Senior Full Stack Engineer

Spectrum IT; Newbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum IT is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer in the UK to join a FinTech business delivering financial planning and modelling software. You will design, build, and maintain scalable applications, taking ownership from design through production and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver robust technical solutions.

You will work with modern stacks including TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, React, and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js
• Full-stack development experience using React and Node.js
• Experience designing scalable applications and APIs
• Good knowledge of MongoDB, Redis or similar technologies
• Experience with CI/CD, containerised environments, and automated testing
• Strong technical judgement, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Experience with cloud platforms and AI-assisted development tools would be beneficial

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain full-stack financial planning and modelling applications
• Take ownership of development from technical design through to production
• Contribute to architecture, performance, scalability and security improvements
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and automated unit, integration and end-to-end testing
• Use AI development tools, ensuring generated code meets engineering standards
• Lead code reviews, share knowledge and support the development of other engineers
• Work closely with Product and business stakeholders to deliver practical technical solutions

Skills

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

React

APIs design

Cloud platforms

AI-assisted development tools

Problem solving

Communication skills

Tools

MongoDB

Redis

CI/CD

Containerisation

Automated testing

Job description

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join a growing FinTech business building financial planning and modelling technology used by major financial institutions across the UK.

Skills required:

• Strong commercial experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, and Node.js
• Proven full-stack development experience using React and Node.js
• Experience designing scalable applications and APIs
• Good knowledge of MongoDB, Redis or similar technologies
• Experience with CI/CD, containerised environments, and automated testing
• Strong technical judgement, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Experience with cloud platforms and AI-assisted development tools would be beneficial

What you'll be doing:

• Design, build and maintain full-stack financial planning and modelling applications
• Take ownership of development from technical design through to production
• Contribute to architecture, performance, scalability and security improvements
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and automated unit, integration and end-to-end testing
• Use AI development tools, ensuring generated code meets engineering standards
• Lead code reviews, share knowledge and support the development of other engineers
• Work closely with Product and business stakeholders to deliver practical technical solutions

An opportunity to make a meaningful technical contribution, work with modern technologies and help shape the development of sophisticated financial software.