Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Node | GraphQL) - AWS Serverless

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

25 days holiday

Hybrid working options

Pension up to 11%

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plans

Wellhub wellness program

Two volunteering days

Job summary

Hargreaves Lansdown is expanding its Discover engineering team in Bristol, seeking a Full Stack Senior Software Engineer with a strong backend focus. You will work primarily on AWS serverless backend services and APIs, while contributing to frontend work when needed.

This is an opportunity to work with modern cloud-native technologies, GraphQL-based architectures and event-driven systems that support client journeys and discovery of investment opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building scalable backend services for cloud-native platforms.
• Strong understanding of GraphQL APIs and federation patterns.
• Proven hands-on experience with AWS serverless technologies (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain backend services powering the Discover platform.
• Build scalable APIs and integrations with internal and external systems.
• Develop AWS serverless applications using modern engineering practices.
• Contribute to platform scalability, resilience, observability and performance.
• Work across the full stack where required, collaborating with frontend engineers.
• Take ownership of features from design through production.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Drive engineering improvements, automation and operational excellence.
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical design sessions.
• Collaborate with Product, Platform and Engineering teams to deliver customer value.

Skills

Full stack development

Backend engineering

TypeScript

Node.js

GraphQL

AWS

Serverless

Cloud-native

React

REST API

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

SST

DynamoDB

SNS / SQS

IAM

Parameter Store

Middy

Vite

Module Federation

Tailwind CSS

Job description

Hargreaves Lansdown is expanding its Discover engineering team in Bristol, seeking a Full Stack Senior Software Engineer with a strong backend focus. You will work primarily on AWS serverless backend services and APIs, while contributing to frontend work when needed.

This is an opportunity to work with modern cloud-native technologies, GraphQL-based architectures and event-driven systems that support client journeys and discovery of investment opportunities.