What it means to be a product engineer at Nory

Engineering with impact at Nory

At Nory, we're building tools that help hospitality operators run better businesses. From AI-powered scheduling to smarter inventory, our products remove friction so operators can stay in control. But tech is only half the story. What really matters is the people building it.

Our engineers shape the product through all their contributions, not just code. They think in outcomes. They move fast. They solve real problems for real people.

We build with the product, not just for it

Engineers at Nory work in tight-knit squads with product managers, designers and data scientists. Everyone thinks in terms of value, not just tickets. There are no long handovers or overcooked specs. We start with the problem and work backwards from there.

Great product engineers at Nory stay close to the people we’re building for. They ask why. They simplify. They fix things that aren’t quite right, whether it’s in the brief or not.

They unblock teammates, review with care, jump into complex issues, and raise the technical bar of the team.

“Hard problems sound hard. We listen to what you’ve built, how you solved it, and who it helped.”

Tom Hipwell, VP of Engineering

What we look for in a Product Engineer

We hire for technical strength and product impact. Here’s what that looks like:

Full-stack capability: You don’t need to be an expert in everything, but you should be confident working across both front-end and back-end. We’re not tied to any specific stack — what matters is your ability to learn quickly and get up to speed.

Product mindset: You care about the outcome. We want to hear about how your work made a difference for a customer.

Problem-solving speed: You’re comfortable with ambiguity. You can turn a messy brief into a real solution, and ship fast by aggressively scoping out non-essentials.

Autonomy and drive: No micromanaging here. We look for people who spot the problem, take ownership, and drive it to resolution.

How we work together

Our teams are lean—currently three to four engineers per squad. That means fast feedback, close collaboration, and strong context.

Our tech leads are coaches, not gatekeepers. They pair on problems, review code, and support delivery on our hardest problems through their team.

As engineers grow at Nory, we expect them to develop product instinct, build across the stack, and lead by example. You might lean front-end or back-end, but you’ll be confident in both. Most of our best engineers have worked across multiple stacks and languages.

“The best candidates we see are technically sharp, but also product obsessed. They’ve made deliberate moves toward customer impact.” – Tom Hipwell, VP of Engineering

“We’re not just writing code, we’re building better ways to run hospitality.” – Ian Carey, Senior Product Engineer

“We expect everyone to know enough to be dangerous across the stack.” – Dário Tavares Antunes, Principal Engineer

What we're building, and why it matters

Some of the challenges we’re working on right now:

• AI-powered labour forecasting that balances business needs, compliance, and team preferences
• Smarter inventory tools that work in real-world, multi-site operations
• Real-time infrastructure for scheduling, communication, and agility
• Internal tooling and self-serve systems that speed up delivery and reduce bottlenecks

We work with messy data and complex workflows. We design systems that scale but stay simple. We build with and for operators running real businesses, in real time.

Final thoughts

We don’t hire to tick boxes. We hire people who want to own their impact. Engineers who move fast, solve real problems, and care about the customer.

If that sounds like you, check out our open roles. We’d love to chat.

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