Full Stack Developer at Scrumconnect Consulting, Newcastle upon Tyne, £Contract Rate

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About Scrumconnect Consulting

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

Our teams work collaboratively across engineering, product, delivery, and design to create impactful digital solutions using modern technologies and Agile methodologies. At Scrumconnect, we foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and technical excellence, providing our people with opportunities to work on meaningful, large-scale transformation programmes.

Role Overview

We are looking for experienced Full Stack Developers to join our growing engineering team. You will work on enterprise-scale digital transformation projects, building modern, scalable, and cloud-native applications within Agile multidisciplinary teams.

We are seeking strong Node.js developers with hands-on experience across backend services, APIs, cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and modern frontend frameworks.

Role Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable full stack applications and microservices
  
• Build secure and performant REST APIs using Node.js and Express
  
• Develop responsive frontend applications using Angular and modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks
  
• Implement automated testing using Jest and maintain high code quality standards
  
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD and DevOps best practices
  
• Work within Agile delivery teams alongside Product Owners, QA Engineers, and DevOps teams
  
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architectural decisions
  
• Support cloud-native deployments and containerisation initiatives
  
• Troubleshoot and optimise application performance, reliability, and scalability
  

Required Skills

• Strong commercial experience with Node.js
  
• Experience with Express.js
  
• Frontend development experience with Angular (preferred over other frontend frameworks)
  
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines
  
• Automated testing experience using Jest
  
• Strong understanding of Agile software delivery practices
  

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Kong Enterprise Edition (KongEE)
  
• Kubernetes experience
  
• Exposure to containerised applications and cloud-native architectures
  
• Understanding of AWS EKS environments
  

Additional Information

• SC eligibility is desirable but not mandatory
  
• Experience working within government or highly regulated environments is advantageous
  

Required Skills

• Strong Node.js development experience
  
• Strong JavaScript / TypeScript expertise
  
• Experience building Serverless architectures
  
• Hands-on AWS experience including:
  • Lambda
    
  • API Gateway (Private APIs)
    
  • SQS
    
  • S3
    
  • KMS
    
  • CloudWatch
    
  • X-Ray
    
• Experience with MongoDB / Amazon DocumentDB
  
• Terraform infrastructure-as-code experience
  
• GitLab CI/CD experience
  
• Automated testing using Jest
  
• Agile delivery experience
  

Desirable Skills

• Kafka
  
• Confluent Schema Registry
  
• Dynatrace
  
• Nunjucks
  

Additional Technical Exposure

• Docker
  
• AWS ECS (including Fargate & ECR)
  
• Monorepo architectures
  

Preferred Candidate Profile

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
  
• Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration abilities
  
• Ability to work independently within distributed Agile teams
  
• Passion for clean code, engineering best practices, and continuous improvement
  
• Experience contributing to scalable and secure enterprise applications
  

Diversity & Inclusion

At Scrumconnect Consulting, we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, and we actively promote equality, accessibility, and inclusion throughout our recruitment and employment practices.

We believe diversity strengthens innovation and helps us build better solutions for our clients and communities.