Lead Software developer (Angular & Node.js)

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

About Scrumconnect Consulting

Scrumconnect Consulting is a leading digital transformation consultancy delivering innovative technology solutions across the public and private sectors. We specialise in designing and building scalable digital services, cloud-native platforms, and user-centred applications that enable organisations to modernise and improve service delivery.

Our multidisciplinary teams work across engineering, product, delivery, and design to deliver impactful digital solutions using modern technologies and Agile methodologies. We foster a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and technical excellence, giving our people the opportunity to work on large-scale transformation programmes that make a real difference.

The Role

We're looking for experienced Full Stack Developers to join our growing engineering team.

You’ll help design, build, and deliver modern cloud-native applications across a range of enterprise-scale digital transformation projects. Working within Agile delivery teams, you’ll contribute across the full software development life cycle, developing secure Back End services, modern Front End applications, and automated deployment pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain scalable full-stack applications
• Build secure, high-performance RESTful APIs using Node.js and Express
• Develop responsive Front End applications using Angular and TypeScript
• Write clean, maintainable and well-tested code using modern engineering practices
• Build and maintain automated tests using Jest
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD
• Support cloud-native deployments using AWS and container technologies
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews and technical design sessions
• Work collaboratively with Product Owners, Designers, QA Engineers and DevOps teams
• Troubleshoot, optimise and improve application performance, scalability and reliability
• Strong commercial experience developing applications with Node.js
• Experience building REST APIs using Express.js
• Experience writing automated tests using Jest
• Experience using GitLab CI/CD
• Understanding of Agile software delivery
• Experience working with Git

Experience with some of the following technologies would be advantageous

AWS & Cloud

• AWS Lambda
• API Gateway
• SQS
• S3
• KMS
• CloudWatch
• X-Ray
• ECS/Fargate
• ECR
• EKS

Infrastructure & DevOps

• Terraform
• Docker

Databases

• MongoDB
• Amazon DocumentDB

Messaging & Monitoring

• Kafka
• Confluent Schema Registry
• Dynatrace

Other

• Serverless architectures

What We're Looking For

We're interested in developers who:

• Enjoy solving complex technical problems
• Write clean, maintainable code
• Have a collaborative mindset
• Are comfortable working within multidisciplinary Agile teams
• Take ownership of delivering high-quality software
• Have experience building secure, scalable enterprise applications

Nice to Have

• Experience working on UK Government or other highly regulated programmes
• Active SC Clearance or eligibility to obtain SC Clearance

Why Join Scrumconnect?

• Work on high-profile digital transformation programmes
• Build modern cloud-native applications using the latest technologies
• Collaborate with experienced engineers across multiple disciplines
• Learn through continuous professional development
• Progress your career within a growing consultancy
• Work in a supportive, inclusive and collaborative environment

Diversity & Inclusion

At Scrumconnect Consulting, we're committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and empowered to succeed.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We believe diverse teams create better ideas, stronger products and better outcomes for our clients and communities.