At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the development of innovative software solutions in a collaborative engineering environment.
- Company: Join a cutting-edge tech company focused on advanced engineering solutions.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, free gym access, healthcare, and enhanced pension.
- Other info: Opportunity for hybrid working and excellent career growth in a dynamic team.
- Why this job: Make a real-world impact while shaping software architecture and standards.
- Qualifications: Strong experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, and full-stack software engineering required.
The predicted salary is between 65000 - 65000 £ per year.
Salary: £65,000 - £65,000 per year
Requirements
- Strong commercial experience in full‑stack software engineering.
- Strong JavaScript and TypeScript experience.
- Experience building scalable backend systems using Node.js, NestJS, or similar frameworks.
- Frontend development experience using Angular or similar modern frontend frameworks.
- Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
- Experience working within Linux-based environments.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, testing, and production‑ready software development.
- Experience designing and working with databases.
- Strong debugging, problem‑solving, and systems‑thinking capability.
- Ability to mentor and support other developers while remaining highly hands‑on technically.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Interest in learning and working within broader engineering and hardware‑adjacent environments.
- Beneficial experience includes software connected to physical products, devices, machines, or real‑world systems.
- Beneficial experience includes Raspberry Pi or similar platforms.
- Beneficial experience includes C++.
- Beneficial experience includes Python.
- Beneficial experience includes embedded or hardware‑adjacent software environments.
- Beneficial experience includes mixed‑language codebases.
- Beneficial experience includes event‑driven architectures.
- Beneficial experience includes industrial systems, connected devices, robotics, scientific instrumentation, or advanced manufacturing technology.
- Beneficial experience includes UI/UX awareness for operator or user‑facing systems.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable frontend and backend software applications.
- Develop and enhance bespoke software solutions used within advanced engineering environments.
- Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering and technical teams to diagnose and resolve complex issues.
- Contribute hands‑on across multiple areas of the software stack.
- Improve software architecture, maintainability, testing, and engineering standards.
- Support software release planning, deployment activities, and technical documentation.
- Help drive production readiness and long‑term software scalability.
- Mentor and support a small software engineering team.
- Collaborate closely with engineers, technical specialists, and other stakeholders.
- Help improve development workflows, tooling, and engineering processes.
Technologies
- Angular
- Backend
- Embedded
- Frontend
- Hardware
- Support
- JavaScript
- Linux
- NestJS
- Python
- Robotics
- TypeScript
- UX UI Design
- NodeJS
- API
- Architect
- REST
- SQL
We are an innovative technology company developing advanced software solutions within a highly technical engineering environment. This is a hands‑on Lead JavaScript/TypeScript Software Engineer role based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, ideally on‑site five days per week, although hybrid working may be considered for exceptional candidates with a minimum of three days per week on site. We offer a salary of £60,000 to £80,000 per annum along with excellent benefits including a free gym, healthcare, and an enhanced pension. You will join a collaborative, engineering‑led team working on technically challenging projects with real‑world impact, and you will have the opportunity to shape architecture, standards, testing practices, and long‑term product direction across frontend, backend, and broader systems development. We value innovation, collaboration, diversity, and inclusive recruitment practices.
Lead JavaScript/TypeScript Software Engineer - Woodston in Peterborough employer: Sivara GmbH
Join our innovative technology company in Peterborough, where as a Lead JavaScript/TypeScript Software Engineer, you will thrive in a collaborative, engineering-led environment that values innovation and diversity. With excellent benefits including a free gym, healthcare, and an enhanced pension, we offer meaningful opportunities for professional growth while working on technically challenging projects that have a real-world impact.
