Lead/Senior Full Stack Developer

The role involves leading technical development activities across both Front End and Back End components, shaping system integrations, developing high-quality APIs, and contributing to cloud-hosted platform architectures. You will work closely with designers, product leads, architects, and data specialists to refine requirements, develop prototypes, validate technical options, and deliver production-ready features., * Develop high-quality, maintainable, and scalable software across Front End and Back End components.

• Translate user and business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs, ensuring performance, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with UX designers to implement responsive, accessible, and user-centred Front End features.
• Lead development activities, support code reviews, and uphold engineering best practices.
• Work with architects to align solutions with enterprise patterns, standards, and cloud strategies.
• Implement secure development practices and ensure solutions meet compliance and data-protection requirements.
• Participate in technical planning, estimation, and risk assessment across the delivery life cycle.
• Support continuous integration, automated testing, and deployment pipelines.
• Troubleshoot issues across the full stack and contribute to improving system observability and performance.
• Produce clear technical documentation, including architectural diagrams, data flows, and API specifications.

Strong engineering expertise, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to work independently while producing clean, well-structured code and documentation are essential., * Proven experience as a Lead Developer or Senior Software Engineer working on large-scale digital platforms.

• Strong Front End expertise in React, Angular, or Vue.js.
• Backend engineering experience using Python (eg, Flask, Django, FastAPI).
• Strong experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Hands-on experience working with cloud platforms, such as AWS or Azure.
• Experience with SQL databases, data modelling, and supporting data pipelines.
• Strong understanding of modern software development practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and version control (Git).
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Experience working within agile or multidisciplinary delivery teams.

Desirable

• Familiarity with microservices architectures and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep).
• Knowledge of modern authentication standards (OAuth, OpenID Connect).
• Understanding of performance optimisation, caching strategies, and scalable system design.
• Experience working in regulated or data-sensitive environments.