Technical Leader & Hands-on Principal Software Engineer

Jackalope Digital LLC; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Holidays

Share options

Enhanced maternity pay

Pension - 8% (3% employer, 5% employee

Private Healthcare (inc. dental, optic

Octopus car scheme - Drive electric

Dog-friendly office

Inclusivity as standard

Job summary

Cytix seeks a Technical Leader to unblock the engineering team by resolving complex impasses, standardising engineering practices, and owning cross-functional initiatives. You’ll still be a hands-on engineer, prototyping rapidly and shipping MVPs across the stack with product and design.

You’ll build frontend features with TypeScript and Vue 3, contribute to backend services using Node, Prisma, PostgreSQL and AWS, and help shape product direction while improving performance and developer

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building modern frontend applications with TypeScript and Vue3.
• Solid backend experience with Node-based services and relational databases.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Prisma, AWS and REST APIs.
• Comfortable moving quickly, making pragmatic decisions, and shipping iteratively.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Able to work independently in a hybrid environment.
• Experience in early stage startups through growth and technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship new product features end-to-end.
• Lead rapid prototyping and MVP development.
• Develop modern frontend applications using TypeScript, Vue 3 Composition API, and Tailwind.
• Contribute to backend services using Node, Bun, Koa, PostgreSQL, Prisma, and AWS.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to shape product direction.
• Improve performance, reliability, and developer experience across the platform.
• Support on hiring, performance and technical roadmaps.

Skills

TypeScript

Vue3

Frontend architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent work

MVP development

REST APIs

Team leadership

Tools

Node.js

Koa

PostgreSQL

Prisma

AWS

Job description

Cytix seeks a Technical Leader to unblock the engineering team by resolving complex impasses, standardising engineering practices, and owning cross-functional initiatives. You’ll still be a hands-on engineer, prototyping rapidly and shipping MVPs across the stack with product and design.

You’ll build frontend features with TypeScript and Vue 3, contribute to backend services using Node, Prisma, PostgreSQL and AWS, and help shape product direction while improving performance and developer