Hybrid Lead Fullstack Engineer

at Mindera

• Job title: Lead Fullstack Engineer
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Distributed Systems, Docker, JavaScript, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Next.js, React, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Lead Full-Stack Engineer responsible for backend and frontend development in a hybrid environment. Requires onsite presence in London three days a week with a focus on mentoring and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Key Responsibilities
• Lead the design and development of full-stack solutions, balancing backend robustness with high-quality user experiences
• Build and maintain backend services using **Kotlin**, following clean architecture and best practices
• Develop modern, performant frontends using **React, Next.js, and TypeScript**
• Take ownership of API design, integration, and lifecycle management using **Apigee**
• Design and operate cloud-native solutions using **Azure or AWS**, including containerised workloads
• Champion strong **observability practices**, ensuring systems are reliable, measurable, and easy to troubleshoot
• Set technical direction, standards, and best practices across the team
• Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, pairing, and technical guidance
• Collaborate closely with Product, DevOps, and Architecture to deliver scalable, secure solutions

Requirements

• Required Skills & Experience
• Proven experience in a **Lead or Senior Full-Stack Engineering** role
• Strong backend development experience with **Kotlin**
• Solid frontend expertise with **React, Next.js, and TypeScript**
• Experience building and operating cloud-based systems on **Azure or AWS**
• Hands-on experience with **containerisation** (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes or similar)
• Strong experience with **API management**, ideally using **Apigee**
• Deep understanding of **observability**, including logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting
• Experience designing and maintaining scalable, production-grade systems
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical decisions
• Nice to Have
• Experience working in complex, distributed systems
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
• Experience modernising legacy systems or platforms

Benefits

• **We offer**
• Competitive Rates
• Flexible working arrangements
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement within a global company
• A dynamic, innovative, and supportive work environment, where your ideas and contributions are valued
• The chance to work on cutting-edge projects that are transforming the industry
• Most of all you get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together in a politics-free environment. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. Freedom and Responsibility go hand in hand, and we value commitment, feedback, and empathy.