Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Remote (AWS, Microservices)

Hamilton Barnes; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes is seeking a Senior Software Developer (Full Stack) to build and maintain citizen-facing digital services for a major UK government department. The role is remote with hybrid options, focusing on AWS serverless and cloud-native platforms within an Agile team.

The ideal candidate will work across Node.js, Angular, and Java (Spring Boot), develop APIs and microservices, and contribute to automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Strong full-stack development in Node.js/Angular and Java/Spring Boot.
• Experience with AWS serverless and cloud-native architectures.
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases and API/microservice design.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain full-stack digital services using Node.js, Java (Spring Boot) and Angular.
• Develop UI components towards MVP and production-ready user journeys.
• Design and build APIs, microservices and event-driven systems (Kafka).
• Develop AWS/Azure cloud-native applications, including serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS).
• Provide infrastructure with Terraform and use Docker/Kubernetes (EKS).
• Create automated tests and contribute to GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure code quality, security, WCAG accessibility and performance.

Skills

Node.js

Angular

Java and Spring Boot

AWS serverless

CI/CD

Agile delivery

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

Job description

Hamilton Barnes is seeking a Senior Software Developer (Full Stack) to build and maintain citizen-facing digital services for a major UK government department. The role is remote with hybrid options, focusing on AWS serverless and cloud-native platforms within an Agile team.

The ideal candidate will work across Node.js, Angular, and Java (Spring Boot), develop APIs and microservices, and contribute to automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.