Full Stack Engineer at Opus Recruitment Solutions, London Area, £Contract Rate

Full Stack Developer (Outside IR35)

Contract Length: 6 Months

Location: London (Remote)

Hours: 40 Hours per Week

Start Date: ASAP

Overview

Our client, a leading organisation within the insurance sector, is seeking an experienced Full Stack Frontend Developer to support the delivery of modern digital platforms and customer-facing applications. This role will focus on building intuitive, scalable, and high-performance user interfaces that support key insurance services, including customer portals, policy management, underwriting workflows, and claims-related journeys.

Working within a cross-functional product team, you'll collaborate closely with backend engineers, architects, UX designers, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, data-driven solutions in a highly regulated environment.

Tech Stack

Frontend

React

TypeScript

JavaScript (ES6+)

HTML5

CSS3

Backend Exposure

Node.js

REST APIs

GraphQL

Nice to Have

Next.js

AI integrations (OpenAI, Azure AI, or similar)

Essential Skills & Experience

Strong commercial experience building enterprise-grade frontend applications using React

Advanced JavaScript and TypeScript development skills

Solid understanding of responsive design, modern UI development, HTML5, and CSS3

Experience developing reusable component libraries and scalable frontend architectures

Proven experience integrating RESTful APIs, GraphQL services, and third-party platforms

Experience with state management solutions such as Redux or Zustand

Strong focus on application performance, accessibility, security, and user experience

Experience working in regulated environments such as Insurance, Financial Services, Banking, or FinTech

Experience with automated testing frameworks including Jest, Cypress, or Playwright

Familiarity with Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines

Desirable Skills

Experience delivering solutions within the Insurance sector

Exposure to policy administration, underwriting, claims, or customer self-service platforms

Experience with Next.js

Knowledge of Node.js backend development

Experience integrating AI-powered capabilities into digital products

Cloud experience across Azure, AWS, or GCP

Experience working with Storybook and design systems

Key Responsibilities

Develop, enhance, and maintain scalable React-based applications supporting key insurance operations

Build reusable UI components and shared frontend libraries aligned to design system standards

Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to deliver seamless digital customer experiences

Integrate frontend applications with policy, claims, and customer data services via APIs

Ensure code quality through testing, peer reviews, and engineering best practices

Optimise applications for performance, accessibility, scalability, and security

Contribute to architectural discussions and continuous improvement initiatives across the development lifecycle