Full Stack Engineer - Contract

Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Contract) – FinTech (Python | TypeScript)

A rapidly scaling FinTech is expanding its engineering team and is looking for a number of Full-Stack Engineers to support their next phase of growth. Their products power thousands of businesses across the UK, with billions already delivered through their systems and demand continues to grow.

This is a hands‑on role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving real problems, working with a modern stack, and contributing immediately in a high‑impact environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

Working closely with product and engineering leadership, you’ll operate across the full stack and contribute from day one. You’ll:

• Design and build reliable, high-performance systems that scale with the platform
• Work end-to-end across backend services (Python) and frontend applications (TypeScript/React)
• Operate in a DevOps‑oriented environment where engineers own delivery through to production
• Contribute to architectural decisions and evaluate technical approaches pragmatically
• Raise engineering standards through code quality, testing, and clear technical thinking
• Make informed trade-offs that balance speed, quality, and maintainability
• Consider how technical decisions impact customers, product behaviour, and operations

Tech You’ll Work With

Testing: Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, pytest

Cloud & DevOps: AWS, GCP, ECS Fargate, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions

How the Teams Operate

• Small, cross-functional squads with clear ownership and outcomes
• Work driven by real user needs and measurable impact
• Continuous delivery with automated CI/CD pipelines
• Strong emphasis on testing, reliability, and observability
• Cloud-native systems built for resilience and scale
• Collaborative, low-ego environment with open communication
• Engineers trusted to make decisions and challenge assumptions
• High standards without unnecessary process
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset
• Emphasis on building things properly — but efficiently

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Information Technology

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