Contract Typescript Developer - Inside IR35

Fruition Group; United States; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 111,000; Part time

Job summary

Fruition Group is seeking a TypeScript Engineer to join a software engineering consultancy supporting a major technology project in the insurance sector. You will design and evolve backend services in a modern cloud environment, focusing on TypeScript, AWS, serverless architectures and event-driven systems.

This hands-on role involves building scalable APIs, collaborating across client and consultancy teams, and ensuring high performance under heavy transaction volumes.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with TypeScript on backend.
• Hands-on AWS experience with serverless architectures.
• Experience in event-driven and distributed systems.
• Experience building scalable APIs and backend services.
• Familiarity with MongoDB NoSQL databases.
• Experience in fintech/insurance/payments domain.
• Background in high-transaction platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain backend services in TypeScript.
• Build serverless apps on AWS.
• Develop event-driven, scalable systems.
• Create APIs and distributed services.
• Contribute to system design and architecture.
• Work with MongoDB and other databases.
• Collaborate with consultancy and client teams.
• Ensure reliability and high performance under load.

Skills

TypeScript

AWS

Serverless

Event-driven

APIs

NoSQL

MongoDB

High throughput

Tools

AWS Lambda

Job description

Location: Remote
Contract: Initial 6 months
Rate: Up to £530 per day, Inside IR35
Start: ASAP

The Opportunity

We're working with a highly regarded software engineering consultancy that has been engaged to support a major technology project through team augmentation with an established insurance business.

They're looking for an experienced TypeScript Engineer to join an existing engineering team, helping build and evolve backend services within a modern, cloud-based environment.

This is a hands‑on engineering opportunity where you'll be working across TypeScript, AWS, serverless technologies and event‑driven architecture, contributing to scalable systems that support a high‑volume transactional environment.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Design, develop and maintain backend services using TypeScript.
• Build and evolve serverless applications and services within AWS.
• Work with event‑driven architectures to support scalable, asynchronous systems.
• Develop and integrate APIs and distributed services.
• Contribute to system design and architectural decisions.
• Work with databases, ideally including MongoDB, to support application requirements.
• Collaborate with engineers across the consultancy and end‑client teams.
• Help ensure systems are reliable, scalable and capable of handling high transaction volumes.

What We're Looking For:

• Strong commercial experience with TypeScript, particularly across backend development.
• Hands‑on experience building applications and services within AWS.
• Strong understanding of serverless architecture, ideally AWS Lambda.
• Experience designing and developing event‑driven architectures and distributed systems.
• Experience building scalable APIs and backend services.
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases, ideally MongoDB.
• An understanding of building reliable, high‑performance systems.
• Experience within fintech, financial services, insurance or payments.
• Previous experience working on platforms handling high volumes of transactions.
• Experience with messaging, asynchronous processing and event streaming technologies.

This is an opportunity to join an established engineering team on a significant project, working with modern cloud technologies and contributing to the development of scalable, event‑driven systems.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.