Lead Full Stack Developer – Permanent – Mostly Remote – Central London
Opportunity:
Permanent position
Salary:
Up to £85,000 per annum (DOE)
Bonus:
£4,000 (paid in quarterly instalments)
Hybrid:
Mostly Remote (may require some travel to London office, up to 1 day p/w)
Office Location:
Central London
About the Role and Client
Join a leading IT Consultancy as a Lead Full Stack Developer. You will take end-to-end ownership of technical delivery within your team, ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions that align with both product goals and engineering standards.
You will play a key role in architectural, tooling, and implementation decisions, working closely with the Principal Developer, other Lead Developers, and Engineering Managers to ensure your team’s work contributes to a consistent and scalable wider strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and mentor your team in full stack development, fostering technical excellence and continuous learning.
Own technical delivery within your team while working with the Principal Developer, other Lead Developers, and Engineering Managers on architecture, tooling, and overall engineering strategy.
Develop and maintain server-side logic and user-facing features, ensuring applications meet high standards for quality, scalability, and security.
Collaborate with Product Managers and UI/UX Designers to translate requirements into technical solutions that effectively balance feasibility, user experience, and business value.
Optimise applications for performance and scalability by identifying and implementing targeted improvements.
Integrate AI technologies into products (e.g., AI-powered features, automation) and leverage AI-assisted tools to boost productivity and quality.
Essential Requirements
Strong full stack development skills, with proficiency in modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js) and back-end languages (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java).
Hands-on experience with databases (SQL and NoSQL), cloud platforms (Azure/AWS), containerisation (Docker), and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience implementing AI in a business context—such as integrating AI APIs/services, developing AI-powered features, or utilizing AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot).
Thorough understanding of UI/UX feasibility, responsive design, and creating user-friendly applications.
Solid grasp of testing, debugging, and optimization practices across the stack.
Services offered by Computappoint Limited are those of an Employment Business and/or Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.