Lead Full-Stack Developer: Hands-On + Mentorship

2 Full Stack Developer – Lead Experience Jobs

Our client is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer with proven leadership, mentoring and systems-thinking capabilities. This role offers the opportunity to combine hands-on development with technical leadership, helping guide a development team while contributing directly to the design and delivery of reliable business-critical systems.

Key Responsibilities:

· Develop clean, scalable front-end and back-end solutions.

· Spend approximately 60% of your time on hands-on development and 40% on leading, training and mentoring developers.

· Build, document and maintain APIs and system integrations.

· Design, optimise and maintain databases for performance, accuracy and integrity.

· Use Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines to support reliable deployments.

· Conduct and participate in code reviews.

· Troubleshoot application issues and improve system performance.

· Contribute throughout the software development lifecycle within an Agile environment.

· Translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.

· Mentor and support junior developers.

· Identify opportunities to improve systems, processes and development practices.

· Embrace AI-assisted development tools or demonstrate a willingness to incorporate them into your workflow.

Requirements:

· Strong commercial experience as a Full Stack Developer.

· Relevant qualification in software development or a related field.

· Strong understanding of .NET frameworks and modern development practices.

· Solid front-end knowledge, including HTML5, CSS, XML and jQuery.

· Proven experience developing and integrating APIs.

· Strong SQL and database skills, including schema design, optimisation and performance tuning.

· Experience with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), SSRS and writing effective queries and reports.

· Experience in ERP and/or retail systems is highly advantageous.

· Demonstrated experience leading, mentoring or guiding other developers.

· Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability.

· Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

· A systems-thinking mindset with strong attention to detail.

· Ability to take ownership and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

· Exposure to AWS or Azure is advantageous.

The Ideal Candidate:

· Is comfortable balancing hands-on coding with technical leadership.

· Takes ownership of projects and follows tasks through to completion.

· Enjoys solving complex technical and business problems.

· Values quality, collaboration and clear communication.

· Is open to using AI to enhance software development and productivity.

Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 4 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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