Full Stack Engineer

Higher - AI recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel and accommodation coverage for跨

3 months fully paid parental leave

Private medical insurance

Subsidised gym membership

Subsidised coaching/training

Fertility support including IVF

Work-from-home allowance

Annual company off-sites

Job summary

The defence technology company is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to help build software for planning and running operations. This hands-on role offers ownership of product features from early stages and the opportunity to impact critical infrastructure used by western forces.

You will work with Python (FastAPI), TypeScript/React and open-source LLMs, writing robust code deployed frequently. The position is based in London or Paris with cross-office collaboration, plus generous equity and

Qualifications

• Degree in CS or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in cross-functional software development teams.
• Experience shipping production-grade software and/or OSS contributions.

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end with direct accountability for outcomes.
• Build core features for planning operations and data insights.
• Contribute as a hands-on engineer while helping scale the team.

Skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Product development understanding

Robust coding practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python (FastAPI)

TypeScript/React

Open-source LLMs

Job description

We're helping one of the world's most exciting, VC-backed defence technology companies hire a Full Stack Engineer to help build the software reshaping how western forces plan and run operations.

Our client is bringing genuine AI capability to one of the world's most critical infrastructures - defence. Their command and control platform helps military forces plan and launch operations up to 4x faster, with battlefield-ready software that works even in denied communications environments.

The product is already deployed with the French Army and German Bundeswehr, and is supporting operations in Ukraine.

Having raised €31.5m to date - including a recent €20m Series A backed by exceptional investors from the tech and defence worlds - they're scaling fast in London and Paris.

THE ROLE

This is a hands‑on, high‑ownership role for an engineer who wants to shape a product from an early stage, not maintain someone else’s roadmap.

• Entrepreneurial ownership over strategic products and features, with direct accountability for outcomes delivered to customers
• Building core features that help users plan operations and extract insight from complex data — including real‑time visualisation and collaboration across maps, timelines and documents
• Working as a hands‑on solo contributor and problem solver, while helping build and scale the wider engineering team

WHAT YOU BRING

• A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years working within cross‑functional software development teams
• Experience shipping and iterating on production‑grade software, professionally and/or in the open source community
• Ability to write robust, well‑tested, well‑designed code that gets deployed frequently
• Strong understanding of product development and navigating large codebases
• Comfortable working with Python (FastAPI), TypeScript/React and open‑source LLMs
• Based in London or Paris, and open to working from the office

WHAT'S ON OFFER

• Base salary £100,000 - £160,000, depending on experience
• Generous equity (0.1% - 0.3%)
• 100% coverage of travel and accommodation expenses for cross‑office collaboration
• Minimum 3 months fully paid parental leave, plus childcare support
• Private medical insurance, subsidised gym membership, subsidised coaching/training
• Fertility support, including financial support for IVF, and menstrual leave
• Work‑from‑home allowance to cover office equipment
• Company off‑sites, annually