Spruce
Climate Tech
LeadFullStackEngineer
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“Lead Full Stack Engineer at Spruce. Skills: Full Stack Engineering, Technical Leadership, System Architecture. Own architecture. Own technical strategy”
What You'll Achieve.
Halve installer time; Double sales conversion; Improve quality; Improve margins; Improve customer experience
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting
Work from abroad, Min. 2 days in-person
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Modern JavaScript / TypeScript, Frontend frameworks, Backend development, API design, Relational databases, Data modelling, Solving ambiguous problems, Mentoring teams, Building healthy teams
Nice to Have
First formal lead role, Led teams successfully
What You'll Do.
Own technical strategy
Design complex solutions
Guide complex solutions
Build complex solutions
Write reference implementations
Write foundational frameworks
Lead technical discussions
Make trade-offs explicit
Mentor senior engineers
Identify scaling risks
Identify technical debt
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Product leadership; Designers; Engineers
Communication Scope
Technical discussions
Full Job Description
We're on a mission to make it simple and affordable for every home in the UK to be heated and powered by clean, green electricity. Our customers are the installers who are at the forefront of this transition, but who have historically been overlooked and left struggling with outdated, ineffectual software. Since getting started at beginning of 2024, we've grown exponentially, have raised several rounds of funding from top tier VCs, and now support over 700 heat pump installation businesses across the UK. We're looking for an exceptional Lead Engineer to help us move faster and go further as we start to expand outside heat pumps. Quick background on Spruce We've started with most challenging but ultimately most important part of the home energy transition: replacing boilers with heat pumps. Nearly 20% of the UK's carbon emissions come from heating homes. There is no credible path to net zero without replacing gas and oil boilers — and today, heat pumps are the only scalable alternative with their almost-magical ability to convert 1kW of electricity into 4kW of heat (🤯). The problem? The installation process is slow, fragmented, and painfully manual. This increases costs for homeowners, limits how fast installation businesses can grow, and makes it almost impossible to offer a heat pump when someone's boiler breaks down. We're fixing this. We've built an end-to-end operating system for heat pump installers — from initial enquiry through design and installation to compliance and paperwork. Relative to the best alternatives, Spruce now: - Halves the time installers spend per job; - Doubles sales conversion rates; and - Improves quality, margins, and customer experience. And we're only just getting started. With fresh investment and growing demand, we're now expanding into the rest of the home renewables supply chain – supporting manufacturers and merchants as well as installers, and enabling solar & battery installations alongside heat pumps. The Role As a Lead Full St
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