Full Stack Engineer (TypeScript)
Full Stack Engineer (TypeScript)
London | Hybrid (3 Days Per Week) | Up to £75,000 + Bonus
We're partnering with a leading global trading technology firm that is continuing to invest heavily in its engineering capability. As part of a major platform transformation, they're looking to hire a Full Stack Engineer to help design, build and scale cloud-native applications that support a global client base.
This is a genuinely TypeScript-centric engineering team, with TypeScript used extensively across both Front End and Back End development. They're looking for an engineer who enjoys solving technical challenges, working closely with stakeholders and building high-quality software within a collaborative environment.
The role offers significant exposure to modern technologies, large-scale systems and complex engineering challenges, making it an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further develop their technical skills and progress their career within a highly regarded engineering team.
The Opportunity
You'll join a collaborative engineering team responsible for building and evolving critical platform services used across the business. The team owns its products from development through to production and works closely with Product, Engineering and Business stakeholders to deliver new capabilities and enhancements.
This is an opportunity to work on complex distributed systems within a modern AWS environment, gaining exposure to cloud-native development, event-driven architecture and large-scale applications.
What You'll Be Doing
- Building full stack applications using TypeScript across Front End and Back End services
- Developing and enhancing APIs using GraphQL and REST
- Working with NoSQL databases to support scalable applications
- Building and maintaining cloud-native services within AWS
- Contributing to technical discussions and solution design
- Developing and enhancing microservice-based applications
- Writing well-tested, maintainable code
- Collaborating with Product, Engineering and Business teams to deliver new functionality
- Supporting the ongoing improvement of engineering practices and processes
Technology stack core requirements
- Commercial experience with TypeScript
- Experience building applications across Front End and Back End environments
- GraphQL
- NoSQL databases (DynamoDB experience is beneficial but not essential)
- AWS or similar cloud platform experience
- REST APIs
- Microservices architecture
- Automated testing practices
- Git
Desirable Experience
- React
- DynamoDB
- Terraform
- WebSockets
- Event-driven architecture
- Messaging technologies and Pub/Sub patterns
- React Query
- Redux
- Containerisation technologies
- Experience building low latency or Real Time systems
- Experience within financial services, trading or other highly transactional environments
What They're Looking For
- Strong hands-on experience with TypeScript in a commercial environment
- Experience working across both Front End and Back End development
- Good problem-solving and analytical skills
- Experience working within Agile delivery teams
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders
- A genuine interest in modern software engineering practices
- Someone who enjoys learning, developing their skills and taking ownership of their work75
You'll be joining a business where technology sits at the centre of its success, working alongside talented engineers on challenging technical problems at scale. The role offers exposure to modern cloud technologies, complex distributed systems and clear opportunities for career progression as the engineering function continues to grow.
If you're looking for a role where TypeScript is a core part of the technology stack and you can continue developing as an engineer while working on meaningful technical challenges, we'd love to hear from you.