CheckPoint Global
Founding Product Engineer
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About the company
CheckPoint is an early-stage consumer technology company building a new mobile platform at the intersection of the digital and physical worlds.
We've developed the vision, product strategy and prototype, and already have strong interest from potential partners.
We're now preparing for our first funding round and looking for an exceptional product engineer to become our first technical hire and take ownership of building the technology that will power CheckPoint.
Location: London
The opportunity
This is an early-stage role, working directly with the founders. You will be joining at the point where we begin turning the vision, product strategy and prototype into a real product.
There is no established engineering team and no large existing codebase. You will be the technical lead from day one, responsible for establishing the technology and building the foundations of the product as the company grows.
You'll lead the technical direction, working closely with the founders to turn the product vision into a real, scalable technology platform.
The full product and commercial proposition is currently confidential and will be shared with shortlisted candidates under NDA.
Who we're looking for
We're looking for a strong product engineer who wants to take responsibility for building a product and the technology behind it from the ground up.
You should be comfortable working across the stack - building the mobile app, developing the backend, working with APIs and data, and establishing the technical foundations of the product.
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But this isn't simply a technical execution role. We're looking for someone who enjoys thinking about how the product should work, bringing their own ideas and technical judgement, and working closely with the founders to make those ideas real.
We're more interested in what you've built than your job title. The right person could be a recent Computer Science or Software Engineering graduate with strong projects, someone 1–3 years into their engineering career, an early-stage startup developer, or a self-taught developer with a track record of building great things.
Experience with React Native, Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, TypeScript, APIs, cloud platforms, databases, location or mapping would be particularly interesting. You don't need experience with everything, but you should be excited by the prospect of working across the stack.
What the role involves
You'll take the existing prototype and build the technology behind the CheckPoint MVP, spanning the mobile application, backend, APIs and underlying infrastructure.
You'll make the key technical decisions, establish the architecture and work directly with the founders on the evolution of the product.
If you see a better way to build something, a better way for the product to work, or an opportunity we've missed, we want you to say so.
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The practical bit
This is an equity-based role for the pre-funding period. This will move to a funded, full-time role once the round is completed, with market-rate compensation alongside continued equity.
A note from the founders
We're not looking for someone to simply execute a technical specification.
We're looking for someone who wants to build something from the beginning, someone who will challenge ideas, bring their own thinking, figure things out and take real responsibility for making the technology work.
This is an opportunity to build and lead the technology function as CheckPoint grows, working directly with the founders from the very start.
One founder brings experience in strategy, transformation and commercial leadership across ITV, the BBC and Paramount. The other has an international investment banking background at J.P. Morgan.
How to apply
Please send your CV and a short note about your ambitions, what you want to build in your career, and how you like to work with others to mike@checkpointglobal.co.uk
No lengthy cover letter required. We’d rather hear from you in your own words. If you’ve built something you’re particularly proud of, send us a link. All enquiries and conversations will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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