Opportunity

Senior Full Stack Engineer – AI SaaS & LLM Stack in Columbus

Location Columbus
Company Maze
Source jobicy
Posted 2026-08-27 10:31:55

Career & Market Insight

Career Stage & Growth: This is a senior individual contributor role at a Series B startup with under 150 employees — an ideal size for engineers who want real ownership without the chaos of early-stage pre-product-market-fit. Maze already has 100,000+ brands using the platform, so the infrastructure and product are real and scaling.

Skills You'll Build: The tech stack — Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, Next.js, NestJS, GraphQL, TypeScript, AWS, Kubernetes — is highly marketable. Additionally, working with LLMs for qualitative data analysis is a cutting-edge skill set that will differentiate you in the AI-augmented product engineering market for years to come.

Compensation: No explicit salary range is posted, but Maze states they benchmark against other venture-backed companies. For a Senior Full Stack Engineer in the UK/Netherlands/Ireland, market rates typically range from £80K–£120K+ (UK) or €80K–€110K+ (NL). The equity component at a funded Series B with strong PMF can be meaningful.

Green Flags:

  • Strong PMF signals (6.5M questions answered, blue-chip customers like Uber and Atlassian)
  • Transparent, async-first culture with bi-weekly all-hands and open communication norms
  • Emphasis on continuous learning and feedback — good for career development
  • Non-traditional backgrounds explicitly welcomed

Watch For: No explicit salary range may mean compensation varies widely by location. Clarify "Rest of World" vs. US pay bands in your first recruiter call, as Maze uses a tiered global compensation model.

About Maze

Maze is the user research platform that helps companies build the right products faster by making user insights available at the speed of product development.

In most companies, research demand far exceeds supply. Time, cost, and lack of access to expertise hold teams back. In today's AI-powered world, anyone can build a product fast. The real challenge? Deeply understanding user needs and building the right product. That's where Maze comes in.

We believe companies shouldn't have to choose between building fast and building right. Maze makes research accessible, intuitive, and fast so product teams can put user insights at the center of every decision.

Our platform enables researchers, designers, and product managers to quickly recruit participants, run studies autonomously, and surface insights that actually drive product decisions. Our AI capabilities automate the busywork and add depth and direction to the insights themselves.

That's why Maze was recently named the #1 user research platform in UX Tools' Design Tools Survey—and why we're scaling fast across industries like B2B SaaS, e-Commerce, Financial Services, Retail, and Automotive, supporting world class customers such as Uber, Amazon, Atlassian, Anthropic & more.

Maze is a Series B company backed by top-tier investors (Felicis, Emergence & Amplify). We operate a global remote workforce driven by our core values.

Location: Remote, preference for Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, or Portugal. Key engineering and product teams are based in these locales.

The Role

As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer on the Product Engineering team, you'll design and deliver high-impact features, working closely with product, design, and other engineers to solve complex problems, build scalable solutions, and ensure our systems are maintainable and performant.

You'll take ownership of projects from concept to production, contribute to architectural decisions, write high-quality code, and help raise the technical bar by sharing knowledge and best practices with your teammates.

You'll Work On

  • Building elegant features for user researchers to analyze and extract compelling insights from qualitative data, using both classical techniques and large language models
  • Expanding audience management to help researchers connect with and reward participants from across the world
  • Integrating video and scheduling tools to provide a streamlined experience for managing and booking user interviews

As a Product Engineer at Maze, You Will

  • Partner closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to design, build, and ship new features
  • Establish best practices, frameworks, and repeatable processes that enable us to measure the impact of every feature we ship
  • Evaluate and improve the performance, maintainability, and security of applications in production
  • Work in a collaborative and open team that places high value on feedback, continuous learning, and trust

You Should Apply If

  • You're proficient with modern full-stack JavaScript (Node.js and React) and relational databases (PostgreSQL)
  • You're enthusiastic about well-tested code and strive to improve your work environment
  • You have excellent written and spoken English skills
  • You thrive in a remote environment

Bonus Points

  • You have Next.js, NestJS, GraphQL, and/or TypeScript experience
  • You have experience with AWS and/or Kubernetes
  • You're interested in UX, UI design, and the research field

Inclusivity and Pay

At Maze, we are dedicated to building an equitable, inclusive, and authentic workspace. Unique and diverse perspectives are welcomed, and continuous growth is encouraged. We believe that people are more than their resumes, so if your past experience looks different than the criteria listed, we'd still love to hear from you. We appreciate and celebrate non-traditional life routes and encourage you to apply should you connect with a job description or the Maze culture.

