Lead Fullstack Engineer – Fintech, Cloud-Native & Design Systems

Annapurna; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing fintech company in Manchester is looking for a Lead Fullstack Engineer to play a vital role in leading frontend and backend systems. The successful candidate will design and develop fullstack solutions in a microservices environment, with a tech stack including Svelte, Node.js, and AWS. This hands-on position requires excellent leadership skills, strong technical ability, and a passion for mentoring engineers. A competitive compensation package and flexible working arrangements are offered.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Flexible working arrangements

Opportunity to lead technical systems

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a senior or lead fullstack engineer in modern web environments.
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript and frontend architecture.
• Backend experience with Node.js and/or Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of fullstack solutions in a microservices architecture.
• Drive frontend excellence, including component design and design systems.
• Architect, build, and maintain scalable backend services.

Skills

Leadership in fullstack engineering

JavaScript expertise

Microservices architecture

Kubernetes experience

AWS familiarity

SQL skills

Tools

Svelte

React

Angular

Node.js

Python

Job description

A growing fintech company in Manchester is looking for a Lead Fullstack Engineer to play a vital role in leading frontend and backend systems. The successful candidate will design and develop fullstack solutions in a microservices environment, with a tech stack including Svelte, Node.js, and AWS. This hands-on position requires excellent leadership skills, strong technical ability, and a passion for mentoring engineers. A competitive compensation package and flexible working arrangements are offered.