Lead Full Stack Engineer (Backend Leaning)

Join AND Digital, a tech company focused on accelerating digital delivery, as a Lead Full Stack Engineer (Backend Leaning) to help close the world's digital skills gap. We're looking for a technical leader with strong backend engineering experience, ability to design and build scalable systems, and hands-on experience with AWS. As a Lead, you'll shape architectural direction, review designs, and model high-quality engineering practices. You'll also have the opportunity to work on projects with big clients and produce meaningful work that makes a difference to people's lives.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on backend engineering experience with depth in one or more of: Java, Node.js, TypeScript, Python or Go
• Ability to work confidently across multiple languages when needed
• Proven ability to design and build scalable, resilient, and maintainable backend systems
• Hands-on experience with AWS (Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, API Gateway, Step Functions, etc.)
• Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
• CI/CD pipelines, and modern deployment practices
• Comfortable working across the stack, contributing to frontend codebases when needed
• Demonstrates technical leadership, shaping architectural direction, reviewing designs, and role-modelling high-quality engineering practices
• Strong grounding in system design, including trade-off analysis, performance considerations, observability, and operational readiness
• Able to take ownership of complex technical problems, make pragmatic decisions, and clearly explain reasoning to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

• 25 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
• 2 days per year for volunteering
• Share scheme
• A £1000 flexifund to use on a personalised list of benefits such Gym membership, Cycle to Work Scheme, Health, dental and optical cash plan