Location: Cambridge (CB4)
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: Competitive
Job Reference: 35907
Polytec Full-Stack Engineer
Polytec are seeking a Full-Stack Engineer to join our Cambridge based client as a key early hire, helping to design, develop and deploy the core web and mobile applications that power their technology. This is a high-impact role for an adaptable, proactive engineer who thrives in fast-paced startup environments, enjoys working across the full stack and takes deep ownership of their work.
You’ll be a key contributor to the technical strategy, shaping product direction while also delivering hands‑on engineering. If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and building technology that directly improves lives—this role is for you.
Responsibilities
* Design, build and maintain scalable, secure web and mobile applications using Nuxt, Vue and Ionic/Vue
* Develop and integrate APIs and workflows across physical devices, mobile apps, cloud infrastructure and frontend systems
* Ensure high performance, security, and scalability across all applications
* Influence engineering and product decisions as a key early hire, reporting directly to the CTO
* Write clean, well-structured, testable code following industry best practices
* Debug, optimise and refine existing applications to improve reliability and user experience
* Collaborate with clinical, firmware and engineering teams to deliver user‑centric solutions
* Lead the development of new features and enhance existing functionality
* Contribute to architectural decisions and help shape the broader technical strategy
Requirements
* 5+ years of full‑stack development experience, ideally in a startup or fast‑paced environment
* 5+ years working with React/Vue, Nuxt/Next, Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL and Redis
* 5+ years developing mobile applications using Ionic
* Strong experience in API development, authentication and database design (DynamoDB and PostgreSQL)
* Demonstrable technical excellence via public demos, project pages, open‑source contributions etc.
* Strong problem‑solving skills and a detail‑oriented approach
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
* Ability to work cross‑functionally with multiple teams
* Must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship
* Bonus: experience with FastAPI, RabbitMQ, Kafka, DevOps practices, AWS workflows, CI/CD pipelines, distributed systems, or containerised microservices
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