Maze values transparency and it enables us to approach compensation equitably across the world. We are informed by data and regularly check our salary ranges (either United States or Rest of World) against other venture-backed companies. Additionally, we are proud of our holistic and generous benefits offerings, included in every compensation package.

Your salary is dependent upon many factors, including years of experience, expertise, etc. During your first interview, you can expect to have an open conversation with your recruiter regarding your compensation expectations.

Why Maze Is Unique

  • Early-stage startup: You will join an early-stage startup with fewer than 150 team members. This means you'll have the unique opportunity to directly impact success and help shape the future of Maze.
  • Market disruption: We believe that the way companies build products is fundamentally broken and the user research market is ripe for disruption. Maze is leading the charge toward a path forward that eliminates the compromise between speed and insight.
  • Product-market fit: Maze is used by 100,000+ brands across 4,000 companies, from SMB to enterprises. In the last fiscal year, we saw 6.5M questions answered, supporting 25K decisions.

Benefits

  • Health insurance with international coverage, vision, and dental: 100% of the team member premium paid
    • For some locations, coverage options vary — please see our benefits pages for more information
  • Free access to proper mental health care, unlimited virtual therapy sessions (with a human) and 24/7 access to resources
  • Life and Disability Insurance, 100% of the team member premium paid
  • Flexible time off
  • Meaningful equity
  • Company retreats, fully paid for by Maze
  • New MacBook (laptop), paid for by Maze
  • Paid Family Leave: 16 weeks for birth or adoptive parents
  • $500/month to be used for dependent health insurance coverage — if you don't have dependents, this money can be used at your discretion for gym memberships, co-working spaces, food, travel, and more
  • $1,500 remote work setup fund to ensure you can set up a productive work space
  • Flexible work schedule where you manage your own working hours
  • Monthly Bonus.ly points awarded to recognize teamwork, dedication, and helpfulness — redeemable for gift cards and more
  • Virtual social engagements throughout the year
  • Company SWAG
  • Open, transparent culture including virtual coffee chats, bi-weekly all-hands meetings, and more

Check out all of our benefits here.

Outreach Notice

We understand you might be excited about the job you're applying for — we are excited you are interested! However, please refrain from reaching out to our current team members on LinkedIn for referrals. Our policy is that referrals can only be provided by team members who personally know the candidate. With the high volume of interest in our roles, contacting our team members who are not involved in recruitment can be overwhelming. Additionally, please avoid submitting support tickets regarding your application, as our support team is not involved in the hiring process. Rest assured, our recruitment team is diligently reviewing all applications and will reach out directly if there is a match.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this role truly remote or do I need to be in a specific country?
The role is fully remote, but Maze prefers candidates based in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, or Portugal, as key engineering and product teams are located in these countries.
What is the salary range for this Senior Full Stack Engineer position?
Maze has not published a specific salary range for this role. They benchmark compensation against other venture-backed companies using US and Rest of World pay bands, and your recruiter will discuss compensation openly in the first interview.
What does the tech stack look like at Maze?
The core stack includes Node.js, React, and PostgreSQL. Bonus skills include Next.js, NestJS, GraphQL, TypeScript, AWS, and Kubernetes, with growing use of large language models (LLMs) for qualitative data analysis.
Does Maze offer flexible working hours?
Yes — Maze explicitly offers a flexible work schedule where you manage your own working hours, making it well-suited for remote workers and digital nomads operating within a European timezone overlap.
What remote work benefits does Maze provide?
Maze provides a $1,500 remote work setup fund, a $500/month flexible stipend (usable for co-working, gym, travel, etc.), a company-provided MacBook, and paid company retreats.
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