Full Stack Engineer

Robert Half has partnered with a market-leading Financial Services organisation to recruit a Full Stack Engineer for an initial 6 months. London based - 3 days per week onsite

We are looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer to take an established Corporate Governance platform prototype through final development, testing and into production.

The platform modernises an existing ASP.NET/on-premises SQL application and is now built using React, Node.js, TypeScript, Azure SQL and Azure Web Apps, within a Microsoft 365 environment.

A strong prototype has already been developed, providing the baseline for the next phase. The successful candidate will take ownership of turning this into a robust, scalable and production-ready application.

• Take the existing prototype through development, testing and production.
• Work across React, Node.js, TypeScript and Azure SQL.
• Improve the data model and database architecture, addressing current limitations and manual processes.
• Develop a more effective and maintainable front end.
• Work closely with the Corporate Governance team and senior stakeholders to understand requirements, demonstrate functionality and rapidly iterate.
• Challenge and validate existing approaches and independently debug and solve technical issues.
• Use AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to accelerate delivery.
• Help shape the future evolution of the platform, including potential AI/LLM and semantic search capabilities.

Key Skills & Experience:

• The Full Stack Engineer will have strong SQL Server / Azure SQL, including database design, data modelling, queries, performance and data integrity.
• Strong React, Node.js and JavaScript/TypeScript experience.
• Experience with Azure Web Apps and taking applications through to production.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, with the ability to independently understand, challenge, debug and improve an existing solution.
• Excellent stakeholder-facing and communication skills, with experience translating business requirements into working software.
• Experience using AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT.

Organisation:

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

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