Full Stack Engineer

Digital Skills ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Digital Skills ltd is working with a Global Travel and Software organisation on a high-priority loyalty programme. The role is a hands-on Full Stack Engineer covering React and TypeScript front end and Java-based services, deployed on AWS.

You will collaborate with Product, UX and engineering across distributed teams, using AI coding agents to accelerate delivery while upholding architecture, testing, security and production quality.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Java development experience with modern frameworks and web services.
• Experience with micro Front End and Back End-for-Front End architectures.
• Proven experience deploying services on AWS.
• Experience with CloudFormation or similar infra‑as‑code tooling.
• Strong REST and GraphQL API design and integration.
• Experience using AI coding agents to deliver production software.
• Ability to review, test and own AI-generated code.
• Strong fundamentals: testing, Git and code reviews.
• Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL data modelling.
• Experience in distributed, multidisciplinary teams and clear communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop responsive, accessible features across web and app channels.
• Develop Back End-for-Front End services and Java web services.
• Design, build and consume REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Deploy and support services on AWS using CloudFormation.
• Take ownership of features from design through testing and production support.
• Write and maintain unit, integration and end-to-end tests.
• Review AI-generated code for security, performance and maintainability.
• Participate in code reviews and architectural decisions.
• Monitor service health and investigate production issues.
• Collaborate with Product, UX and distributed engineering teams.
• Communicate risks and trade-offs clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

Java backend

React/TypeScript

AWS

REST/GraphQL

AI coding tools

Git and code reviews

CI/CD

Kubernetes/Docker

IaC (CloudFormation)

Communication

Tools

CloudFormation

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

FULL STACK ENGINEER | JAVA, REACT/TYPESCRIPT & AWS

Up to £75 per hour (Inside IR35)

Duration - 6-month rolling

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Digital Skills are working with a Global Travel and Software organisation on a high-priority customer loyalty programme. The organisation is developing new web and app experiences that will help customers understand, use and renew their loyalty benefits.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a hands-on Full Stack Engineer position covering React and TypeScript Front End development, and Java-based web services.You will build production quality customer experiences on AWS, working with Product, UX and engineering teams across multiple international locations.

Agentic AI will form an important part of the delivery approach. You will use AI coding agents to accelerate development while retaining responsibility for architecture, testing, security, maintainability and production outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design and develop responsive, accessible, customer facing features across web and app channels.
• Develop Back End-for-Front End services and Java based web services.
• Design, build and consume REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Deploy and support services on AWS using infrastructure and deployment tooling such as CloudFormation.
• Take ownership of features from refinement and technical design through to testing, deployment and production support.
• Write and maintain unit, integration and end-to-end tests.
• Review AI-generated code for correctness, security, performance, accessibility and maintainability.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions and architectural decisions.
• Monitor service health and investigate defects and production issues.
• Work closely with Product Managers, UX designers and engineers across distributed teams.
• Communicate technical risks, dependencies and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Hands-on Java development experience, ideally involving modern frameworks and web services.
• Practical experience with micro Front End and Back End-for-Front End architectures.
• Proven experience building and deploying services on AWS.
• Experience with CloudFormation or comparable infrastructure-as-code tooling.
• Strong knowledge of REST and GraphQL API design and integration.
• Practical experience using Agentic AI tools to deliver production software.
• Ability to review, test and take ownership of AI-generated code.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including automated testing, Git and code reviews.
• Understanding of SQL or NoSQL databases and data modelling.
• Experience working effectively within distributed, multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Clear written and spoken communication skills.
• Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD and observability experience would be advantageous.
• Experience with high-volume customer platforms, loyalty products, personalisation or experimentation would be beneficial.

SUMMARY OF THE BEST CANDIDATE

The best candidate will be a genuinely hands-on Full Stack Engineer with strong recent experience across Java Back End development, React or TypeScript Front End engineering and AWS cloud delivery.

You will be comfortable working across micro frontends, Back End-for-Front End services and APIs rather than specialising exclusively in one layer. You will also have practical experience using AI coding agents as part of software delivery and will be able to explain what they delegated, how they defined the work and how they validated the resulting code.

The successful candidate will combine delivery pace with disciplined testing, operational ownership and effective collaboration in a complex, internationally distributed engineering environment.