Product Builder

At Mews, we’re redefining how hospitality works, and that includes rethinking how software gets built. That’s why we’re introducing a new kind of role: the Product Builder. Product Builders are high-agency engineers who don’t just focus on how things get built, they shape what gets built in the first place, taking ownership from idea through to impact and playing a direct role in defining the products our customers experience.

As a Product Builder, you will operate at the forefront of this transformation. This is a role for people who transcend conventional engineering tracks – those who blend technical depth, product intuition and organisational leadership to create enduring impact. A Product Builder is someone who thinks in systems, takes initiative, moves fast and creates long-term value by building great products that truly help our customers.

You’ll be responsible for identifying, driving and delivering high-leverage product opportunities that span teams and domains. You’ll lead by example in how AI-native products are built, guide strategic direction and act as a multiplier for others in the organization

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Take end-to-end ownership of product initiatives - from problem definition to prototype to production


• Build rapidly, ship often and iterate based on real feedback


• Lead the design and implementation of systems that power:




• Product-led growth mechanics


• Intelligent onboarding and automation workflows


• Multi-property operational tooling and business intelligence


• AI-powered Smart Tips and co-pilot product features




• Work closely with Product Managers and Designers to stay aligned on direction without being dependent on them for day-to-day execution


• Operate as a self-contained unit: making decisions, running experiments and owning delivery


• Set a high bar for technical and product quality. You won’t just ship features - you’ll build systems that last and evolve


• Mentor Engineers who wish to become Product Builders and other Product Builders to drive adoption of modern development practices


• Champion AI-native development across the team - working faster, smarter and with less waste


• Make pragmatic use of cloud-native platforms, integrations and managed services to solve problems without reinventing the wheel

• Lead the discovery and delivery of complex, cross-cutting initiatives with broad business and customer impact.


• Shape product direction in ambiguous areas, working closely with leadership to influence strategic bets and longer-term product vision.


• Mentor and enable other Product Builders and Engineers across the company – through pairing, reviews, coaching and hands-on leadership.


• Drive best-in-class use of AI tools, rapidly prototyping solutions and scaling promising ideas into robust product experiences.


• Establish reusable patterns, frameworks, or services that accelerate the work of other builders and improve overall velocity.


•  Define and share patterns for effective AI-native development, enabling others, even for non-product builders, to build faster and more effectively.


• Represent builder thinking across orgs – evangelizing a culture of experimentation, autonomy and pragmatic problem-solving.

You’ll be a great fit if you bring a few of the below with you:

• 7 years of experience delivering customer-facing software with measurable business outcomes.


• Experience as a senior engineer in a product-driven company (startup, founder, or scale-up experience preferred)


• Track record of leading large-scale initiatives across functions, systems, or product areas.


• Strong product instincts - you care about the problem as much as the implementation


• Comfortable defining scope, navigating ambiguity and making trade-offs in real time


• Take ownership well beyond your code - into customer outcomes, product success and system sustainability


• Experience operating without dedicated Product Managers or Product Designers, or a strong proven ability to do so


• Demonstrated ability to define and deliver product strategy without top-down direction.


• Consistently lead by example: whether by coaching, elevating team standards, or proactively unblocking others


• Recognized as a leader in AI-native development, with a proven ability to evaluate, adopt and scale emerging tools (e.g., agents, orchestration, autonomous testing) across teams.


• Expert in and actively working with modern AI development tools, such as:




• Claude for rapid code generation and refactoring


• Cursor or other AI-native IDEs to boost development speed and insight


• Lovable, or similar tools, to prototype flows and gather user feedback fast


• Emerging AI agents and workflow automation tools that help reduce friction, test faster and unlock scale




• Strong communicator with a history of influencing decision-making at a strategic level.


• Recognized internally as a go-to problem solver and mentor, trusted by peers across disciplines