Javascript Developer

Better Placed; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Better Placed in Manchester is seeking a talented Full Stack Engineer to join a tiny, fast-moving engineering team and help shape the product from idea to release.

You'll work across React, Node.js and TypeScript, owning features end-to-end and collaborating closely with founders and product/design to push the product forward in a rapidly evolving startup.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' commercial software engineering experience.
• Proficient with React and Node.js.
• Strong TypeScript skills and full-stack capabilities.
• Experience in early-stage startup or fast-moving product environment.
• Ability to own and ship features independently.
• Good product mindset and problem-understanding.

Responsibilities

• Build new features across React, Node.js and TypeScript.
• Work across frontend and backend development and production delivery.
• Build and maintain APIs and third-party integrations.
• Collaborate with founders, product/design and other engineers.
• Support CI/CD and cloud infrastructure and write clean, maintainable code.

Skills

React

Node.js

TypeScript

Full-stack

Startup experience

Product mindset

Independent ownership

CI/CD

Job description

Full Stack Engineer – React / Node / TypeScript

If you're looking to work for a Manchester based early stage startup with big ambitions, a place where you can work closely with founders and shape product decisions this could be an interesting opportunity for you. They're building a consumer-facing platform that is already in market and gaining traction rapidly.

Following continued growth, they are looking for a talented Full Stack Engineer to become one of the earliest members of their engineering team.

This is a great opportunity for a strong mid-level developer who wants to progress towards Senior Engineer while having significantly more ownership than you'd typically get in a larger technology team.

You'll work directly with the Founding Engineer and founders, taking features from an initial customer problem through to design, development and release.

This isn't an environment where everything arrives as a perfectly defined ticket. You'll be expected to ask questions, suggest improvements, make pragmatic technical decisions and take ownership of what you build.

What you'll be doing

• Building new features across React, Node.js and TypeScript
• Working across both frontend and backend development
• Taking features from idea through to production
• Building and maintaining APIs and third-party integrations
• Working with payments, notifications and other external services
• Improving existing functionality based on real customer feedback and usage
• Contributing to architecture and technical decisions
• Supporting CI/CD and cloud infrastructure
• Writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
• Working closely with the Founding Engineer, founders and product/design
• Helping shape engineering standards as the technology team grows

You'll ideally have:

• 3+ years' commercial software engineering experience
• Commercial experience with React
• Backend development experience with Node.js
• Genuine full-stack experience rather than being heavily weighted towards just frontend or backend
• Experience working within an early-stage startup or similarly fast-moving product environment
• Experience owning and shipping features independently
• A strong product mindset and interest in understanding the problem behind what you're building
• Confidence working with changing requirements and imperfect information
• A proactive approach to identifying problems and suggesting improvements

Experience with Stripe, mobile development/Expo, ecommerce, marketplaces or booking platforms would be useful but isn't essential.

The opportunity

You'll be joining a very small engineering team at a point where you'll genuinely be able to influence how the product and technology evolve.

Rather than owning one small component within a large engineering organisation, you'll have visibility across the full product lifecycle and work closely with the people making the business and product decisions.

My client is particularly interested in developers who enjoy the pace and ownership that comes with an early-stage business and want the opportunity to develop into a Senior Engineer as the company grows.