Full Stack Engineer

CAPU Search; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering medical technology startup in the UK seeks a Full-Stack Engineer to join their team. This role involves designing and maintaining web and mobile applications, integrating APIs, and influencing product decisions. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience, particularly in startup environments, and strong skills in technologies like Vue, Node.js, and TypeScript. The position offers a salary range of £65,000 - £85,000 and a hybrid working model with one day a week on-site in Cambridge.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience as a full-stack engineer, ideally in startup or scale-up environments.
• Demonstrable track record of technical excellence with public projects, demos, or open-source work.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and taking ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain web and mobile applications using Vue, Nuxt, and Ionic.
• Develop and integrate APIs across various platforms.
• Influence technical and product decisions as an early team member.

Skills

Vue

React

Nuxt

Node.js

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Redis

Ionic

API design

authentication

database design

public projects

communication skills

Job description

Full-Stack Engineer | Early-Stage MedTech / AI Startup (UK)

This is a chance to join a genuinely early-stage MedTech & AI business as a core engineering hire, working directly with the CTO and shaping the product from the ground up.

You’ll be building and scaling web and mobile applications that sit at the centre of a real, regulated medical product. If you enjoy ownership, ambiguity, and building things properly, this one’s worth a look.

What you’ll be doing :

• Designing, building, and maintaining web and mobile applications using Vue, Nuxt, and Ionic / Vue
• Developing and integrating APIs across physical devices, mobile apps, cloud infrastructure, and frontend platforms
• Owning features end-to-end from architecture decisions through to deployment
• Working closely with the CTO, firmware engineers, and clinical stakeholders
• Writing clean, testable, well-documented code
• Debugging, optimising, and improving performance and user experience
• Influencing technical and product decisions as an early team member

What they’re looking for :

• 5+ years’ experience as a full-stack engineer, ideally in startup or scale-up environments

Strong experience with :

• Vue / React
• Nuxt / Next
• Node.js
• TypeScript
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Ionic (mobile development)
• Solid API, authentication, and database design experience (Postgres / DynamoDB)
• A demonstrable track record of technical excellence — public projects, demos, GitHub, open-source, etc.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity, taking ownership, and wearing multiple hats
• Confident communicator who can work across technical and non-technical teams

Nice to have (not deal-breakers) :

• FastAPI, RabbitMQ, Kafka
• AWS-based workflows
• CI / CD pipelines and DevOps best practices
• Experience with distributed systems or containerised microservices

The important bits :

• UK-based role
• Must have the right to work in the UK (no sponsorship)
• Salary £65,000 - £85,000 doe
• Hybrid with one day a week on-site in Cambridge

If you’re a strong full-stack engineer who wants real ownership and a product that actually matters, this is one of those roles that doesn’t come up often.

If you want more detail, apply for the role and we can have a chat.