: Expertise in unique frontline workflows, with high-touch onboarding and custom integrations.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI for the frontline**: Beam is heavily investing in AI tools (Notes, Interpret, Talk) to automate admin, reduce burnout, and free up caseworkers for human conversations.
- **Global expansion**: Active growth in the US (New York HQ) and Australia (Melbourne office) after strong UK adoption.
- **Product ecosystem**: Expanding from case notes into voice agents and translation, creating an end-to-end platform for public service delivery.
- **Social impact**: Core mission-driven strategy, aiming to solve “the world's toughest social issues” with technology.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven impact**: Employees (“Beamers”) know they are making a difference by improving welfare systems and directly helping underserved people.
- **Ambitious, high-performing team**: Company culture emphasizes “ambition and humility in equal measure,” with high levels of ownership and fast learning.
- **Hybrid working (UK)**: Work between the Hoxton, London office and home. The US (NY) and Australia offices also appear to be hybrid.
- **Market-leading compensation**: Competitive pay, EMI-qualifying share options, and a £200/year wellbeing budget.
- **Perks**: Private healthcare (GP 24/7, physiotherapy, diagnosis), access to Oliva wellbeing support and Calm app, onsite gym membership covered, financial coach (1-1 sessions), sabbatical (up to 6 weeks after 3 years), up to 30 days holiday plus public holidays, salary sacrifice schemes (bike, tech, nursery).
- **Meaningful work**: Employees report high levels of satisfaction from solving real societal issues at scale.

## Sources
1. [Beam Official Website](https://beam.org/)
2. [Beam About Page](https://beam.org/about)
3. [Beam Careers Page](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/beam-up)
4. [Beam LinkedIn](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/wearebeam)
5. [Beam US About Page](https://beam.org/en-us/about)

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