Software Engineer

ROLE PURPOSE You'll be a key part of a small, high-impact engineering team building and maintaining both customer-facing and internal applications for a recruitment group operating in several sectors. You’ll be working both within a team and on your own to deliver features and applications end-to-end with modern tooling, hands-off management style and an opportunity to develop the environment and dynamic of a growing team. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Application Development * Design, build, and maintain full-stack applications using NodeJS, React & Typescript * Develop robust, well-structured code in larger codebases * End-to-end delivery of features and projects, from requirements through to production deployment * Work with modern tooling for large-scale, maintainable applications * Implement testing, monitoring and observability to ensure applications run reliably in production * Build applications with security best practices aligned to ISO 27001 standards * Contribute to technical documentation and clear issue tracking Ownership & Growth * Take ownership of assigned projects * Opportunities to mentor and support junior developers through reviews, pair-programming and mentoring * Contribute to system design decisions and technical roadmap planning * Identify and champion improvements to development processes and tooling * Begin to implement “smart” features powered by ML/AI in a product-first manner * Participate in security audits and vulnerability assessments (with growth potential to lead internal audits) PERSON SPECIFICATION Experience & Qualifications * 5 years of software engineering experience, ideally with full-stack focused roles * Proven experience building production applications with React & NodeJS * Familiarity with relational databases, such as PostgreSQL, MS SQL or MYSQL * Experience writing well maintained, testable code using frameworks like Vitest or Jest * Familiarity with modern RBAC Auth frameworks Nice-to-Haves -Experience with any of the following -Expo/React Native or native mobile development for Android or iOS -TRPC or similar backend layers -Turborepo or similar monorepo-style projects -Cloud (AWS, Azure, Vercel) containerized or bare metal deployments of production applications -.NET (for legacy system maintenance) -React Frameworks like NextJS, Tanstack Start -Tanstack Tools (Query, DB, Form) -Interest in or background with security and infrastructure -Experience working within ISO 27001 or similar compliance frameworks (e.g SOC2) Personal Attributes -Comfortable working with multiple teams -Strong problem-solving skills with a methodical approach to debugging and failure analysis -Prefers an Agile/Async approach to work -Excellent written and verbal communication; able to explain technical decisions clearly -Proactive and self-directed; able to manage multiple priorities and take ownership of outcomes -Curiosity about infrastructure, ML/AI, industry trends and security topics -Collaborative mindset with willingness to grow into more senior responsibilities -Pragmatic about AI tooling; uses it to move faster without outsourcing critical thinking