Software Engineer

The Shore Group; Portslade by Sea; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Shore Group in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced software engineer to join a small, high-impact team building customer-facing and internal applications for a recruitment group operating across several sectors. You will work both collaboratively and independently to deliver features end-to-end using modern tooling with emphasis on quality, security and growth.

Responsibilities include designing and building full-stack apps with React and NodeJS, implementing tests and

Qualifications

• 5 years of software engineering experience, ideally with full-stack focus.
• Proven experience building production applications with React & NodeJS.
• Familiarity with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MS SQL or MySQL.
• Experience writing well maintained, testable code using frameworks like Vitest or Jest.
• Familiarity with modern RBAC Auth frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain full-stack applications using NodeJS, React & Typescript.
• End-to-end delivery of features and projects, from requirements through to production deployment.
• Work with modern tooling for large-scale, maintainable applications.
• Implement testing, monitoring and observability to ensure production reliability.
• Build applications with security best practices aligned to ISO 27001 standards.
• Contribute to technical documentation and issue tracking.
• Take ownership of assigned projects; mentor junior developers through reviews and pairing.

Skills

React

NodeJS

Typescript

PostgreSQL / SQL

Vitest / Jest

RBAC authentication

Agile / Async

Tools

Vitest

Jest

Job description

ROLE PURPOSE

You'll be a key part of a small, high-impact engineering team building and maintaining both customer-facing and internal applications for a recruitment group operating in several sectors. You'll be working both within a team and on your own to deliver features and applications end-to-end with modern tooling, hands-off management style and an opportunity to develop the environment and dynamic of a growing team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Application Development

• Design, build, and maintain full-stack applications using NodeJS, React & Typescript
• Develop robust, well-structured code in larger codebases
• End-to-end delivery of features and projects, from requirements through to production deployment
• Work with modern tooling for large-scale, maintainable applications
• Implement testing, monitoring and observability to ensure applications run reliably in production
• Build applications with security best practices aligned to ISO 27001 standards
• Contribute to technical documentation and clear issue tracking

Ownership & Growth

• Take ownership of assigned projects
• Opportunities to mentor and support junior developers through reviews, pair-programming and mentoring
• Contribute to system design decisions and technical roadmap planning
• Identify and champion improvements to development processes and tooling
• Begin to implement “smart” features powered by ML/AI in a product-first manner
• Participate in security audits and vulnerability assessments (with growth potential to lead internal audits)

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience & Qualifications

• 5 years of software engineering experience, ideally with full-stack focused roles
• Proven experience building production applications with React & NodeJS
• Familiarity with relational databases, such as PostgreSQL, MS SQL or MYSQL
• Experience writing well maintained, testable code using frameworks like Vitest or Jest
• Familiarity with modern RBAC Auth frameworks

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with any of the following
• Expo/React Native or native mobile development for Android or iOS
• TRPC or similar backend layers
• Turborepo or similar monorepo-style projects
• Cloud (AWS, Azure, Vercel) containerized or bare metal deployments of production applications
• .NET (for legacy system maintenance)
• React Frameworks like NextJS, Tanstack Start
• Tanstack Tools (Query, DB, Form)
• Interest in or background with security and infrastructure
• Experience working within ISO 27001 or similar compliance frameworks (e.g SOC2)

Personal Attributes

• Comfortable working with multiple teams
• Strong problem-solving skills with a methodical approach to debugging and failure analysis
• Prefers an Agile/Async approach to work
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to explain technical decisions clearly
• Proactive and self-directed; able to manage multiple priorities and take ownership of outcomes
• Curiosity about infrastructure, ML/AI, industry trends and security topics
• Collaborative mindset with willingness to grow into more senior responsibilitiesPragmatic about AI tooling; uses it to move faster without outsourcing critical thinking