Salary: £104,000 - 130,000 per year Requirements: Strong experience as a Software Engineer working on React, Node, and TypeScript at scale. Hands-on experience building cloud-native solutions on AWS, including infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and event-driven architectures. Proven experience working closely with Product and UX teams in discovery-led delivery environments. Experience contributing to or leading user research activities from an engineering perspective. Ability to quickly assess buy vs build decisions and identify pragmatic, high-value technical solutions. Experience working in large organisations with complex stakeholder groups and cross-team dependencies. Clear communication style, strong collaboration skills, and confidence engaging senior, sometimes challenging, stakeholders. Demonstrable ownership mindset, taking responsibility for delivery outcomes rather than isolated technical tasks. Comfortable leading by influence rather than hierarchy. Experience supporting, mentoring, or leading other engineers within a broader delivery team. Experience operating within trios or similar cross-functional models (Product, Design, Engineering). Confident working through ambiguity and shaping solutions during discovery as well as live delivery. Nice to Have: Experience working within education, learning platforms, EdTech, or product-led environments. Nice to Have: Understanding of education systems, learning behaviours, or accessibility considerations for younger audiences. Nice to Have: Experience integrating into or collaborating with large-scale technology organisations. Nice to Have: Familiarity with CMS-driven or headless content platforms and shared content models. Responsibilities: Work collaboratively with Product Managers and UX Designers during discovery to translate user needs into feasible, high-quality technical solutions. Actively participate in user research, contributing engineering insight to inform product and design decisions. Design and build modern, scalable full-stack web experiences using React, Node, and TypeScript. Develop and support backend-for-frontend (BFF) services and APIs using AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, SNS/SQS, DynamoDB, S3). Contribute to and evolve a shared components and design system model, balancing reuse with product-specific needs. Operate confidently in a large, multi-team delivery environment, managing dependencies and navigating organisational complexity. Provide technical leadership, influencing stakeholders, advocating best practice, and helping teams move at pace without compromising quality. Own delivery outcomes end-to-end, from early discovery through to live operation and iteration. Technologies: API AWS Lambda Backend Cloud CMS Frontend Support React TypeScript Web UX UI Design NodeJS JavaScript More: We are a leading UK media organisation seeking an experienced Contract Software Engineer to support the development of a large-scale, user-centric digital platform. This platform is highly visible, used by millions, and focuses on UI and UX. We offer a competitive day rate for a 6-month contract, with a role that goes beyond pure delivery, enabling you to work in close partnership with our Product and UX teams. Join us in a hybrid work setting, based in London or Manchester, and contribute to impactful projects within a respected media entity. last updated 19 week of 2026