Lead Software developer (Angular & Node.js)

Job Information

Date Opened

16/07/2026

Job Type

Contract

Industry

Government & Public Sector

Work Experience

5+ years

Salary

400 Inside IR35

City

Newcastle upon Tyne

Province

Tyne and Wear

Country

United Kingdom

Postal Code

NE1

Job Description

Full Stack Developer (Node.js/Angular/AWS)

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.

We're particularly interested in experienced Node.js developers with strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills and exposure to cloud-native development.

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

Essential Skills

Strong commercial experience developing applications with Node.js

Excellent JavaScript and TypeScript knowledge

Experience building REST APIs using Express.js

Commercial Angular development experience

Experience writing automated tests using Jest

Experience using GitLab CI/CD

Understanding of Agile software delivery

Experience working with Git

Desirable Skills

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

Kubernetes

Kong Enterprise Gateway

Databases

MongoDB

Amazon DocumentDB

Messaging & Monitoring

Kafka

Confluent Schema Registry

Dynatrace

Other

Serverless architectures

Monorepo development

Nunjucks

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?

You'll have the opportunity to:

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.