Full Stack Engineering Lead (JavaScript, Node, React)

Spectrum IT Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

London office

Social impact product

Job summary

Spectrum IT Recruitment is seeking a Full Stack Engineering Lead for a tech-for-good business in central London. You will balance technical leadership with hands-on coding in TypeScript, React, and Node, guiding delivery from design to production while staying close to the code.

You will mentor engineers, shape architecture, work with product and stakeholders, and improve testing, deployment, and monitoring.

Qualifications

• Experience leading hands-on engineering teams with technical ownership.
• Strong TypeScript/JavaScript development skills.
• Experience building APIs and cloud-based apps.
• Familiarity with React or Vue frontend.
• Ability to mentor engineers and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design from initial concept through release and operations.
• Stay hands-on with coding, architecture, and reviews.
• Improve deployment, testing, and monitoring processes.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to turn user needs into solutions.
• Balance new features with reliability and technical debt.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js

React

API design

Cloud (AWS)

CI/CD

Mentoring engineers

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Want to stay hands-on while helping a team build technology that makes a meaningful difference?

We're recruiting a Full Stack Engineering Lead (TypeScript, React, Node) for a tech for good business in central London (near Holborn). This is an opportunity to combine technical leadership, practical engineering and a clear social purpose.

The business has investment for growth and technical evolution and a great leadership team of friendly and pragmatic peolple. A great place to work, collaborate and stay on the pulse of AI and modern technology.

We're looking for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, making sound architectural decisions and supporting other engineers to do their best work. You'll be comfortable moving between writing code, discussing product priorities and improving how software gets delivered.

The role

Lead technical delivery from initial design through development, release and ongoing operation.

Stay hands-on with coding, architecture and code reviews.

Help evolve the platform, balancing new features with reliability, maintainability and technical debt.

Coach engineers and encourage a collaborative approach to problem-solving.

Work closely with product and business stakeholders to turn user needs into practical technical solutions.

Improve development workflows, automated testing, deployment processes and monitoring.

Bring clear thinking to technical decisions, explaining trade-offs to technical and non-technical colleagues.

What you'll bring

• Experience in a hands-on engineering plus leadership role with significant technical ownership.
• Knowledge of AI in engineering, AI assisted coding and automation.
• Strong hands-on development skills with JavaScript/Typescript and Node.js.
• Experience building APIs, backend services and cloud-based applications.
• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks such as React or Vue.
• A solid understanding of system design, databases, performance and scalability.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS, alongside CI/CD and production monitoring.
• A track record of improving existing systems while continuing to deliver useful features.
• An approachable leadership style, with experience mentoring engineers and working across teams.

Salary, Benefits & Prospects

£100,000 - £110,000 plus benefits

• Hybrid working, with two days per week in London
• The opportunity to help shape technical direction while staying close to the code.
• Work on a product with a purpose: supporting the people who deliver care.