Full Stack Engineer

Full Stack Engineer

Location: Remote with occasional/ad hoc travel to client sites as required
Contract Type: Contract (6-month rolling SOWs)
Rate: £468 per day Inside IR35
Clearance: BPSS Required

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Engineer to join a Health Transformation Programme, a large-scale digital transformation initiative focused on delivering modern, secure, and user-centric health services.

Working within an AWS cloud-native environment, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable digital solutions using Java and modern front-end technologies. You will collaborate within multidisciplinary agile teams to deliver high-quality services that support the programme's strategic objectives.

This role is ideal for engineers with strong public sector experience and a proven track record of delivering complex government digital services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable full stack applications.


• Build and enhance Java-based backend services, APIs, and microservices.


• Develop responsive, accessible, and user-focused front-end applications using modern web technologies.


• Develop and deploy solutions within AWS cloud environments.


• Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, QA Engineers, and Delivery Managers to deliver programme outcomes.


• Contribute to technical design discussions, architecture decisions, and engineering best practices.


• Produce clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.


• Participate in code reviews, peer reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions.


• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes.


• Troubleshoot, optimise, and resolve application and performance-related issues.


• Ensure solutions comply with security, accessibility, and quality requirements.

• Proven experience working as a Full Stack Engineer within large-scale digital transformation programmes.


• Strong experience delivering projects within the public sector, ideally central government.


• Significant hands-on Java development experience.


• Strong knowledge of RESTful API development and microservices architecture.


• Front-end development expertise using technologies such as: • React


• Angular


• TypeScript


• JavaScript


• HTML5


• CSS3


• Experience developing and deploying applications in AWS environments.


• Solid understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and ways of working.


• Experience with automated testing frameworks and quality engineering practices.


• Familiarity with DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and source control tools such as Git.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.


• Experience working within multidisciplinary delivery teams.

• Previous experience supporting DWP, NHS, HMRC, or other government departments.


• Experience delivering citizen-facing digital services.


• Knowledge of containerisation technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.


• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.


• Familiarity with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and best practices.


• Experience working within highly regulated environments.


• Knowledge of cloud security best practices within AWS.

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