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.
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Principal Full Stack Engineer in Manchester employer: Candour Solutions Limited
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