Senior Full Stack Engineer - Full or Part Time

Senior Full Stack Engineer at Autotrader, a leading UK automotive marketplace. You will shape scalable, high-quality solutions across a multi-system platform, mentoring peers and delivering end-to-end features. Our stack spans React/Angular frontend and Java/Kotlin backend on a cloud delivery platform with frequent releases. You’ll work in a collaborative, knowledge-sharing environment to tackle complex problems that impact millions of users. This role offers meaningful impact in a tech-first, people-centric company.

• 28 days holiday
• comprehensive private medical cover
• pension scheme with 7% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
• employee share scheme (10% of salary in shares)
• hybrid working model with fixed office days
• remote-first periods during summer and winter

• architect and design complex distributed systems that are scalable and maintainable
• lead and mentor team members to grow technically and deliver high-impact projects
• develop front-end features using React or Angular and TypeScript/JavaScript
• build and evolve RESTful APIs and web services
• practice Test-Driven Development and contribute to continuous delivery and automation
• participate in pair programming, code reviews, and regular stand-ups
• contribute to a collaborative, cross-functional engineering culture

• Java or Kotlin proficiency
• experience designing distributed systems at scale
• front-end experience with React or Angular and TypeScript/JavaScript
• knowledge of SQL and document stores (MongoDB)
• experience with Kafka or event-driven architectures
• structured development and testing approach (TDD) with CD/automation
• leadership and mentoring experience

• collaboration
• mentoring and coaching
• problem-solving mindset
• Java
• Kotlin
• React