Senior Full Stack Engineer

Thrive; Greater London; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to shape and deliver cutting-edge features for their enterprise-grade SaaS platforms. This role involves working across the full stack, ensuring a seamless user experience while driving technical excellence. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, provide leadership, and contribute to a vibrant developer community. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working hours, unlimited holiday, and unique perks like birthday off and company trips. If you're passionate about technology and personal growth, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Birthday off

Health cash plan

Unlimited Holiday

Work from anywhere (4 weeks a year)

Thrive days! 10-3 Fridays

Shutdown over Christmas & New Year

Company trip

Qualifications

• Experience with front-end technologies like React and TypeScript.
• Expertise in back-end development using Node.js and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality features for SaaS products across front-end and back-end.
• Provide technical leadership and support for team members.

Skills

React

Redux

TypeScript

Node.js

REST

GraphQL

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

Automated Testing

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

AWS

Cypress

Express

Apollo Server

Job description

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We are looking for two Senior Full Stack Engineers.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering innovative features for our enterprise-grade SaaS platforms. You’ll work across the stack, contributing to both front-end and back-end development, ensuring a seamless user experience while driving technical excellence. You’ll collaborate with Delivery Managers, Product Managers, and Senior Engineers, and provide technical leadership to ensure high-quality, scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality features and developments for SaaS products, working across front-end and back-end technologies.
• Provide technical leadership, supporting team members to deliver against dependable estimates while evolving best practices.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to refine and execute the technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Build and strengthen a developer community, contributing to guilds, sharing knowledge, and driving best practices.
• Actively participate in sprint planning and execution, ensuring smooth delivery of incremental improvements.
• Document technical approaches and maintain a focus on testing, CI/CD, and scalability.

Essentials: What We’re Looking For

• Frontend: Experience implementing web apps using React, Redux, and TypeScript.
• Backend: Expertise in developing microservices with Node.js and familiarity with REST, GraphQL, asynchronous messaging, and data formats like JSON.
• Proficiency with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB and search technologies such as Elasticsearch or Atlas Search.
• Strong understanding of automated testing (unit tests, integration tests, and test coverage) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and mentoring skills, with experience supporting developers in a remote, collaborative environment.
• A pragmatic approach to problem-solving and adaptability to change.
• Passion for personal growth and improving ways of working.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with AWS services (e.g., SNS/SQS, S3, CloudFormation) and DevOps principles.
• Experience working with container technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like AWS ECS or Kubernetes.
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks and tools such as Vite, Next.js.
• Experience with end-to-end testing tools like Cypress.
• Experience with backend frameworks and libraries such as Express and Apollo Server.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and delivering within a fast-paced SaaS environment.
• Understanding of configuring scalable and customizable features for enterprise clients.

What You'll Get

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours
• Birthday off
• Health cash plan
• Unlimited Holiday
• Work from anywhere (4 weeks a year)
• Thrive days! 10-3 Fridays
• Shutdown over Christmas & New Year
• Company trip

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development