Staff Engineer – Front End Leaning Full Stack / Technical lead
Hybrid (Edinburgh)-Permanent / Full Time
About BR-DGE
BR-DGE is an award-winning FinTech founded in Edinburgh. Our platform enables e-commerce and technology businesses to have the freedom and flexibility to redefine the way they handle payments.
Since our inception in 2018 we have been leading the way in the future of payment orchestration. Our products enable enterprise businesses to optimise their payment infrastructure and create frictionless digital payment experiences for their end users.
Now with a global reach, our customer base is made up of incredible brands and household names from across the travel, retail and gambling sectors, and it’s growing fast! Our world-class partners include Visa and Worldpay and we’re continuing to build a strong partner network with the biggest players in the payments industry. It’s an exciting time to be part of BR-DGE!
The journey so far has been incredible, but we’re just getting started and with ambitious growth plans, we’re now looking for more exceptional talent to join our team.
All BR-DGE Builders receive the following benefits:
Flexible and remote working
Remote working allowance
33 days holiday including public holidays
Your birthday as a day off
Family healthcare
Life insurance
Employee assistance programme
A culture that champions rapid career progression
Investment in your learning and development
Regular team events & socials
Become a BR-DGE Builder
About the role:
We’re looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to help drive technical excellence across our web products, from the BR-DGE Portal to our SDKs and merchant-facing integrations.
This is ahands-on technical ownership rolewhere you’ll guide architectural decisions, define technical standards, and ensure our systems are fast, reliable, and maintainable. You’ll work closely with the Engineering Manager to balance delivery with mentorship, helping the team make high-quality technical choices that scale with our platform.
The ideal candidate has a strong full-stack background with deep front-end expertise. While this role doesn’t include direct line management, you’ll coach engineers, advocate for best practices, and shape the technical direction for front-end development across the team.
What you'll be doing:
* Setting the technical vision and leading the design of new initiatives and features.
* Contributing to technical decision-making and helping to resolve complex engineering challenges.
* Defining and evolving our architecture and component libraries for scalability, reliability, and performance.
* Driving consistency in code quality, testing, observability, and release safety across projects.
* Collaborating with key stakeholders to understand, prepare & refine new work, including:
o Internal teams and engineers
o Product representatives & Software Architects
o External customers
* Leading by example through hands-on development with React, TypeScript, andjs .
* Reviewing and contributing high-quality, testable, and performant code.
* Troubleshooting complex production issues and guiding the team through safe releases and post-mortems.
* Identifying opportunities for technical improvement and leading the implementation of key enhancements.
* Mentoring and coaching engineers to strengthen technical skills and delivery confidence.
* Facilitating design reviews and pairing sessions to raise technical standards.
* Partnering with the Engineering Manager to shape a high-performing, inclusive, and supportive engineering culture.
What we're looking for:
* Proven experience working at a Technical Lead or Senior/Staff Engineer level.
* Strong understanding of Node.js frameworks such as Express, Koa, or NestJS.
* Experience designing and maintaining APIs and integrating front-end and back-end systems.
* Skilled with testing frameworks (Jest, Cypress, Mocha) and CI/CD pipelines.
* Working knowledge of databases (SQL/NoSQL) and cloud-native environments (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes).
* Familiarity with cloud computing concepts and DevOps tools.
* Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams and advocate for best practices.
* Experience mentoring engineers and building team capability.
* Excellent communication and storytelling skills, able to explain complex topics clearly.
* Pragmatic problem solver with a growth mindset and appetite for continuous improvement.
What would be great to have:
* Knowledge and understanding of the payments industry
* Experience implementing and maintaining design systems
* Background in a FinTech start-up/scale-up environment
* Experience with front-end performance optimisation techniques
* Understanding of accessibility standards and practices
* Practical knowledge of the Atlassian software suite
What we offer:
* Remote working allowance
* 33 days holiday including public holidays
* Birthday off
* Flexible and remote working
* Family healthcare
* Life insurance
* Employee assistance programme
* A culture that champions rapid career progression
* Investment in your learning and development
* Regular team events & socials
* Coding challenge, & technical deep Hiring Manager and a team engineer (90 minutes)
* Cultural interview via Zoom with senior leadership (60 minutes)
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