Lead Full Stack Developer, NATIONAL TRUST
In line with our redeployment policy, we’ll prioritise applications from employees who are under formal notice of redundancy.
We’re looking for a Full Stack Developer to join our IT Digital team at the National Trust. You'll be involved in building and maintaining our public-facing website and its supporting applications / APIs. We work in small cross‑functional agile teams, with a positive can‑do attitude, delivering business value on a regular schedule into production. The team uses a wide array of modern tech and practices, with an emphasis on continuous improvement. We take pride in our work and have a passion for the organisation we work for and its cause.
Salary: Inclusive of a £5,000 reviewable market supplement. Your base salary will be £55,000 and you will receive the market supplement as an allowance.
What it's like to work here
IT Digital is a busy department and technology plays a key part in enabling the Trust to deliver on its strategic objectives. IT Digital manages and supports the systems that allow us to communicate with our supporters. Our vision is to enable the best possible customer experience when interacting with the National Trust. Your contractual location will be our head office (Heelis) in Swindon, however there will be an opportunity to explore and agree hybrid working arrangements which strike the right balance for you and the Trust. The team meet in Heelis so there is expectation to attend the office regularly.
What you'll be doing
* Architect and implement new features and technologies.
* Demonstrate quality, ensuring our products are accessible and high-performing.
* Collaborate with UI/UX designers to turn designs into production‑ready features.
* Deliver changes across the full software stack: front‑end Typescript React applications, Java/Spring microservices, databases, AWS cloud infrastructure and services.
* Assist with maintaining CI/CD pipelines built upon Jenkins / GitOps / Kubernetes and collaborate with WebOps to build new cloud infrastructure or troubleshoot production incidents.
* Continuously keep up to date with latest industry trends and learn new skills as part of the role.
* Support the intranet as required.
Qualifications
* Experience working with an Agile Software Delivery approach and highly collaborative, cross‑functional Agile environments.
* Background in development and maintenance of web‑based product solutions with a focus on quality, performance, reliability, scalability and resiliency.
* Java 11+ enterprise web development, Spring, REST/GraphQL APIs and Microservices.
* Proficient in modern web frameworks (React single‑page apps, JavaScript/TypeScript). Experience with Angular JS v1.4 and jQuery is advantageous.
* Experience with Maven, Git and CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins).
* Enthusiastic about unit, functional and integration testing.
* Experience with Atlassian tools including Jira, Bitbucket and Confluence.
* Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and database technologies (Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Postgres).
* Experience building and architecting cloud‑native applications (AWS, Kubernetes, Serverless, event‑driven architectures).
* Familiarity with BDD, Cucumber and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Kibana.
The package
* Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary.
* Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18).
* Rental deposit loan scheme.
* Season ticket loan.
* EV car lease scheme.
* Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts.
* Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme (subject to meeting minimum criteria).
* Flexible working whenever possible.
* Employee assistance programme.
* Free parking at most Trust places.
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