Full Stack Developer

Robert Half has partnered with a market-leading Financial Services organisation to recruit a Full Stack Engineer for an initial 6 months. This is a hybrid role based in Central London, requiring three days per week in the office.

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering a business-critical application, working with modern technologies including Azure, React, Node.js and SQL while collaborating closely with both technical teams and business stakeholders.

• Lead the development of an established Corporate Governance platform from prototype through to production.
• Design, develop and maintain scalable full-stack applications using Azure, React, Node.js and TypeScript.
• Build, optimise and maintain SQL Server and Azure SQL databases, ensuring performance, security and data integrity.
• Develop responsive front-end applications using React and TypeScript.
• Build and maintain back-end services using Node.js.
• Deploy and support applications hosted within Azure Web Apps.
• Work closely with Corporate Governance teams and key stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver business solutions.
• Demonstrate new functionality, gather feedback and rapidly iterate on enhancements.
• Utilise GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering efficiency.
• Contribute to the future evolution of the platform, including AI-driven capabilities and intelligent search functionality.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Significant commercial experience as a Full-Stack Software Engineer.
• Strong SQL Server and Azure SQL expertise, including:
  • Database design
  • Query optimisation
  • Performance tuning
  • Data integrity
• Strong commercial experience with:
  • React
  • Node.js
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
• Experience deploying and supporting applications within Microsoft Azure, including Azure Web Apps.
• Experience using GitHub Copilot and modern AI-assisted development workflows.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Experience delivering production-ready, business-critical applications.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience working within a Microsoft 365 environment.
• Knowledge of PostgreSQL.
• Experience with modern AI technologies, including:
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Embeddings
  • Vector databases
  • Semantic search
• Experience integrating AI capabilities into business applications.

Organisation:

• Initial 6-month contract
• Competitive day rate | Outside IR35
• Hybrid working | 3 days per week in Central London

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