Hire Express vs Fastify developers

Both Express and Fastify have active talent pools on Haystack. We see first shortlists for Express and Fastify land within 24 hours of kick-off, with the median Express hire closing in 14-21 days alongside comparable Fastify roles.

Mid-level Express engineers anchor around £65k–£85k UK base, with seniors reaching £90k–£130k. Fastify engineers sit around £65k–£85k mid and £90k–£130k senior. German bands run 5-20% higher in EUR and US bands 40-50% higher in USD.

For Express we look for working experience with Node.js, TypeScript, Passport. For Fastify the equivalents are Fastify, Node.js, TypeScript. Both ecosystems get surfaced on every Haystack profile so you can filter on exact tooling.

Often yes - particularly when both stacks live in the same category (Backend vs Backend). On Haystack we let you require both as primary or secondary skills; senior generalists typically carry one as their main stack and one as supporting.

Pick on hiring depth, your team's current strengths and the ecosystem fit. Express suits rest and bff apis serving web and mobile clients with strong typing via typescript; Fastify suits high-throughput json apis with json schema validation. We can shortlist both in parallel so you can interview against the same brief.

Yes - the full ladder from junior through staff/principal in both Express and Fastify. The kick-off call captures the level and shipped-work bar you need, and shortlists are filtered accordingly.