Staff Full-Stack Engineer: AI-Powered Platform Lead

Accelerant; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Accelerant is redefining how software is built and scaled. We are seeking a Staff Engineer who combines strong full-stack engineering skills with leadership to guide a high-performing squad from the front.

You'll design, build and ship high-quality software while providing technical direction, mentoring engineers and helping the team solve complex problems. Use AI workflows to accelerate coding, testing, debugging and delivery across the stack.

Qualifications

• Strong full-stack engineering experience with modern web applications.
• Experience building cloud-native systems and scalable services.
• Strong engineering judgement, architecture and ownership mindset.
• Previous experience as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer or Technical Lead.
• Comfortable influencing technical direction without relying on formal authority.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to bring people with you.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous environments and moving quickly.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship customer-facing products, platforms and intelligent workflows.
• Own technical solutions from concept through production.
• Provide technical direction and make pragmatic architectural decisions.
• Develop scalable APIs, services and modern web applications.
• Support and mentor engineers while raising technical standards across the squad.
• Use AI throughout the development lifecycle to accelerate coding, testing, debugging and delivery.
• Improve reliability, performance, observability and developer experience.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Design and Engineering to solve real customer problems.

Skills

Full-stack development

Cloud-native architecture

Engineering leadership

System design

Communication skills

Ambiguity handling

Ownership mindset

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

Svelte

AWS

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

Redis

SQL

Job description

Accelerant is redefining how software is built and scaled. We are seeking a Staff Engineer who combines strong full-stack engineering skills with leadership to guide a high-performing squad from the front.

You'll design, build and ship high-quality software while providing technical direction, mentoring engineers and helping the team solve complex problems. Use AI workflows to accelerate coding, testing, debugging and delivery across the stack.