Senior Software Engineer
12 hours ago
Manchester
Join a mission-driven, people-first startup building better ways for global brands to work with global retailers. At VST, we’re on a mission to transform how massive brands like Mars, Coca-Cola, and Unilever collaborate with retailers, through smart tech and better data. We’re a venture-backed startup with solid foundations and a lot of ambition — and we’re growing our team. We’re now looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer with strong TypeScript experience to join our collaborative, curious, and kind team. You’ll work across the full stack to build products that customers actually love — shipping fast, thinking deeply, and owning your craft. Diversity & Belonging at VST We believe building great software starts with diverse thinking, lived experiences, and inclusive culture. We’re proud to be building a team where different perspectives aren’t just welcomed — they’re essential. Whether you’ve followed a traditional path or not, we encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and communities to apply. 🧠 What You'll Work On We’re building a powerful enterprise web app powered by big, proprietary datasets. Some things you might tackle in your first year: • Scale and refine our product to serve large enterprise users, • Contribute to customer-facing features using React, Node.js, GraphQL, and Postgres, • Improve performance and reliability across our data-heavy frontend, • Join user interviews and work closely with design to make thoughtful, human-focused UX decisions, • Take part in shaping the engineering culture, practices, and mentorship, • Explore opportunities to expand your impact into areas like infrastructure, security, and hiring 👣 What Your First Year Might Look Like • 30 Days: You’ve shipped your first changes, paired with the team, and contributed to real customer impact., • 60 Days: You’re leading initiatives, jumping into user interviews, and making smart suggestions to level up our stack and practices., • 90 Days: You’ve delivered major features, participated in architectural decisions, and helped interview future teammates., • 6–12 Months: You’ve owned big, business-critical projects, mentored others, and become a cultural leader in the team. ✅ What We’re Looking For We’re open-minded about your background — whether you've worked in startups, agencies, or enterprise. What matters to us is that you: • Are strong in full stack TypeScript, with real-world experience in React and Node.js, • Are comfortable in fast-moving, semi-structured environments, • Care about the details — from data modeling and testing to UI polish and user experience, • Can empathise with customers, not just code for them, • Communicate clearly and collaborate across disciplines, • Have a broad sense of ownership: you ship, test, debug, and iterate 🛠️ Our Stack • Frontend: React, TypeScript, Effect-Rx, Styled Components, Storybook, Apollo GraphQL, • Backend: Node.js, Effect-TS, Postgres (Prisma), Redis, Snowflake,, • Infra: Docker, Pulumi, Kubernetes (Digital Ocean), CI/CD (GitHub Actions), Netlify, • Tools: Linear, Slack, Notion 💼 What You’ll Get • Autonomy + ownership in a fast-growing product team, • A hybrid setup remote( join us in our East London), • A clear growth path with opportunities to lead projects and shape the product roadmap, • A great comp package:, • Competitive salary, • End-of-year bonus, • Share options with fair terms, • Sales referral bonus, • Top-tier equipment (M-series MBP or whatever helps you do your best work), • We’re currently hiring for this role based in London, with 2–3 days a week in the office (Old Street) and flexibility around that., • Travel opportunities to meet clients (if you want them!), • Minimal bureaucracy with maximum clarity — we aim to keep things simple, honest, and human 🎯 Ready to Apply? There’s no such thing as a “perfect” candidate — if you’re excited by the role and believe you could do great work here, we’d love to hear from you. Interview Process • 30 minute video chat with Talent, • Short take home technical question, • 60-minute technical review (either a take-home task we can provide or one you’ve done recently in order to save you the time and effort), • 60-minute technical interview over screenshare/Leetcode, • Values interview with the founders to answer any outstanding questions that you or we may have, • Offer