Senior Product Engineer

Please note: This role is internally known as Full Stack Engineer. Work Type: Permanent

Location: Maidenhead (Hybrid - 3 days a week)

Salary: Up to £80,000 per annum

Here at Dignity Funerals, we are a purpose-driven organisation committed to supporting families at life’s most important moments, we’re looking for a Senior Product Engineer to help shape and deliver the next generation of digital experiences.

This is a role for a hands-on engineer who thrives on solving complex challenges while elevating those around them. You’ll play a key role in driving engineering excellence, and shaping the future of our tech landscape.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own & deliver complex, scalable solutions across the full stack
• Drive technical direction - influence architecture, tooling, and long-term strategy
• Code with impact - tackling ambiguous problems with high-quality, maintainable solutions
• Improve and innovate - champion best practices, automation, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate widely - work cross-functionally to align product and engineering goals
• Handle the critical moments - confidently manage incidents and high-pressure challenges

What You’ll Bring

• Strong experience delivering complex software systems at scale
• Expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and React
• Solid understanding of architecture, APIs, and database design
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, testing, and modern engineering practices
• A passion for mentoring and developing others
• The ability to balance fast delivery with long-term quality and scalability

What Makes You Stand Out

• You’re a problem-solver who thrives in ambiguity
• You communicate complex ideas clearly to any audience
• You care about quality, performance, and building things the right way
• You influence beyond your immediate team and help shape engineering culture

Why join us? You’ll be part of a business that genuinely cares about the people it supports, with a strong focus on customer experience and meaningful impact . You’ll have the autonomy to shape solutions, the platform to influence change, and the opportunity to grow your leadership footprint in a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering environment.

About Us We are Dignity, one of the UK’s oldest and most trusted funeral providers, with over 200 years of history, 570 branches, and 46 crematoria. From launching the UK’s first funeral plan to helping shape modern regulation, we have led the way in supporting families with care, compassion, and professionalism.

Now we are building the UK’s leading end of life company. As part of the Dignity Group, we also operate Farewill, the country’s largest will writer and one of the UK’s top probate providers, giving families support not just at the funeral, but before and after as well.

Today we are over 4,000 people across the UK, all driven by the same goal: to care for families with compassion and make the UK a world leader in end-of-life care. Here to help, whenever you need.

FCA Statement We’re regulated by the FCA, so some roles may be subject to background checks

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Statement Our vision is to connect with our clients, colleagues, company, and communities based on our principles whilst celebrating our differences. We aim to empower leaders and colleagues to seek out and understand new voices and perspectives; to be vocal about inequity and exclusion, and to take decisive, informed, and bold action to promote inclusion and belonging.

Any unsolicited submissions from agencies will be accepted as a direct application from the candidate, and no fees will be payable.

We reserve the right, depending on application numbers, to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.