Full Stack Developer
Senior Full Stack Developer
£55,000 - £70,000 + Excellent Benefits
Hybrid Working | Edinburgh Area | Permanent | Full Time
Are you a Full Stack Developer looking to build technology that delivers real-world impact?
Our client is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer to join a growing technology team delivering modern digital services within a highly regulated environment. This is an opportunity for a Senior Full Stack Developer who enjoys ownership, technical autonomy, and working across the full software development lifecycle.
You'll work on cutting-edge web applications using Laravel, React, Next.js and TypeScript while helping shape the future of digital service delivery and AI-assisted workflows.
The Role
As a Senior Full Stack Developer, you will work across backend, frontend, cloud infrastructure and platform integrations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Designing, building and maintaining complex workflow-driven web applications
- Developing scalable solutions using Laravel, PHP and PostgreSQL
- Building modern user interfaces with React, NextJS and TypeScript
- Integrating third-party APIs, identity services, payment platforms and notification systems
- Writing high-quality, test-driven code using modern development practices
- Participating in architecture discussions, security reviews and technical decision-making
- Supporting cloud deployments and platform reliability
- Contributing to AI-powered features, including validation, automation and intelligent workflow enhancements
- Collaborating with engineers, DevOps specialists, security teams and stakeholders
- Supporting the rollout of new products and service offerings
Technical Skills & Experience
To be successful as a Senior Full Stack Developer, you should have:
Essential
- 3+ years' commercial Full Stack Development experience
- Strong PHP development experience, ideally PHP 8+
- Experience with Laravel or Symfony frameworks
- Strong React development experience
- Experience with NextJS and modern JavaScript frameworks
- PostgreSQL database development experience
- Experience writing automated tests using PHPUnit, Pest or similar
- Knowledge of RESTful APIs and third-party integrations
- Git version control and collaborative development workflows
- Experience working within structured SDLC environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- TypeScript experience
- InertiaJS experience
- AWS cloud or serverless platform experience
- CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions
- Sentry or application monitoring tools
- Playwright, Cypress or end-to-end testing frameworks
- Multi-tenant application development
- Experience working within public sector, fintech, healthcare or other regulated industries
- Exposure to AI-assisted software development tools
Technology Stack
The successful Senior Full Stack Developer will have exposure to technologies such as:
- PHP 8+
- Laravel
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- Tailwind CSS
- AWS
- GitHub Actions
- REST APIs
- Serverless Architecture
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave plus additional birthday leave
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Company pension scheme
- Professional training and development budget
- Conference attendance support
- Equipment allowance
- Regular company events and team socials
- Modern technology stack and engineering-first culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful projects used by thousands of end users
Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity for a Senior Full Stack Developer who wants to work with modern technologies, influence technical decisions, and help build innovative digital services in a collaborative environment.
If you're a Senior Full Stack Developer looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you.