Principal Software Engineer

Job 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 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. What you'll need Extensive experience building modern frontend applications with TypeScript and Vue3 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 What you'll get Time off that works for you: Unlimited holiday policy, including a guaranteed 33 days plus your birthday off Flexible hybrid working: Work in a way that helps you do your best work, while staying connected with the team. A stake in what we’re building: Eligible employees can participate in our EMI share option scheme. Healthcare that goes further: After one year’s service, access private healthcare through Vitality, including dental, optical, hearing and therapy cover. More ways to get around: Access our company car salary-sacrifice scheme. Support for growing families: Enhanced maternity and paternity leave. About Cytix Software never stops changing. Teams ship new code every day, through tickets, pull requests, releases, and increasingly with AI in the mix, but the way security keeps up with all that change hasn't really moved on. That's the problem we're solving. Cytix helps organisations underst…