Summary
Mid-level full stack engineer joining a small team building a live UK wealth-industry comparison platform, working directly with the CTO to ship features end-to-end, expand the stack, and build LLM-powered features using TypeScript, React/Next.js, Node, PostgreSQL and AWS. Hybrid role based in the London office Tue-Thu.
Full Stack Software Engineer
London (Hybrid: Tue-Thu in office, WFH Monday & Friday) | Permanent | £70,000-80,000
Our client has built a comparison service for the UK wealth industry - it's live and working - and they're now expanding their tech stack considerably. They're hiring a mid-level developer to join the core build, working directly with the CTO.
They're looking for someone with the fundamentals to build on their stack who is a fanatic user of AI coding tools.
What you'll be doing
You'll work directly with the CTO on the platform behind everything they do. Day to day, that means:
Designing, building and shipping features end-to-end across the platform
Expanding the stack: new services, new integrations, and LLM-powered features built into the product itself
Using AI development tools as standard practice - and helping shape how the team gets the most from them
Contributing to architecture decisions as the platform scales
Writing clean, well-tested code and reviewing others' work with care
Debugging, profiling and improving performance, reliability and security
What we're looking for
You'll need:
The fundamentals to build on the client's tech stack - TypeScript, React/Next.js, Node, PostgreSQL and AWS
Strong coding fundamentals - data structures, API design, testing, version control, and the judgement to know when to be rigorous and when to ship
To be a fanatic user of AI coding tools: they're part of how you work every day, you follow the space closely, and you have opinions about what works
Experience building with or integrating LLM APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.) - or personal projects that prove the interest is real
The ability to thrive in a small team where you'll wear more than one hat
Comfort being in the London office Tuesday to Thursday
Nice to have:
Experience in fintech, financial services or other regulated environments
Familiarity with RAG pipelines, embeddings, prompt engineering or agentic frameworks
Cloud platform experience (AWS/GCP/Azure), CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code
Open-source contributions or a portfolio of side projects - especially AI-related
Startup or scale-up experience
What you'll get
Direct mentorship from and daily collaboration with the CTO
Real influence over technical direction - the platform is live, but the expansion is just beginning
Budget for AI tools, hardware, and learning & development
Hybrid working: Tuesday-Thursday in the London office, Monday and Friday from home
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Pension scheme
Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy in the privacy section of the Oscar website.
TPBN1_UKTJ