Full Stack Developer - Investment Banking - Perm - London

Senior Full Stack Developer - Front End

Location: London (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Permanent
Department: Data & Analytics

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer to help shape the next generation of data applications within our Data & Analytics function.

As our technology stack evolves, we're moving beyond traditional reporting solutions and investing in modern, interactive applications built on the Databricks platform. This role will play a key part in establishing our front-end application capability, building scalable solutions, and defining engineering best practices.

You'll work closely with data engineers, analytics teams, architects, and business stakeholders to design and develop enterprise-grade applications that enable users to interact with data in new and innovative ways.

This is an opportunity to influence technical direction, establish standards, and help build a modern application development capability from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain modern front-end applications built on the Databricks platform.
• Build full stack solutions that integrate seamlessly with enterprise data platforms and APIs.
• Develop intuitive, responsive user interfaces for data-driven applications.
• Work closely with backend developers, data engineers and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Champion engineering best practices across application architecture, testing, security and deployment.
• Help define governance and development standards for front-end applications within an enterprise environment.
• Review code, mentor developers and contribute to technical decision-making.
• Ensure applications are scalable, secure and maintainable.
• Participate in solution design, technical planning and architecture discussions.
• Support CI/CD processes and modern software engineering practices.

Required Skills & Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience as a Full Stack Developer with a strong front-end focus.
• Expert knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Strong experience with modern front-end frameworks such as:
  • React
  • Angular
  • js
• Experience building enterprise web applications.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and API integration.
• Experience with HTML5, CSS3 and responsive UI development.
• Knowledge of authentication and security best practices.
• Experience working with Git and modern DevOps workflows.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles and design patterns.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desirable

• Experience developing applications within Databricks.
• Experience using Databricks Apps or related Databricks application tooling.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
• Experience working with Python.
• Experience integrating with data platforms and analytics solutions.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience working within regulated or financial services environments.

Technical Stack

The successful candidate will have experience across many of the following technologies:

• React
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• HTML5 / CSS3
• REST APIs
• Python
• Databricks
• Azure
• Git
• CI/CD
• Docker (desirable)