Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Our client is seeking a highly capable Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join their growing technology team. This role is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable web applications and cloud-native services across the entire technology stack.

The successful candidate will take ownership of backend services built on Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, and AWS , while also contributing to modern React and Next.js front-end applications. They will work closely with stakeholders to deliver high-quality software, improve platform performance, and help modernise legacy components.

This role suits a proactive engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, communicates effectively within a remote team, and takes ownership of delivering production-ready software.
Key Responsibilities
Software Development

- Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable full-stack applications using Node.js, TypeScript, React, and Next.js.

- Build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services supporting customer-facing applications.

- Develop responsive, intuitive, and high-performing user interfaces using React.js.

- Implement reusable, maintainable, and well-documented code following engineering best practices.

- Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical design decisions.

Cloud & Infrastructure

- Develop and maintain cloud-native applications hosted on AWS.

- Build and manage serverless solutions using AWS Lambda.

- Support and maintain Ubuntu-based EC2 instances hosting internal applications such as Strapi and Meilisearch.

- Manage PostgreSQL databases hosted on Amazon RDS.

- Optimise application performance, scalability, reliability, and security.

- Work with Redis for caching and performance optimisation where appropriate.

Platform Modernisation

- Assist in modernising legacy applications and frameworks.

- Contribute to the migration away from Redux Saga and legacy Redux implementations toward modern state management approaches.

- Recommend improvements to application architecture and engineering processes.

- Continuously improve code quality, maintainability, and development standards.

Collaboration & Delivery

- Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.

- Collaborate closely with Product Owners, stakeholders, and fellow engineers.

- Provide regular updates on work progress, risks, blockers, and delivery timelines.

- Review pull requests and contribute to maintaining high engineering standards.

- Mentor junior developers where appropriate.

Continuous Improvement

- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where appropriate.

- Improve CI/CD practices and deployment workflows.

- Contribute to engineering documentation and knowledge sharing.

- Support production deployments and investigate issues as required.

Required Skills & Experience
Essential

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).

- Minimum 6+ years of professional software development experience.

- Strong commercial experience with:
- Node.js

- TypeScript

- React.js

- Experience building REST APIs and distributed applications.

- Strong experience with PostgreSQL.

- Hands-on AWS experience including:
- Lambda

- EC2

- RDS

- Experience with Git and GitHub workflows.

- Strong understanding of software architecture and modern development practices.

- Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments.

- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

- Demonstrated ability to work independently in a remote environment.

Desirable Skills

Experience with any of the following will be highly regarded:

- Next.js

- Redis

- Strapi CMS

- Meilisearch

- Serverless Architecture

- CI/CD pipelines

- Docker

- Infrastructure as Code

- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central integrations

- .NET applica