Staff Software Engineer

Signify Technology; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Signify Technology is recruiting a Staff Full Stack Developer to steer the technical direction of a major customer-facing web platform and its mobile apps. You will be a senior voice setting standards, guiding teams and delivering on critical projects, primarily building in TypeScript and Scala on AWS, in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.

The role requires 10+ years of experience, strong frontend and AWS credentials, and leadership capabilities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building web applications.
• Strong frontend skills with TypeScript and React, plus modern CSS.
• Hands-on experience with AWS.
• Experience leading teams and significant projects in a fast-moving, product-driven environment.
• Track record building and maintaining high-traffic, performant platforms with wide organisational impact.
• Confident turning product and business requirements into technical solutions.
• Hands-on experience applying security best practice.
• A team player who collaborates well across teams and is curious about where the wider organisation is heading.
• Must be UK-based with the right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Set engineering standards and guide teams on delivery.
• Lead delivery on high-impact customer-facing web platforms and associated mobile apps.
• Collaborate with designers, UX, product leads and other developers to shape what gets built and how.
• Develop primarily in TypeScript and Scala on AWS, pairing with teammates to ship and iterate quickly.

Skills

TypeScript

React

AWS

Scala

Leadership

Security best practices

CSS

High-traffic web platforms

Job description

Job title: Staff Full Stack Developer (TypeScript, React, Scala, AWS)

Job type: Contract (Inside IR35)

Role Location: Hybrid - London (1 day per week onsite). Candidates must be UK-based

The company

A large, well-known organisation with a high-traffic consumer web platform used by millions of people every day

Role and Responsibilities:

Signify have partnered up with an established organisation to hire a Staff Full Stack Developer to help steer the technical direction of a major customer-facing web platform that also supports their mobile apps. You will be a senior voice in the engineering community, setting standards, guiding teams and leading delivery on projects that matter to the business. You will work alongside designers, UX specialists, product leads and other developers, and have a say in what gets built as well as how. Day to day you will be building primarily in TypeScript and Scala on AWS, and pairing with other developers in a team that ships and iterates quickly.

1st stage technical interview, 2nd stage culture chat.

Job Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience building web applications
• Strong frontend skills with TypeScript and React, plus modern CSS
• Hands-on experience with AWS
• Experience leading teams and significant projects in a fast-moving, product-driven environment
• Track record building and maintaining high-traffic, performant platforms with wide organisational impact
• Confident turning product and business requirements into technical solutions
• Hands-on experience applying security best practice
• A team player who collaborates well across teams and is curious about where the wider organisation is heading
• Must be UK-based with the right to work in the UK

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