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Sanderson Government & Defence

Lead Fullstack Developer

On site

London, United kingdom

£ 550 /day

Senior

Freelance

12-03-2026

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Skills

Leadership Java TypeScript Scala Slack Jira Figma PostgreSQL Quality Assurance Coaching AWS NodeJs Recruitment Terraform

Job Specifications

Core responsibilities of the role are:
Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to your assigned team
Promote knowledge sharing and adoption of good practice
Guide the ways in which the team works
Be involved in identifying appropriate technology and approaches, deciding when software should be written
Contribute to the wider MHCLG developer community
Providing quality assurance of inflight tickets
Release preparation
Show and tells and demonstrations
Tech stack:
Typescript on NodeJS
AWS Cloudwatch, Lambda, SQS, S3, RDS and DDB
Terraform
PostgreSQL
Scala/Java
Jira, Slack, Teams and Figma (Collaboration tooling)
Reasonable Adjustments:
Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.
If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason,please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.

About the Company

Sanderson Government & Defence was established over 20 years ago as a bespoke solution to a unique talent problem: sourcing and placing high-calibre professional talent to work within the UK government and defence sector. MISSION We provide talent solutions for the UK government and their critical supply chains, including: Ministry of Defence and areas of National Security; Central Government and Arm’s Length Bodies; National Policing and Justice; and the broader Public Sector. EXPERTISE & SKILL Central to our success has b... Know more