Lead Full Stack Software Developer
Technical lead for a fast-growing UK B2B SaaS company: a hands-on full stack developer (JavaScript/TypeScript) who also drives design, architecture and a small squad, deploying to production daily and championing AI/agent-assisted development. Hybrid role based in Scotland, paying c£90-100k.
- Compensation
- £90K–£100K / yr
- Location
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Fullstack
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 10+ years' full stack software development experience with genuine technical leadership
- 5+ years' fluency in JavaScript and TypeScript full stack (non-negotiable)
- Strong grasp of system design and domain modelling with a commercial mindset
- Track record of clean code, SOLID principles and thoughtful design patterns
- Broad full stack experience, ideally building large-scale SaaS platforms
- Comfortable operating in a mature CI/CD environment deploying continuously under a DevSecOps approach
- Forward-thinking, demonstrable approach to using AI to accelerate high-quality software delivery
- Aptitude for problem-solving and picking up new tools and techniques fast
- Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, with confidence working directly with customers
- Solid experience with automated testing and quality assurance practices
- Understanding of building systems that hold up and perform at scale
- Genuine enthusiasm for building secure systems and championing security best practice
- Technical or computer science degree, or equivalent hands-on professional experience
- Right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship not available)
Nice to have
- Exposure to NodeJS microservices, Vue, Redis, SQL Server or Snowflake
- Experience deploying and operating services in AWS
- Track record of driving high standards and pushing a team towards higher efficiency
Full description
Lead Full Stack Software Developer
Scotland based | Hybrid
C£100k + Benefits
c5yrs hands on JavaScript & TypeScript full stack, this is non-negotiable
About the Company
Our client is a fast-growing, UK-based SaaS company whose products sit at the heart of many B2B sales and marketing teams. They're scaling quickly, shipping daily, and looking for two technical leads who wants real ownership over how their customer-facing products are built.
The Opportunity
This is a technical leadership role for someone who wants to shape a product from first design conversation through to code running in production while staying close to the build the whole way. You'll move fluidly between hands-on delivery and architectural decision-making, working across a modern stack and deploying multiple times a day. You will be challenged to experiment and champion AI, where currently almost 80% of code is agent generated.If you want influence over how things are built, not just what gets built, this is worth a conversation.
Please note: Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
What You\u2019ll Be Doing
- Partner with stakeholders on solution design, scoping and system architecture from the earliest conversations.
- De-risk uncertain areas of a design through spikes and proof-of-concepts before committing the team to a direction.
- Experimenting responsibly with AI, choosing your tooling and how it is utilised.
- Work with initiative managers to break ambitious ideas into deliverable epics and stories.
- Turn user stories into production code as a high-performing individual contributor and as lead developer and embedded architect within a small squad.
- Champion the quality, maintainability and operability of everything you and the team (fellow engineers and agentic agents) ship.
- Stay close to the product in production, supporting it and resolving issues as they arise.
- Shape ongoing design, architecture and implementation decisions as the platform evolves.
What We\u2019re Looking For
- 10+ years\' full stack software development experience, with genuine technical leadership under your belt.
- 5+ years\' fluency in JavaScript and TypeScript full stack, this is non-negotiable.
- Strong grasp of system design and domain modelling, with a commercial mindset behind every technical decision.
- A track record of clean code, SOLID principles and thoughtful design patterns.
- Broad full stack experience, ideally gained building large-scale SaaS platforms.