Staff Engineer

Digital Waffle; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Waffle is looking for a Staff Engineer / Principal Engineer / Lead Engineer - Full Stack to drive architecture, design and delivery of customer-facing software. You will own significant areas of the stack, mentor teams, and ship features to production daily within a modern TS/JS tech stack.

The role supports UK remote-first work with hybrid options in Portsmouth or Manchester, offering a salary in the £80,000–£100,000 range and a fast-paced SaaS environment that rewards initiative and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of TypeScript experience.
• Experience with Node.js microservices.
• Hands-on with Vue.js and modern tech stack.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of solution design and architecture for customer-facing products.
• Lead implementation and production deployments in fast-paced SaaS environment.
• Help scale systems with a focus on reliability, performance, and security.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

Vue.js

Tools

Redis

SQL Server

SingleStore

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Staff Engineer / Principal Engineer / Lead Engineer - Full Stack

Location: UK Remote-First / Hybrid (Portsmouth or Manchester)

Salary: £80,000 - £100,000

I am working with a leading UK SaaS business seeking an experienced Staff-Level Full Stack Engineer to help build and scale customer-facing products. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, taking ownership of solution design, architecture and implementation while working with a modern tech stack and deploying to production daily.

Key Skills

Technical

• TypeScript (5+ years' experience)
• Node.js microservices
• Vue.js
• Redis, SQL Server & SingleStore
• AWS and CI/CD

Bonus

• DevSecOps practices
• Automated testing and quality assurance
• AI-driven software development
• Scalable, secure SaaS platforms
• Clean code, SOLID principles and design patterns