Fullstack Engineer

We are expanding our engineering team to boost our development capacity and take our product to the next level. As a Fullstack Engineer, you'll play a hands-on role in building high-quality features across our platform, contributing to technical decisions, and helping us deliver a product that's efficient, robust, and a delight for thousands of customers to use.

You'll work closely with Product, Design, and more senior engineers to understand problems deeply, translate them into well-crafted solutions, and grow your ability to shape how we build for long-term success.

Building powerful features 🚀 – Design and deliver high-impact solutions that are clean, scalable, and built to last, delighting thousands of customers.

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Contributing to the big picture 🎯** – Collaborate with Product, Design, and the wider engineering team to understand what we're building and why, and bring thoughtful input to technical decisions.

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Keeping things running smoothly 🛠️** – Help maintain, optimise, and secure our systems so they perform at their best, even at scale.

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Problem-solving like a pro 🧠** – Tackle tricky technical challenges with support from the team, building your ability to turn complex problems into elegant, maintainable solutions.

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Growing and sharing 🤝** – Learn from senior engineers around you, share what you know, and contribute to a team culture of continuous improvement.

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Staying ahead of the game 📚** – Keep up with new tools, trends, and best practices, and bring fresh ideas to how we evolve our stack and processes.

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Owning your work end-to-end 🎨** – Take responsibility for features from initial idea to production, making sure every detail delivers value to users.

**Hard skills ⚡

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Full Stack Development 💻 – Solid working experience with Node.js (Express/Nest.js) and modern frontend frameworks like Vue/Nuxt or React/Next, building reliable experiences end-to-end.

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TypeScript & JavaScript 📜** – Good hands-on experience delivering production applications using modern JS/TS practices, with a desire to deepen your expertise.

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System Design 🏗️** – An understanding of how to build scalable, maintainable systems, and an eagerness to develop stronger architectural instincts over time.

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Database & Cloud ☁️** – Working familiarity with MongoDB and AWS services (Lambda, S3, API Gateway), comfortable building and shipping cloud-native features.

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DevOps & CI/CD 🚀** – Some experience with deployment pipelines and automated processes, with appetite to grow your infrastructure skills.

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Testing & Quality Assurance 🧪** – Comfortable writing tests using tools like Jest and Cypress to ship with confidence.

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Soft skills ✨

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Highly Collaborative 🤝** – Works well in cross-functional teams alongside engineers, designers, and product, and actively contributes to a positive team dynamic.

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Product-Minded 🚀** – Thinks beyond the code, staying curious about how features improve the user experience and serve broader business goals.

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Clear Communicator 🗣️** – Can explain technical thinking clearly, ask good questions, and engage constructively with feedback.

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Kind & Supportive ❤️** – Contributes to a respectful, inclusive team culture and brings a collaborative, humble attitude to their work.

Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring

• 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays + your birthday off 🎉
• £1200 annual benefits allowance ([ThanksBen](https://www.thanksben.com/), from month 2)
• Early finish Fridays (16:00)
• Yearly company retreat abroad ✈️
• 30 days to Work from anywhere 🌍
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption Leave (2 months full pay, then statutory)
• Statutory pension with NEST (3% employer, 5% employee)
• Zinc shares, issued through the EMI Scheme
• Unlimited access to [MoreHappi coaching](https://morehappi.com/employee/)
• Company socials, quarterly team socials Free Monday lunches
• Nursery workplace benefit scheme (Yellownest)
• Option to lease an electric car through Electric Car Scheme
• Celebrated Zinc anniversaries 🥳