AWS Cloud Full Stack Developer - Sprint 3

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands‑on experience with cutting‑edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high‑profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in‑demand skills development, and long‑term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

Benefits

• Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

Role Overview

In this role, you’ll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centres offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop full‑stack cloud‑native applications using microservices, APIs, and modern UI frameworks.
• Build front‑end applications using React or Angular (SPA or microfrontends).
• Develop scalable back‑end services following 12‑factor principles and event‑driven patterns through Domain‑Driven Design (DDD).
• Design relational SQL and NoSQL data models for cloud‑hosted applications.
• Build applications using languages such as Java, .NET, Node.js, or Python.
• Deploy and manage containerised or serverless workloads using AWS or Azure cloud services.
• Work with event‑driven tools such as Kafka and cloud messaging services.
• Apply cloud‑native CI/CD, DevSecOps practices, and Test‑Driven Development.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and support high‑quality delivery across the stack.
• Depending on experience, guide other developers or lead technical components.

Education

Required education: None

Preferred education: Bachelor’s Degree

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Front‑End

• SPA and microfrontends
• Responsive Design
• React or Angular

Back‑End

• Microservices design (12‑factor, domain‑bounded)
• Common design patterns
• REST and event‑driven APIs
• SQL and NoSQL modelling

Programming Languages / Runtimes

• Java (8+), GraalVM
• .NET / .NET Core
• JavaScript
• Node.js
• Python (Proficiency in at least one)

Frameworks

• Spring Boot (must have)
• Quarkus
• Express.js
• Django

Cloud (AWS and/or Azure)

• Compute & PaaS: AWS: EKS, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, ROSA; Azure: AKS, Azure VMs, ACR, App Services, Functions, Service Fabric
• Routing / API: AWS: API Gateway, ALB/NLB, Route 53; Azure: APIM
• Databases: AWS: Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB; Azure: SQL DB, Cosmos DB, Redis
• Event‑driven services: AWS: SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Dynamo Streams, MSKafka; Azure: Service Bus, Event Grid, Logic Apps
• Storage: AWS S3; Azure Blob Storage
• Observability: AWS CloudWatch, X‑Ray, EventBridge; Azure Monitor, App Insights
• Networking: AWS VPC, EC2; Azure VNet

Event‑Driven

• Kafka
• Zookeeper

DevSecOps / CI/CD

• AWS: CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline, CodeCommit, SAM, CloudFormation
• Azure: Azure DevOps, YAML pipelines, PowerShell scripting
• Source Control: GitHub
• Security: IAM, Cognito, KMS, Secrets Manager
• Git‑based workflows (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)

Engineering Practices

• Test‑Driven Development
• Cloud‑native CI/CD tooling
• Agile delivery
• Containerisation (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Serverless architectures
• Microservices‑oriented design

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Desirable certifications: AWS Certified Developer – Associate
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• Google Professional Cloud Developer
• Microsoft Azure Developer Associate (AZ‑204)
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator
• Meta Full Stack Developer Professional Certificate
• IBM Full Stack Software Developer Professional Certificate
• Oracle Java SE Programmer
• Node.js Application Developer Certification
• MongoDB Developer Certification
• Red Hat Certified Engineer
• CompTIA Cloud+
• CompTIA Security+

Pre‑Employment Screening

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply; this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Equal Employment Opportunity

IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Other Relevant Job Details

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.