Senior Software Full Stack Developer - FTC [UK]

Spyro Soft; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Pension contribution 10%

Job summary

Spyro Soft in London is seeking a Senior Software Full Stack Developer for a 6-month fixed-term contract. You will design and build robust software, partnering with Principal Engineers and Architects to implement best practices in Java and C#, with scripting options like Bash, Python or Ruby.

The role emphasizes TDD/BDD, automated testing, and CI pipelines. You will mentor peers, participate in code reviews, and collaborate across Product, QA and Ops to deliver production-ready solutions in a

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience as Senior Software Engineer, ideally media-focused.
• Strong knowledge of software development frameworks and methodologies.
• Experience coaching and mentoring teammates.
• Ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams to define scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of high-quality software aligned with business goals.
• Champion TDD/BDD and automated testing practices.
• Lead code reviews, pair programming, and CI/CD integration.
• Mentor engineers and raise engineering standards.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineers, and Testers to define acceptance criteria.

Skills

Java

C#

Bash

Python

Ruby

TDD/BDD

Communication

Teamwork

Proactive

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

CI/CD

Windows

macOS

AWS

Job description

• Role – Senior Software Full Stack Developer 6 Month TFC

• Manager – Lead Development Manager

• Location – London/Hybrid– 1 day a week in the office

Role Overview

As a Senior Developer, you’ll play a key role in designing and developing high quality software solutions that directly support product and business objectives. You’ll work closely with Principal Engineers and Architects to define and champion engineering best practices, using your expertise in programming languages such as Java and C#, alongside scripting languages including Bash, Python or Ruby. We’re looking for someone who is proactive, results oriented and takes genuine ownership of technical challenges, leading research activities, technical spikes and proof of concepts to explore new ideas and identify effective solutions to complex problems.

Quality will be at the heart of everything you do. You’ll lead troubleshooting and issue resolution throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring the solutions you deliver are robust, scalable, maintainable and production-ready. You’ll champion Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) and automated testing practices to maintain high standards of code quality and coverage. Through code reviews, pair programming and collaborative engineering practices, you’ll help establish a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence. Experience developing within CI pipelines and following modern engineering and delivery best practices would be highly desirable.

Beyond your own development work, you’ll be an important technical leader within the team, supporting, coaching and mentoring other engineers while helping to raise engineering standards. Excellent communication and the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams will be essential, as you’ll work closely with Product Owners, Engineers and Testers to define clear acceptance criteria and deliver high-quality software from inception through to production. Experience working with cloud-based infrastructure, particularly AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, SQS/SNS and EventBridge, would be a strong advantage.

Key Skills and Responsibilities

Essential Skills:

You will have:

• Expertise in object-oriented programming languages (Java, C#)

• Expertise in scripting languages: Bash, Python or Ruby

• Test-driven development practices (TDD, BDD, etc.)

• Excellent communicator and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

• Test-driven development practices (TDD, BDD, etc.)

• Proactive, and result oriented.

Desirable Skills

• Developing using CI pipelines and best practices.

• Developing in cloud-based infrastructure; ideally AWS cloud services including EC2, S3, Lambda, SQS/SNS and EventBridge.

Experience

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field or similar work based experience.

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer ideally with a focus on media-related projects.

• Very good working knowledge of standard software development frameworks, techniques and methodologies.

• Experience with providing coaching and mentoring

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team, contributing to the development of business scenarios.

• Knowledge of software development tools and technologies.

• You are flexible and curious in your approach

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Tools / Technologies

• MAC, Windows

Additional information

Duration of the contract: initially 6 months with the possibility of extension – contract FTC (full-time)

Benefits

• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays plus birthday paid each year

• Sick leave following probation (20 days per each rolling period each year)

• Pension contribution is 10% employer from qualifying earnings following auto enrolment after 3 months service

• Private medical insurance via AXA after 6 months of service

• Life assurance (5 x salary) after 6 months' service

• Access to Perks At Work after 6 months service

• Access to a free Eye voucher with Specsavers and a Flu vaccination with Boots

• Access to the cycle-to-work scheme

• Enhanced parental leave