Founding Fullstack Engineer – Node / React / AWS

Hybrid (2 days)

We’re working with a well-funded, early-stage startup reinventing how young people discover careers.

They’ve built a mobile-first job platform driven by behavioural science and AI-led matching, designed specifically for Gen Z users. The product has traction. Their seed round is closed. Now the focus shifts from MVP to scale.

The platform was initially built using low-code tools. It works. It’s live. But to support growth, integrations and white-label expansion, the architecture now needs to move toward a scalable AWS-native setup.

This is the first in-house engineering hire.

There is strategic technical guidance in place, but they need someone embedded internally to own execution, centralise knowledge, and improve technological resilience.

What this offers you:

• Founding internal engineer position in a funded startup with traction - they have years of runway.
• Ownership of the transition from low-code to scalable AWS-native architecture - experience that’s increasingly valuable in modern startup environments.
• Exposure across Node, Postgres, React and AWS - you'll have your hands in all aspects of development, continuing your pathway to a T-shaped development professional.
• Clear pathway toward Technical Lead within 12–18 months, accelerating your career development.

You’ll suit this if you:

• Have 4–7 years’ experience in commercial development environments.
• Lean backend (Node, Postgres, AWS) but are comfortable fullstack (React / TypeScript).
• Have worked in API-heavy systems.
• Are comfortable operating in evolving or transitional architectures.
• Want to move toward technical leadership over time.

Hybrid: 2 days per week in office (Central Manchester)

If you're looking for a role that offers you the opportunity to be at the centre of a rapidly growing product, with the career opportunities that entails - please apply now.