Depth on both sides
Separate substantial backend responsibility from API consumption, and frontend ownership from occasional UI changes.
Full Stack & Frontend · Manchester & UK
Full Stack & Frontend Developer Recruitment
A full-stack title can hide very different strengths. We help UK product teams clarify the balance of frontend, backend and product responsibility, then screen against the work the engineer will actually own.
Screen for the work. Not just the keywords.
Ryan brings 10+ years of software engineering experience to a peer-to-peer technical conversation. We agree the assessment with you first, then explain the evidence behind each introduction.
See our technical screening processTechnical scope
- React
- Next.js
- Vue
- TypeScript
- CSS Architecture
- Web Vitals
- API integration
What the technical conversation explores
A usable product
Explore accessibility, responsive UI implementation, CSS architecture and the relationship between design decisions and real user behaviour.
Measured performance
Discuss rendering, Web Vitals, testing and API integration through concrete changes the candidate has shipped and checked.
Relevant roles, clearly defined
We work with product businesses of around 10–200 employees, including funded teams. Manchester and the North are our initial local focus; working arrangements can be remote, hybrid or on-site across the UK.
- Full Stack Developer
- Frontend Engineer
- Senior React Engineer
- Product Engineer
- Frontend Tech Lead
Full Stack & Frontend recruitment questions
How do you evaluate a Full-Stack developer’s depth across both frontend and backend?
We ask candidates to explain a feature end to end, identifying their own contribution to the interface, API, data model, tests and release. We distinguish depth in one area from breadth across several and compare it with the balance your role actually needs.
Do you vet frontend engineers on modern frameworks and UI/UX implementation?
Yes. Screening can cover React, Next.js, Vue, TypeScript, accessible and responsive implementation, CSS architecture, Web Vitals and API integration. We focus on engineering decisions and delivered work rather than framework trivia.
How do your technical screening interviews save our engineering leadership team time?
We conduct the initial technical discussion and share a structured account of relevant experience, trade-offs, gaps and follow-up questions. The aim is to help your team decide whom to interview and where to go deeper; it does not remove the need for your own assessment.