Staff Software Engineer - Fully Remote

Sanderson Recruitment; Hounslow; Remote; GBP 71,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for a FTSE 100 Financial Services and Insurance company. This role involves providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high-quality solutions align with strategic objectives. The ideal candidate has mastery of React and NestJS, strong CI/CD skills, and extensive experience with cloud-native environments. This position is fully remote with a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Share / bonus scheme

6% matched pension

Other benefits

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Senior or Staff Software Engineer.
• Expertise in React and NestJS, including server-side rendering and state management.
• Strong background in designing micro frontend (MFE) architectures.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across multiple teams.
• Oversee the design, quality, and delivery of scalable technical solutions.
• Drive improvements in CI/CD, automation, testing, and secure development practices.

Skills

React

NestJS

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud-native environments

Tools

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Tech Stack: React, NestJS, cloud platforms, Docker, Kubernetes, modern frontend/mobile tools.

Location: Fully remote

Salary: up to £84,000

Benefits: Share / bonus scheme, 6% matched pension and other

Contract type: Full time, permanent

Sanderson Recruitment are exclusively supporting a FTSE 100 Financial Services and Insurance business in the search for a Staff Software Engineer. This is a unique opportunity to provide technical leadership, drive engineering best practices, and deliver scalable, high-quality solutions that support the organisation\'s long-term technology goals. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will provide technical direction across multiple teams, mentor engineers, and play a key role in shaping the technical roadmap. You\'ll collaborate with senior leadership to ensure engineering outputs are robust, secure, and aligned with strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers across multiple teams.
• Oversee the design, quality, and delivery of scalable technical solutions.
• Drive improvements in CI/CD, automation, testing, and secure development practices.
• Collaborate with senior leadership on technical strategy, risk management, and roadmap planning.
• Lead the resolution of technical constraints, blockers, and integration challenges.
• Promote engineering values and facilitate clear communication and knowledge sharing.
• Identify and address technical debt, ensuring sustainability and continuous improvement.

Required Skills and Experience

• Significant experience as a Senior or Staff Software Engineer
• Expertise in React and NestJS, including server-side rendering, state management, and API development.
• Strong background in designing micro frontend (MFE) architectures and optimising CI/CD, automation, and testing practices.
• Extensive experience with cloud-native environments (preferably GCP and Azure, AWS experience will also be considered), containerisation, and infrastructure tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform).
• Skilled in performance optimisation and secure development practices
• Proven leadership, mentorship, and collaboration skills across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and continuous improvement mindset.

Reasonable Adjustments

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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