Principal Full Stack Engineer

Role: Principal Full Stack Engineer

Location: Manchester

Salary: £75,000 – £95,000

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Principal Full Stack Engineer to join a growing technology company based in Manchester. Working within a close-knit team, you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality software solutions across a range of client projects, while helping shape the company's technical direction as it continues to grow.

This is a hands-on, technically focused leadership position suited to a well-rounded full-stack engineer who enjoys working across both frontend and backend technologies, leading technical discussions and taking ownership of end-to-end delivery. You'll have the opportunity to influence architecture, work directly with clients and mentor other engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical discussions with clients, understanding requirements and translating them into effective technical solutions.
• Take ownership of technical strategy, architecture and engineering standards across projects.
• Lead and contribute to the design, development and delivery of full-stack applications.
• Work across frontend and backend technologies, ensuring scalable, reliable and maintainable solutions.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship and support to other engineers.
• Oversee end-to-end project delivery, from initial discovery through to deployment.
• Contribute to CI/CD processes, DevOps practices and cloud infrastructure.
• Play an active role in shaping the future technical direction of a growing company.

Essential Technical Experience

We're looking for someone with a strong background across the full-stack development landscape, ideally bringing experience with:

• TypeScript – Strong commercial experience.
• React – Building modern, responsive frontend applications.
• Node.js – Backend development and API design.
• AWS – Cloud infrastructure, services and deployment.
• DevOps / CI/CD– Experience with deployment pipelines and modern engineering practices.

The Ideal Candidate

• An established Senior, Lead or Principal Software Engineer ready for their next challenge.
• A well-rounded full-stack developer rather than someone specialising exclusively in backend development.
• Confident leading client conversations and making technical recommendations.
• Comfortable balancing hands-on development with technical leadership.
• Someone who enjoys working in a smaller, collaborative environment where they can have a genuine influence.
• Interested in growing with a business and potentially taking on formal people-management responsibilities.

Benefits

• Hybrid working (flexibility on required office days)
• Competitive salary
• The opportunity to influence technical strategy and engineering direction.
• A clear progression into a formal leadership position with direct reports as the business grows.
• Exposure to a variety of client projects and internal product development.
• The opportunity to join a growing business with genuine long-term career prospects.