Full Stack Engineer

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd; Greater London; Remote; GBP 89,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd. is seeking a Senior Backend / Full Stack Engineer for an initial 6-month contract. The role is backend-led with ownership of technical decisions and cloud-native AWS services.

You will design, build and improve backend services and APIs, collaborating with product stakeholders while delivering production-ready solutions in a remote UK environment. Strong Node.js and TypeScript skills with NestJS, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD are essential, plus experience

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Extensive experience building backend services and APIs.
• Hands-on experience with NestJS.
• Strong practical experience working with AWS and cloud-native applications.
• Experience designing REST/HTTP APIs and/or GraphQL.
• Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of automated testing, particularly unit and integration testing.
• Experience designing systems with scalability, resilience, observability and security in mind.
• Experience with modern front-end development using React and/or Next.js.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and an understanding of clean, maintainable architecture.
• Comfortable taking ownership of technical and architectural decisions.
• Able to work autonomously within an agile engineering environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and improve backend services and APIs within a modern AWS environment.
• Take ownership of technical decisions and contribute to design and development of scalable, cloud-native services.
• Work closely with engineers and product stakeholders on technical design, architecture and standards.
• Deliver solutions through to production.

Skills

Backend development

API design

Distributed systems

Testing (unit/integration)

Agile

Communication

Cloud-native architectures

Software architecture

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

NestJS

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

React

Next.js

Job description

£550 per day | Outside IR35 | 6 months | Fully Remote (UK)

We’re working with a large, established organisation looking for a Senior Backend / Full Stack Engineer to join their engineering team on an initial 6-month contract.

This is a backend-led role, suited to an experienced engineer who can take ownership of technical decisions and contribute to the design and development of scalable, cloud-native services.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for designing, building and improving backend services and APIs within a modern AWS environment, with some involvement across the wider application stack.

You’ll work closely with engineers and product stakeholders, contributing to technical design, architecture and engineering standards, while taking ownership of solutions through to production.

Key Requirements

• Strong commercial experience with Node.js and TypeScript
• Extensive experience building backend services and APIs
• Hands-on experience with NestJS
• Strong practical experience working with AWS and cloud-native applications
• Experience designing REST/HTTP APIs and/or GraphQL
• Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD
• Strong understanding of automated testing, particularly unit and integration testing
• Experience designing systems with scalability, resilience, observability and security in mind
• Experience with modern front-end development using React and/or Next.js
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and an understanding of clean, maintainable architecture
• Comfortable taking ownership of technical and architectural decisions
• Able to work autonomously within an agile engineering environment
• Strong communication and collaboration skills