Lead Full Stack Engineer
Role: Lead Full Stack Engineer (Node.js / React / AWS)
Location: Hammersmith, London ( Min 3 Days Office )
Contract: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £65,000 per annum plus BONUS
Benefits: Enhanced Holiday, Quarterly Bonus, Regular Socials & Thriving Business
Who We Are:
At Agile Retail, we operate stores, build brands and support some of the world's most recognisable retail businesses. We're now building Agile X app- our single operating environment designed to bring disconnected retail systems, processes and data together into one scalable platform.
We're looking for a Lead Full Stack Engineer to take technical ownership of Agile X and help take it to the next stage. This is a genuinely hands-on role where you'll shape the architecture, write code and lead technical development, helping us build a platform that can evolve from connected retail operations into data-driven, AI-assisted decision-making.
The Lead Full Stack Engineer Role:
You’ll own the technical direction and development of Agile X, combining hands‑on full-stack engineering with architecture, technical leadership and delivery.
- Own the technical development, architecture and engineering roadmap for Agile X
- Build and oversee backend services using Node.js and Express
- Develop modern frontend experiences using React and Vite
- Own and evolve the platform’s AWS and DynamoDB data architecture
- Build scalable, modular and API‑first systems connecting retail operations, workforce, customer and performance data
- Integrate POS, inventory, workforce, customer and third‑party systems into a single connected environment
- Manage engineering priorities, sprint planning, testing, documentation and releases
- Establish strong engineering standards across code quality, testing and deployment
- Lead and support engineers, contractors and external development partners
- Help evolve Agile X towards data visualisation, predictive analytics, automation and AI‑assisted operational decision‑making
What’s in it for the Lead Full Stack Engineer?
- Technical ownership of a platform being built to solve real‑world retail challenges
- Genuine influence over architecture, technology choices and engineering standards
- A hands‑on role combining coding, architecture and technical leadership
- Opportunity to build at the intersection of retail, data, automation and AI
- Fast‑growing, entrepreneurial business where technology has direct commercial impact
Company benefits:
- Quarterly company bonus
- Enhanced paid holiday
- Regular work socials including summer and Christmas parties
- Wellbeing allowance
The role would suit someone who is:
- An experienced Senior or Lead Full Stack Engineer with strong backend and frontend capability
- Highly experienced with Node.js, Express, React and modern JavaScript development
- Comfortable designing and operating cloud‑based systems, ideally using AWS
- Experienced working with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB
- Able to think architecturally whilst remaining genuinely hands‑on with code and technical delivery
- Experienced building scalable systems that connect data, workflows, APIs and user experiences
- Comfortable taking technical ownership and managing engineering priorities, standards and qualityExperienced leading or providing technical direction to engineers, contractors or development partners
- A strong communicator who can explain technical decisions and trade‑offs to non‑technical stakeholders
- Commercially minded and interested in using technology to solve genuine operational problems
- Curious about data, automation, predictive analytics and AI‑assisted decision‑making
- Comfortable working in a fast‑moving environment where the platform and business continue to evolve
