Lead Fullstack Engineer
3 days ago
City of London
Lead Full-stack Engineer | Digital Product Studio London (Hybrid) £75,000 – £100,000 + benefits Permanent We’re partnering with an award-winning digital product studio known for building beautifully crafted, human centred digital products for global clients. With a strong reputation across design, product and engineering, they deliver impactful work across the full product lifecycle — from early discovery through to large-scale builds. They’re now looking for a Lead Full-stack Engineer to play a key role in shaping and delivering high-quality digital products. The Role This is a hands-on technical leadership position, combining full-stack development with ownership of technical direction across projects. You’ll: • Lead the design, development and delivery of scalable digital products (frontend, backend & infrastructure), • Drive technical direction, ensuring solutions are robust, secure and performant, • Stay close to the code, acting as a senior technical authority within the team, • Collaborate with Product, Design and Delivery to balance quality, timelines and budgets, • Engage directly with clients, shaping technical approaches and communicating solutions clearly, • Mentor engineers and help uplift team capability and standards, • What They’re Looking For, • Strong experience building modern full-stack applications (JS/TS/Node or similar), • Deep knowledge of at least one modern frontend framework (React, Vue, Next.js), • Experience designing and delivering scalable, cloud-based systems (AWS, Azure or GCP), • Strong understanding of API design (REST/GraphQL), databases and system architecture, • Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform) and automated testing, • Ability to design for non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, security, accessibility), • Comfortable working in agile environments and leading technical discussions with varied stakeholders Nice to Have • Experience with AI-assisted development or building AI-enabled features, • Exposure to accessibility (WCAG) or system design at scale, • Interest in emerging technologies and evolving engineering practices Why This Role? • Genuine ownership of technical delivery and direction, • Opportunity to work on complex, meaningful digital products, • Collaborative, cross-functional environment with strong design and product culture, • A studio that values craft, curiosity and continuous learning If you’re a hands-on Lead Engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and building impactful products, this is a great opportunity to step into a high-impact role. Apply via the link or reach out.