Staff Engineer

Staff Engineer – Digital Experience Platform (DXP)Ensure you read the information regarding this opportunity thoroughly before making an application.

UK-based | Hybrid working | Contract

We're working with a leading digital-first organisation that's investing in next-generation technology to enhance its customer experience platforms. As part of this journey, they're looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to play a key role in shaping the architecture, engineering practices, and delivery standards across their Digital Experience Platform (DXP) function.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role, ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex challenges, mentoring teams, and driving engineering excellence across multiple squads.

The Role

As a Staff Engineer, you'll:

• Provide technical leadership and guidance across engineering squads.
• Shape the technical roadmap, ensuring solutions align with target architecture and business strategy.
• Lead design, implementation, and delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performing applications.
• Champion engineering best practices — from CI/CD pipelines and automated testing to code quality and security.
• Collaborate with Architecture, InfoSec, and Delivery teams to ensure cohesion across the wider technology ecosystem.
• Mentor engineers, driving capability growth and continuous improvement.
• Tackle technical constraints, optimise performance, and manage technical debt to ensure sustainability.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in a Senior or Staff Engineer position, ideally within web and mobile application development.
• Insurance Backgrounds
• Strong hands-on expertise with React and NestJS, including API development and server-side rendering.
• Deep understanding of micro frontend (MFE) architectures, CI/CD automation, and modern deployment pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native environments (GCP or Azure preferred).
• Familiarity with containerisation and infrastructure tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform.
• Expertise in performance optimisation, caching, and monitoring.
• A solid understanding of secure coding practices and OWASP guidelines.
• Desirable: Exposure to Guidewire Software (PolicyCenter, BillingCenter) and mobile frameworks like Ionic Capacitor.

You'll Excel Here If You:

• Enjoy leading by example and mentoring others.
• Can translate complex technical ideas into clear, actionable strategies.
• Are passionate about engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Thrive in a collaborative, agile environment where innovation and delivery go hand in hand.