Are you looking for a role where you can take real ownership of features and see your work directly impact users?
Do you enjoy working across the full stack in a modern cloud environment, building products that genuinely help people develop and progress?
We're working with an ambitious training and development company that is reshaping how organisations deliver learning. As their platform continues to scale, they're looking to hire an Intermediate Software Engineer with strong Node.js, React, and AWS experience to join their growing engineering team.
The Opportunity
You'll join a collaborative product-focused team, contributing to a modern learning platform used by organisations across the UK and internationally. This is a hands-on engineering role where you'll work across both backend and frontend, delivering high-quality features in a scalable AWS environment.
You'll have the autonomy to own work end-to-end, while continuing to develop your technical depth and architectural understanding.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain backend services using Node.js
Build clean, responsive user interfaces using React
Deploy, monitor, and optimise applications within AWS
Contribute to technical design discussions and architectural decisions
Write well-structured, testable, and maintainable code
Collaborate closely with Product and Design to deliver user-focused features
Continuously improve performance, reliability, and security across the platform
Tech Environment
Backend: Node.js (Express or similar)
Frontend: React (modern JavaScript/TypeScript)
Cloud: AWS (e.g., Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS)
CI/CD & Version Control: Git-based workflows and automated pipelines
What We're Looking For
2-4 years' commercial software development experience
Strong hands-on experience with Node.js and API development
Solid frontend experience with React
Exposure to cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS
Experience working with relational or NoSQL databases
An understanding of testing principles and clean code practices
A collaborative approach and clear communication skills
Desirable Experience
Experience in SaaS, platform-based, or EdTech environments
Exposure to serverless architectures
Experience with Docker or containerisation
Awareness of scalability and performance optimisation techniques
Why Apply?
Join a purpose-led organisation focused on professional growth and learning
Work in a supportive, forward-thinking engineering team
Gain exposure to modern cloud architecture at scale
Clear progression opportunities as the business grows
Flexible working environment
If you have any further questions on the role, please feel free to reach out to Brendan McCrory directly.