React Full Stack Developer

Public Sector Resourcing, managed by AMS; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK government agency is seeking a React Full Stack Developer to work on critical upgrades to digital platforms. You will be responsible for creating and maintaining large-scale React applications, ensuring robustness and security. Essential qualifications include strong skills in React, TypeScript, and JavaScript, along with AWS experience. SC Clearance is required, and the position is based in the UK only.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in building modern web applications using React and maintaining large scale React codebases.
• Proficient in TypeScript for clear, typed, maintainable code.
• Hands-on AWS experience using tools like Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudWatch.

Responsibilities

• Operate and support the production services you build.
• Build and maintain large-scale React applications following best practices.
• Write clean, secure, test-driven code in TypeScript and JavaScript.

Skills

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

AWS

Agile delivery

System architecture

Tools

Lambda

EC2

S3

CloudWatch

Job description

About the Role

Join the Met Office as a React Full Stack Developer and help deliver critical upgrades to our digital platforms. You'll work on modern web applications, ensuring robustness, scalability, and security in a fast‑paced Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Operate and support the production services you build.
• Build and maintain large‑scale React applications following best practices.
• Write clean, secure, test‑driven code in TypeScript and JavaScript (ES6+).
• Deploy, manage and monitor AWS services (Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudWatch).
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand‑ups, retrospectives).
• Lead development work across multiple tasks and guide team members.
• Explain architecture and design decisions confidently to colleagues.
• Take responsibility for code and services in production, including incident management.
• Improve system robustness, resilience and stability through fault handling, performance tuning and automated testing.

Qualifications

• React, TypeScript, JavaScript.
• Strong experience building modern web applications using React and maintaining large‑scale React codebases.
• Proficient in TypeScript for clear, typed, maintainable code.
• Hands‑on AWS experience, using tools such as Lambda, EC2, S3, CloudWatch or similar.
• Solid understanding of JavaScript, including ES6+ features, asynchronous programming and writing testable, maintainable code.
• Agile delivery experience.
• Strong understanding of system architecture and production support.

Security Clearance

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Preference may be given to candidates who meet all essential criteria and hold active security clearance.

Desirable

• Angular
• Python

Legal & EEO

• Disability Confident – The Met Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.
• Armed Forces Commitment – The Met Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not overseas.