Full Stack Developer

Chris Turner Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A market leading scale-up consultancy is seeking a talented Software Engineer to work on innovative software and data projects within the UK rail industry. Ideal candidates should have at least 3 years of software engineering experience, with an interest in rail data. This role offers the chance to grow into senior leadership within a rapidly expanding team.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of experience in software or data engineering.
• Interest in learning the rail industry and its data.

Responsibilities

• Work on software engineering projects for the UK rail industry.
• Use a variety of programming languages and platforms.

Skills

Node.js (TypeScript)

ExpressJS / React

Python

SQL (MariaDB, PostgreSQL)

Microsoft Azure / AWS Cloud

Java

Apache data technologies

Docker

Education

Graduate degree in a relevant field

Job description

The Position

The Software Engineer role is working for a market leading scale‑up consultancy based in London focused on a range of innovative digital applications and projects within the rail industry. The UK rail industry is undergoing the largest transformation seen in a generation and the business is positioning itself to be at the centre of this change. As it enters a phase of rapid commercialisation and growth, it is now seeking a talented Software Developer to help lead and deliver a variety of leading‑edge software technology and data‑led projects.

The Role

You will be working on a wide variety of data, software and consulting projects, using your software engineering experience to help deliver solutions to improve rail in the UK. You'll be expected to work with a wide variety of programming languages and platforms due to the varying nature of clients' development environments. Recent projects have included the use of all or some of the following:

• Node.js (TypeScript)
• ExpressJS / React
• Python
• SQL (MariaDB, PostgreSQL)
• Microsoft Azure / AWS Cloud
• Java
• Apache data technologies (Camel, Active MQ, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, etc.)
• Docker

You'll also work closely with the Head of Software who will provide direction and technical support in your projects.

The Candidate

You’ll ideally be a graduate with at least 3 years’ relevant experience working in a software or data engineering capacity. If this experience is within rail, then even better. Don’t worry if not, an interest in learning the various intricacies of the rail industry and its data is all that’s needed. As a small, but rapidly expanding consultancy, you’ll need to enjoy working in small teams with a wide range of skills and experience and be excited about the opportunity to help build the company with the potential to grow into a senior leadership role over the coming years.