Senior Full Stack Engineer

Levy Global; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing cybersecurity company in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join their engineering team. This hands-on role involves building and maintaining features across the full stack, collaborating with product and design teams, and tackling complex technical challenges. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of experience in full-stack development, strong backend skills with TypeScript and NestJS, and proficiency in React for developing data-heavy UIs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a full‑stack engineer.
• Experience in startups or high‑growth scale‑ups.
• Strong backend experience with TypeScript and NestJS.

Responsibilities

• Building and maintaining backend and frontend features end to end.
• Collaborating with product managers, designers, and engineers.
• Raising the bar on code quality and engineering best practices.

Skills

Full-stack engineering experience

TypeScript and NestJS

Debugging and performance optimisation

React and frontend frameworks

Tools

MySQL

NoSQL

Kafka

AWS

Kubernetes

Figma

Job description

I’m working with a fast-growing, product-led company in the cybersecurity space that’s looking to hire a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join their engineering team.

About the role

This is a senior, hands‑on role where you’ll be building and owning features across the full stack. You’ll work closely with product and design, help solve complex technical problems, and play a key role in improving engineering standards and ways of working.

What you’ll be doing

• Building and maintaining backend and frontend features end to end
• Translating product and design requirements into scalable, high‑quality solutions
• Collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers
• Tackling complex challenges around scalability, performance, and reliability
• Raising the bar on code quality, tooling, and engineering best practices

What we’re looking for

• 7+ years of experience as a full‑stack engineer
• Experience in startups or high‑growth scale‑ups
• Experience building enterprise SaaS products (background in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, or security tooling is a strong plus)
• Strong backend experience with TypeScript and NestJS, including REST and GraphQL APIs
• Experience designing and building complex, data‑heavy UIs using React (Next.js and Chakra UI are a plus)
• Hands‑on experience with relational (MySQL) and NoSQL databases
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimisation skills
• Take ownership and enjoy driving work forward
• Care about quality, performance, and continuous improvement

Tech you’ll work with

• Backend: TypeScript, NestJS, Sequelize, REST APIs, GraphQL, MySQL, NoSQL, Kafka
• Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Chakra UI, React Query, GraphQL
• Design: Figma (working from detailed designs and complex business requirements)

Nice to have

• Experience with AWS and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with workflow tools like XState or Argo Workflows
• A solid understanding of infrastructure and networking fundamentals