Senior Full-Stack Engineer — Python, React, AWS (Hybrid)

Fitch; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid environment

Manchester office

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Work-life balance

Innovation culture

Job summary

Fitch Ratings seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join our global Ratings Technology team in Manchester. You will build and maintain full-stack applications powering analysts and decision-makers.

The role spans backend in Java/Python to frontend in React, with opportunities to work on cutting-edge cloud technologies. You'll contribute to CI/CD pipelines, data workflows, and data stores (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB) while collaborating across product and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience building enterprise applications and modern web technologies in production environments.
• Strong understanding of OOP concepts, design patterns, SOLID principles, algorithms, data structures, and ability to write clean, maintainable code.
• Proficiency in Python (Pandas, FastAPI, Flask) for building enterprise applications, data processing and API development.
• Hands-on experience with RDBMS databases (e.g., Oracle, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes, shell scripting for automation, and AWS cloud platform.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain full-stack applications – Build robust, scalable applications using Python (FastAPI/Flask), and ReactJS following best practices and design patterns
• Contribute to the development lifecycle – Write clean, maintainable code, implement CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, deploy to Kubernetes, and ensure quality through testing and code reviews
• Work with diverse data technologies – Develop solutions using RDBMS (PostgreSQL, Oracle) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases, optimize queries, and ensure data integrity
• Collaborate across teams – Partner with product managers, analysts, and other engineers to understand requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs
• Apply engineering best practices – Follow SOLID principles and design patterns, participate in code reviews, solve technical challenges, and contribute to code quality
• Support and improve systems – Troubleshoot production issues, optimize performance, and help ensure reliability of applications at scale
• Stay current with technology – Learn and experiment with emerging technologies, share knowledge with the team, and contribute to continuous improvement

Skills

Full-Stack Eng

Python

React

DevOps & Cloud

SQL Databases

OOP & SOLID

Communication

Tools

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Fitch Ratings seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join our global Ratings Technology team in Manchester. You will build and maintain full-stack applications powering analysts and decision-makers.

The role spans backend in Java/Python to frontend in React, with opportunities to work on cutting-edge cloud technologies. You'll contribute to CI/CD pipelines, data workflows, and data stores (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB) while collaborating across product and engineering teams.