Full Stack Engineer - Contract
Posted 1 day ago by Quantum
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Full Stack Engineer role at Quantum involves taking ownership of both front-end and back-end systems to support the rapid growth of the technology platform. The position requires high-quality development, technical decision-making, and mentorship of other developers while ensuring best practices are followed. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with teams to build scalable applications using modern frameworks and tools. This role is integral to delivering the company's mission of facilitating smarter, faster buying decisions through data-driven affiliate marketing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead by example as a hands-on developer, contributing to both front-end and back-end codebases.
- Define architecture and system design for web applications, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers, ensuring code quality through reviews and best practices.
- Design and implement responsive, user-friendly web interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks (Next.js, React).
- Collaborate with UX/UI designers to turn designs into functional, intuitive interfaces.
Key Skills:
- Expertise in JavaScript frameworks like React, Vue.js, or Angular, with proficiency in HTML, CSS, and responsive design principles.
- Strong experience with Node.js, Express.js, and building RESTful APIs or microservices.
- Proficiency in working with both SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.
- Experience with integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab CI) and familiarity with containerisation tools like Docker.
- Excellent written and verbal English skills.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Our Company At Quantum, we connect global brands with high-intent consumers. We turn intent into action and complexity into clarity. Our Mission is clear, to help smarter, faster buying decisions. Our vision, to be the world’s most used digital comparison service, delivering value and simplicity to millions. We drive growth through data-driven affiliate marketing built for performance from day one. Every campaign is measurable, optimised in real time, and designed to scale. With in-house tech, full-stack analytics, and a compliance-first mindset, we give our partners an edge. We drive confident decisions and growth in regulated and high-growth sectors. We’ve helped ambitious brands grow faster, smarter, and globally.
The Role Our Technology team is growing! We’re looking for Full Stack Engineers to help rapidly grow our technology platform to deliver our ambitious business growth. In this role you will take ownership of both front-end and back-end systems, driving high-quality development and delivering technical solutions across the product lifecycle. While your primary focus will be coding and architecture design, you will also guide other developers, making technical decisions, and ensuring best practices are followed. You are both a hands-on individual contributor and a technical evangelist, collaborating closely with teams to build scalable, efficient, and robust applications using modern frameworks and tools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead by example as a hands-on developer, contributing to both front-end and back-end codebases.
- Define architecture and system design for web applications, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers, ensuring code quality through reviews and best practices.
- Design and implement responsive, user-friendly web interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks (Next.js, React).
- Collaborate with UX/UI designers to turn designs into functional, intuitive interfaces.
About You: Expertise in JavaScript frameworks like React, Vue.js, or Angular, with proficiency in HTML, CSS, and responsive design principles. Strong experience with Node.js, Express.js, and building RESTful APIs or microservices. Proficiency in working with both SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) or NoSQL (MongoDB) databases. CI/CD & DevOps: Experience with integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, CircleCI, GitLab CI) and familiarity with containerisation tools like Docker. You thrive when working as part of a team Comfortable in a fast-paced environment Have excellent written and verbal English skills Last but not least, you’ll have no ego!
What You’ll Get Competitive Base Salary Company Bonus Scheme Hybrid Working (3 days in office) Private Health Care (Bupa) Travel Insurance Market Leading Training Programme Recognition & Reward Scheme Annual Company Conference (previous destinations Vienna, Bologna, Dubrovnik and Thessaloniki) Regular Happy Hour / Team Lunches Free Coffee, Drinks & Snacks