Financial Services Technology
Full Stack Engineer Jobs & Careers
Looking for your next Full Stack Engineer opportunity?
HOK Consulting connects Full Stack Engineers with banks, FinTech businesses and financial institutions building modern digital products and technology platforms across permanent, contract and interim opportunities.
Whether your experience covers JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Java, Python, APIs or cloud platforms, explore current opportunities or upload your CV to join HOK’s technology talent network.
Current Full Stack Engineer Jobs
Explore current Full Stack Engineer opportunities available through HOK Consulting.
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If there are currently no suitable Full Stack Engineer vacancies listed, upload your CV and tell us what you’re looking for. Our team can contact you when a relevant permanent, contract or interim opportunity becomes available.
What Does a Full Stack Engineer Do?
Full Stack Engineers design and build both the user-facing and server-side components of digital applications, working across frontend interfaces, backend services, APIs and databases.
Within financial services technology, the role can involve developing digital banking products, payment platforms, customer portals and internal applications while meeting demanding requirements around security, resilience and performance.
Full Stack Engineers often work alongside Software Engineers, FinTech Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Cloud Engineers and product teams throughout the complete software delivery lifecycle.
Full Stack Engineer Skills & Experience
The exact technical requirements vary between organisations and products, but Full Stack Engineer roles commonly involve experience across areas such as:
- Full Stack Engineering
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- Java
- Python
- C# and .NET
- HTML and CSS
- APIs and REST Services
- Microservices
- SQL
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD
- Banking Technology
- Payments
- Digital Banking
- Open Banking
- Financial Services Technology
Full Stack Engineers may specialise in particular frontend and backend technologies, while others work across complete application architectures and cloud-based delivery environments.
Strong software engineering, testing and problem-solving skills are particularly important when building secure and reliable applications for regulated financial services environments.
Typical Full Stack Engineer Responsibilities
- Developing frontend interfaces and backend application services
- Building APIs and integrations between applications and financial systems
- Developing scalable web applications and microservices
- Designing and working with relational and cloud databases
- Writing maintainable, secure and well-tested software
- Supporting digital banking, payment and FinTech products
- Integrating applications with AWS, Azure and other cloud services
- Supporting CI/CD and automated software deployment
- Improving application performance, resilience and security
- Investigating defects and production issues
- Collaborating with product, engineering, cloud and security teams
- Supporting the modernisation of existing financial technology platforms
Responsibilities vary depending on the organisation, technology stack and whether the role focuses on digital banking, payments, FinTech products or wider financial services applications.
Full Stack Engineer Salary Expectations
Full Stack Engineer salaries vary according to experience, location, technology stack, sector and the complexity of the applications and platforms being developed.
Permanent Full Stack Engineer
Around £75,000 per year
UK median advertised salary
Contract Full Stack Engineer
Around £523 per day
UK median contract rate
Senior Full Stack Engineers and professionals with specialist financial services, payments, cloud or high-scale application experience may command higher salaries or contract rates.
Salary information is provided as a general UK market guide and can vary significantly between individual roles.
Full Stack Engineer Career Progression
Full Stack Engineering can lead into senior software engineering, architecture and wider technical leadership positions.
Typical Full Stack Engineer Career Path
Alternative Career Paths
Full Stack Engineers may also progress into roles such as:
- Software Engineer
- FinTech Engineer
- Software Architect
- Payments Engineer
- Engineering Manager
- Platform Engineer
The right progression depends on whether you want to deepen your software engineering expertise, specialise in financial technology, move into architecture or take responsibility for wider engineering teams.
Your Next Move
Looking for Your Next Full Stack Engineer Opportunity?
If you’re considering your next permanent position, contract assignment or interim opportunity, send HOK Consulting your CV.
Tell us about the applications you’ve built, the frontend and backend technologies you specialise in and the type of financial technology opportunity you’re looking for.
Specialist Recruitment
Financial Services Technology Recruitment
Full Stack Engineering forms part of HOK Consulting’s wider Financial Services Technology recruitment expertise, connecting organisations with technology professionals across banking, payments, FinTech, RegTech, trading technology and digital transformation.
Hiring?
Recruiting Full Stack Engineers?
HOK Consulting supports banks, FinTech businesses and financial institutions looking for experienced Full Stack Engineers across permanent, contract and interim requirements.
Whether you’re building digital banking products, developing payment platforms, modernising financial applications or scaling a software engineering function, speak to HOK about your requirements.