Full-Stack Software Engineer for Public-Service Cloud Data

Referment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Referment is a social-impact software company whose data and benefits technology helps public-service organisations identify and support low-income households. You will design and release features across front-end and back-end services, using React, TypeScript and Python in an AWS serverless environment.

The role covers feature work, maintenance and improving engineering practices through pairing, review and technical discussion, with a hands-on approach spanning product code, cloud

Qualifications

• Practical software-engineering experience across more than one part of a modern web stack.
• A sound understanding of testing, version control and collaborative delivery practices.
• An interest in cloud infrastructure, secure handling of sensitive data and dependable production systems.
• The curiosity and aptitude to learn unfamiliar tools; emphasis on development potential over knowing every technology.
• Clear communication and a willingness to contribute to technical decisions while remaining hands-on.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test and release features across front-end and back-end services.
• Work with React, TypeScript and Python services, including FastAPI and Pydantic, in an AWS serverless environment.
• Contribute to CI/CD, infrastructure as code and automated quality controls using tools such as GitHub, AWS CDK and testing frameworks including Playwright, Pytest, Mocha and Chai.
• Support event-driven data and warehouse workflows across AWS services such as RDS, Fargate, Lambda, S3 and Athena.
• Handle maintenance and bug fixes as well as new product work, keeping data security, reliability and cost-conscious architecture in view.
• Take part in scoping, code review, pairing and post-mortems, helping the team learn and work effectively across the wider organisation.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Python

CI/CD

Testing

Version control

Cloud infrastructure

Security

Tools

GitHub

AWS CDK

Playwright

Pytest

Mocha

Chai

Job description

Referment is a social-impact software company whose data and benefits technology helps public-service organisations identify and support low-income households. You will design and release features across front-end and back-end services, using React, TypeScript and Python in an AWS serverless environment.

The role covers feature work, maintenance and improving engineering practices through pairing, review and technical discussion, with a hands-on approach spanning product code, cloud