As a Lead Full Stack Developer in the IP Development team, you will take end-to-end ownership of technical delivery within your squad, ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions that align with both product goals and engineering standards. You will play a key role in architectural, tooling, and implementation decisions, working closely with the Principal Developer, other Lead Developers, and Engineering Managers to ensure your squad’s work contributes to a consistent and scalable wider strategy. You’ll also collaborate with Product Managers, UX Designers, and Business Analysts to turn complex requirements into robust, maintainable software, while fostering a culture of learning by mentoring developers and driving continuous improvement.

• Lead and mentor your squad in full stack development, fostering technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Own technical delivery within your squad while collaborating with the Principal Developer, other Lead Developers, and Engineering Managers on architecture, tooling, and wider engineering strategy.
• Develop and maintain server-side logic and user-facing features, ensuring applications are high-quality, scalable, and secure.
• Work with Product Managers and UI/UX Designers to translate requirements into technical solutions that balance feasibility, user experience, and business value.
• Optimise applications for performance and scalability, identifying and implementing improvements.
• Integrate AI technologies into products (e.g. AI-powered features, automation) and adopt AI-assisted tools to improve productivity and quality.
• Conduct testing, debugging, and code reviews to uphold standards and best practices.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, supporting effective planning, delivery, and process improvement.
• Collaborate across squads to drive consistency, reusability, and shared approaches within the wider IP Development team.

• Strong full stack development expertise, with experience in both modern front-end frameworks (e.g. React, Angular, Vue.js) and back-end languages (e.g. Node.js, Python, Java).
• Hands-on experience with databases (SQL and NoSQL), cloud platforms (Azure/AWS), containerisation (Docker), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience applying AI in a business setting—such as integrating AI APIs/services, building AI-powered features, or using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot).
• Good understanding of UI/UX feasibility, responsive design, and delivering user-friendly applications.
• Strong grasp of testing, debugging, and optimisation practices across the stack.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor developers and collaborate on wider technical strategy with Principal and Lead Developers, and Engineering Managers.
• Experience working in Agile teams, contributing to sprint planning, backlog refinement, and collaborative delivery.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to align technical work with business goals.