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Lead Full Stack Developer

Talent InternationalLondon🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 29 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid remote role offers you the opportunity to lead a development team in a significant digital transformation, gaining valuable experience in secure, scalable service design and GDS standards. You'll thrive here if you have strong Java, microservices, and ReactJS skills and are eager to contribute to impactful public-facing digital services. Apply now to join this exciting 12-month program with a competitive day rate!

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Temporary/Casual
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Job Description:

Senior Full Stack Developer (Java)

Location: UK-based Remote

Clearance Level: BPSS/SC Clearance (or eligibility to undergo)

Contract. Inside IR35, 12 month programme. £490 per day

We are seeking a skilled Lead Full Stack Java Developer to join our digital transformation team. You will play a lead role in designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable, and user-centric digital services in line with the Government Digital Service (GDS) service standard.

You will oversee a team of developers

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain robust Back End microservices and responsive Front End user interfaces.

Collaborate within a multi-disciplinary agile team to deliver reliable, public-facing digital services.

Ensure application security, performance, and adherence to clean code standards.

Integrate systems using event-driven architectures and modern API gateways

Technical Requirements

Back End Development, CI/CD and API gateways

Java (11): Strong core experience, including Spring Boot and Maven.

Microservices: Practical experience designing and deploying microservices.

Event-Driven Architecture: Messaging and streaming tools including ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, or Apache Kafka.

API Management: Experience routing and securing APIs using API Gateway - Kong.

Front End Development

Core Web Technologies: High proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

JavaScript Frameworks: Strong experience with Node.js and ReactJS.

Template Engines: UI development using Nunjucks or Freemarker.

Cloud and DevOps CI/CD Pipeline

Cloud Platform: Hands-on experience with AWS hosting and services.

CI Tooling and Quality: Continuous integration and code quality management using Git, GitLab CI, Jenkins, and SonarQube.

You will be eligible for full BPSS and SC clearance and have a background in Central Government full stack development including working with GDS.

£470.00 - £490.00/day

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Skills

Microservices
Node.js
Spring
Spring Boot
API Gateway
AWS
SonarQube
Agile
Apache
Git
GitLab CI
Java
JavaScript
Jenkins
Kafka
RabbitMQ

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