Full Stack Engineer

Full Stack Engineer

Location: Remote with occasional/ad hoc travel to client sites as required Contract Type: Contract (6-month rolling SOWs) Rate: £468 per day Inside IR35 Clearance: BPSS Required

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Engineer to join a Health Transformation Programme , a large-scale digital transformation initiative focused on delivering modern, secure, and user-centric health services.

Working within an AWS cloud-native environment, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable digital solutions using Java and modern front-end technologies. You will collaborate within multidisciplinary agile teams to deliver high-quality services that support the programme's strategic objectives.

This role is ideal for engineers with strong public sector experience and a proven track record of delivering complex government digital services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable full stack applications.

• Build and enhance Java-based backend services, APIs, and microservices.

• Develop responsive, accessible, and user-focused front-end applications using modern web technologies.

• Develop and deploy solutions within AWS cloud environments.

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, QA Engineers, and Delivery Managers to deliver programme outcomes.

• Contribute to technical design discussions, architecture decisions, and engineering best practices.

• Produce clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.

• Participate in code reviews, peer reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions.

• Support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes.

• Troubleshoot, optimise, and resolve application and performance-related issues.

• Ensure solutions comply with security, accessibility, and quality requirements.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience working as a Full Stack Engineer within large-scale digital transformation programmes.

• Strong experience delivering projects within the public sector, ideally central government.

• Significant hands-on Java development experience.

• Strong knowledge of RESTful API development and microservices architecture.

• Front-end development expertise using technologies such as:

• React

• Angular

• TypeScript

• JavaScript

• HTML5

• CSS3

• Experience developing and deploying applications in AWS environments.

• Solid understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and ways of working.

• Experience with automated testing frameworks and quality engineering practices.

• Familiarity with DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, and source control tools such as Git.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Experience working within multidisciplinary delivery teams.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Previous experience supporting DWP, NHS, HMRC, or other government departments.

• Experience delivering citizen-facing digital services.

• Knowledge of containerisation technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.

• Familiarity with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards and best practices.

• Experience working within highly regulated environments.

• Knowledge of cloud security best practices within AWS.