M44 - Full Stack Engineer

Position Overview • We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our engineering team, supporting a high-visibility, citizen-facing digital product. • You will solve business problems and translate architectural concepts into secure, reliable production systems across the full technology stack. • You will build and maintain applications, APIs, integrations, cloud infrastructure and serverless workloads. • You will support both modernisation initiatives and existing production systems within a government security and compliance environment. • You will also help strengthen engineering practices and contribute to the long-term maintainability, reliability and sustainability of our digital products. Key Requirements Architecture & Compliance • Ability to translate business requirements and architectural concepts into secure, reliable and maintainable technical solutions. • Experience implementing application security and compliance requirements in production environments. • Understanding of authentication, authorization, encryption, and audit logging. • Experience designing and implementing system integrations, APIs and event-driven solutions. • Ability to evaluate technical options and explain architectural decisions, assumptions and trade-offs. Technical Capabilities • At least 3 years of professional full-stack software engineering experience. • Proficiency in modern frontend development using JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3, and frameworks such as React or Vue. • Experience designing and building modern, responsive, and accessible web applications. • Working knowledge of RESTful API design, system integration patterns, and microservices architecture. • Experience with relational database design, SQL development, performance tuning and optimisation. • Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform on AWS. • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or equivalent platforms. • Experience with AWS cloud services, including hands-on experience with EC2, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, or other serverless services. • Familiarity with IIS, Apache, Nginx, or similar web server technologies. • Experience with application monitoring, logging, troubleshooting, and production support in cloud environments. • Knowledge of OutSystems low-code platform and C#/.NET development would be advantageous. Key Attributes • Ownership: Takes ownership of problems and outcomes, not just tasks, and follows through to resolution. • User-centricity: Demonstrates empathy for users and takes pride in crafting intuitive, accessible and reliable digital services. • Pragmatism: Balances technical excellence, delivery priorities and operational constraints, making sound trade-offs between immediate needs and long-term sustainability. • Engineering craft: Produces maintainable, reliable, and secure solutions while continuously improving engineering practices. • Communication & collaboration: Communicates clearly, asks questions, and respectfully challenges ideas to improve decisions and outcomes. Partners effectively with engineers, designers, product managers, and stakeholders to achieve shared goals. • Always curious: Stays curious, embraces feedback, and keeps pace with evolving technologies and industry practices.