Full Stack Developer

Digital Skills Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Skills Ltd in Manchester is seeking an experienced Full Stack Engineer to join a high-profile digital product team delivering customer-facing experiences at global scale. You will work in a cloud-native environment, building AI-assisted development tools and modern front-end and back-end services.

You will collaborate with Product, UX and Engineering teams, translate requirements into high-quality solutions and participate in Agile ceremonies.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Full Stack Engineer delivering customer-facing web apps.
• Proficiency with Java for backend services and RESTful APIs.
• Strong Front End skills with JavaScript/TypeScript and React.
• Experience with Micro Frontends (MFE) and BFF architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud-native deployment in AWS.
• Knowledge of Git, testing and modern software practices.
• Ability to collaborate with product, design and engineering teams.
• Comfort with Agile ceremonies and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance customer-facing web applications and services.
• Build modern Front End solutions using React and TypeScript.
• Design and develop Back End services using Java and cloud-native tech.
• Collaborate with Product, UX and Engineering teams to translate requirements into solutions.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while keeping quality.
• Contribute to API development, integrations and scalable platform services.
• Support performance, monitoring, testing and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and cross-team collaboration.

Skills

Full stack

Java

TypeScript

React

AWS

REST APIs

Micro Frontends

BFF

Git

CI/CD

Testing

Agile

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD tooling

AWS

Job description

Full Stack Developer | Java, React, AI-Assisted Development

Up to £77 per hour (Inside IR35) 40-hour working week

Manchester - 2 days per week in the office, remote working otherwise

Initial 6-month contract

Digital Skills are looking for an experienced Full Stack Engineer to join a high-profile digital product team delivering customer-facing experiences at global scale. Working within a modern cloud-native environment, you'll help build innovative search and engagement capabilities that enhance how millions of users interact with leading digital platforms.

This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of AI-assisted software engineering, combining hands-on development across Front End and Back End technologies with the latest AI-driven development tools and methodologies.

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing and enhancing customer-facing web applications and services.


• Building modern Front End solutions using React, TypeScript and micro Front End architectures.


• Designing and developing Back End services using Java and cloud-native technologies.


• Working closely with Product, UX and Engineering teams to translate requirements into high-quality solutions.


• Leveraging AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality and reliability.


• Contributing to API development, integrations and scalable platform services.


• Supporting performance, monitoring, testing and continuous improvement initiatives.


• Participating in Agile ceremonies and collaborating across multiple engineering teams.

Key Skills Required

• Strong commercial experience as a Full Stack Engineer.


• Excellent Java development experience, including modern web services and APIs.


• Strong Front End expertise with JavaScript/TypeScript and React.


• Experience working with Micro Frontends (MFE) and Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) architectures.


• Proven experience with AWS and cloud-based deployment environments.


• Knowledge of RESTful APIs and scalable distributed systems.


• Experience with Git, automated testing and modern software engineering best practices.


• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaborative working skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Agentic AI, AI-powered development tools, or AI-enabled product features.


• Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker and CI/CD tooling.


• Understanding of monitoring, observability, SLIs and SLOs.


• Experience working on large-scale consumer-facing platforms.


• Knowledge of experimentation, analytics and A/B testing environments.