Full Stack Developer

Robert Half Technology are assisting UK's market leading media organisation to recruit a Full Stack Developer on a 6-12 month contract basis

Join an innovative team operating at the intersection of technology, digital experiences, and consumer engagement. As a fast-growing organisation backed by an established industry leader, we are building products that serve a large and highly engaged global audience.

Our product ecosystem spans live commerce, marketplaces, real-time purchasing experiences, streaming capabilities, and other emerging experiences designed to redefine how users interact and transact online. With the agility of a startup and the support of a larger organisation, this is an opportunity to help shape the future of a rapidly evolving platform.

Role

• The Full Stack Developer will contribute to full-stack design and development across the platform.
• Design, develop, and maintain both front-end user interfaces and back-end services, APIs, and databases.
• Monitor platform performance and operational metrics, identifying, investigating, and resolving issues as they arise.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders to understand opportunities to improve user and seller experiences and translate those requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Document existing functionality and newly delivered features.
• Support the migration of existing products and users onto a unified platform experience.
• Work within an agile team to propose technical solutions, maintain high standards of code quality, and contribute to large-scale migration initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify and implement features required to support evolving business needs.

Profile

• The Full Stack Developer will have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on backend development.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of database design, data modelling, and optimisation, particularly using SQL.
• Hands-on experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.
• Experience monitoring production systems, triaging issues, and distinguishing between critical incidents and false positives.
• Ability to work effectively within agile, cross-functional teams.

• TypeScript - Extensive experience developing within strongly typed TypeScript codebases.
• React - Strong knowledge of React and modern front-end development practices, with a focus on performance optimisation, scalability, and application stability.
• SQL - Proven experience writing and optimising SQL queries within production environments.
• GraphQL, tRPC and REST APIs - Solid understanding of API design principles and experience working with multiple communication patterns between applications, services, and microservices.

Company

• UK's market leading financial services organisation with offices in London
• Hybrid working

Salary & Benefits

The salary range/rates of pay is dependent upon your experience, qualifications or training.

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