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Lead Full Stack Engineer at Spruce (London/Bristol, UK)

Salary: £85,000 - £120,000 + equity

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Spruce is building the operating system for heat pump installation businesses across the UK. They are VC-backed and were founded in early 2024.

About the Role

The UK needs to install 600,000 heat pumps a year to hit net zero by 2050 — right now they're at ~100,000. Spruce is building the software to close that gap, supporting 500+ installers and growing fast.

The problems are genuinely interesting:

  • 2D floor-plan geometry and drawing tools
  • Offline-first PWAs with sync conflict resolution
  • Cross-company job sharing with RBAC permissions
  • Underfloor heating physics and hydronics calculations
  • LiDAR integration
  • Solar and battery systems

Stack: TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Prisma, Docker, Konva, Tailwind.

Responsibilities

  • Own slices of architecture and technical strategy
  • Write high-leverage code on critical paths
  • Mentor a growing engineering team
  • Spend most of your time hands-on

Requirements

  • Strong in TypeScript across the full stack
  • Product-minded
  • Desire for real ownership over what you build

Benefits

  • 33 days holiday
  • 30 days/year working abroad
  • Hybrid (2 days/week in office)
  • Nursery benefits

Apply

Apply: nick@spruce.eco

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