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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** Cytix
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Salary:** £100,000.0 - £120,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Relational Databases, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Prism (Software), Rapid Prototyping Process, TypeScript, Tailwind, Backend, Vue.js, Restful APIs
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d3f7feed8ba338cd

## About the Role

* Solid backend experience with Node-based services and relational databases
 * Experience working 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
 * Ideally have been in early stage start-ups going through growth and technical challenges

## Description

You'll be a Technical Leader, unblock the engineering team by resolving complex technical impasses, standardising engineering practices, and owning cross-functional initiatives.

You'll still be a highly hands-on engineer, responsible for rapidly prototyping, shipping MVPs, and turning product ideas into polished user experiences. You'll work across the stack, collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams while operating with a high degree of independence.

What you'll do
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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 platfor
 * Support on hiring, performance and technical roadmaps.


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