Salary: Competitive, depending on experience
Job Type: Full time, permanent role
Location: 4 days remote, 1 day in-office (primarily Wednesdays – Liphook, Hampshire)
Rocksteady Music School is the UK’s largest rock and pop school. We teach fun and inclusive in‑school band lessons to primary age children. Our mission is simple: to amplify children's self‑belief and remove barriers to music education.
Product Engineer – Responsibilities
* Act as the named technology partner for assigned business domains, building trusted stakeholder relationships and providing contextual support
* Attend domain stakeholder team meetings or stand‑ups, in person where possible
* Lead assigned workstreams end‑to‑end: understand the problem, plan the work, deliver the outcome
* Write Technical Plans defining how work will be implemented
* Build the software
* Demo work in progress to stakeholders before shipping and take ownership of what is shipped
* Proactively explore solutions to problems, asking the right questions of stakeholders, data and strategy
* Build relationships with stakeholders and help stakeholders articulate needs, into the intake process
* Maintain up‑to‑date technical documentation and ensure the domain roadmap is accurate
Product Engineer – Qualifications & Requirements
* A minimum of 5 years in Product Engineering/Software Development
* Experience in modern‑but‑well‑established tools e.g. React, React Native, Ruby on Rails
* Ability to adapt and embrace evolving tools and methods to produce reliable, production‑ready code
* Solid understanding of system architecture, data modelling, security and performance principles
* Experience working on complex, business-critical systems
* Analytical thinking, including debugging and performance optimisation
* Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
* Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical audiences
* Confidence presenting, demoing and engaging with stakeholders regularly
* Curiosity about business operations and what drives value and outcomes
* A product mindset, focusing on solving the right problems before building solutions
* Good judgment on when to act autonomously and when to elevate
* Awareness of team and business priorities, and how your work contributes to them
* Full‑time position; 35 hours per week; Monday‑Friday
* 4 days remote, 1 day in-office (primarily Wednesdays – Liphook, Hampshire)
* Long service award: an additional 4 weeks’ pay after 5 years
* Free onsite parking at the Liphook office
* Comprehensive benefits package including discounts on everyday purchases, free 24/7 GP service
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
* Celebratory staff away‑days, Christmas parties and social events
* Opportunities to work with the Rocksteady Foundation, reaching children and young people in charities and support groups across the UK
Additional Information
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expect all our staff to share this commitment.
As this role involves regular work with children and young people, and meets the definition of regulated activity, it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 you must disclose all unprotected unspent and spent cautions and convictions. Further details on what convictions must be declared can be found in the Governments Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975. You can find out more about our policy on recruitment of ex‑offenders here.
If you are offered this position, Rocksteady will ask you to complete an enhanced DBS check with a children’s barred list check.
It is an offence for an individual who has been barred from working with children to apply for regulated activity. Providing false information is also an offence and could result in the rejection of the applicant, summarily dismissal if selected, and possible referral to the police.
Rocksteady Music School is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to the fair treatment of staff, potential staff, and of our services, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependents, age, physical/mental disability, or offending background.
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