Senior Full-Stack Engineer — AI-Driven Platform Leader

FitchGroup; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership opportunities

AI-forward culture

Hybrid work model

Global offices

Job summary

Fitch Group, part of Hearst Corporation, seeks a Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of full-stack AI-enabled applications. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership across analysts and engineering teams in a hybrid setup with offices in London, Manchester, and Toronto.

You will drive architecture choices, champion AI adoption, and foster a culture of experimentation, reliability, and rapid delivery across the Ratings Technology organization.

Qualifications

• 13+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Expert-level proficiency in backend services, APIs, and data-driven applications (Java & Spring Boot).
• React experience developing modern web applications.
• TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and frontend practices.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and third-party integrations.
• OOD, design patterns, data structures and scalable architectures.
• Relational and NoSQL databases experience.
• Agile development methodologies and modern software delivery practices.
• AI Fluency—familiarity with AI/LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, responsible AI practices.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or related field; or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Define technical vision and accelerate AI-enabled transformation.
• Lead through influence, mentoring engineers across teams.
• Champion innovation and responsible AI adoption across squads.
• Ensure engineering excellence, CI/CD, and scalable practices.
• Shape team direction and drive strategic technical initiatives.
• Own system reliability and manage complex, high-scale environments.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

React

TypeScript

REST APIs

Databases

OOP

AI Fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

AWS/Azure

Job description

Fitch Group, part of Hearst Corporation, seeks a Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of full-stack AI-enabled applications. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership across analysts and engineering teams in a hybrid setup with offices in London, Manchester, and Toronto.

You will drive architecture choices, champion AI adoption, and foster a culture of experimentation, reliability, and rapid delivery across the Ratings Technology organization.