Senior Full Stack Engineer

Salary: £46,000 - 86,000 per year

Requirements:

• We are looking for senior full stack engineers with strong experience in Java or Kotlin.
• We need experience architecting and designing complex, distributed systems that are scalable, maintainable, and performant.
• We are looking for experience with modern front-end technologies such as React or Angular, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript.
• We need proficiency in building RESTful APIs and web services.
• We are looking for knowledge of relational databases (SQL) and document-based storage solutions such as MongoDB.
• We need a structured approach to development and testing, including Test-Driven Development, with a focus on continuous delivery and automation.
• We are looking for proven experience leading and mentoring teams and helping others grow technically while delivering high-impact projects.
• Helpful experience includes working with data at scale using tools like dbt and Spark, or AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn.
• Helpful experience also includes Kafka or other event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities:

• We build and deliver systems that handle millions of requests a day across more than 600 systems.
• We use industry-standard frameworks and tools, including React and Angular on the front end and Java, Spring Boot, and Apache Kafka on the back end.
• We work on our cloud delivery platform, which supports more than 60,000 production releases each year.
• We collaborate closely through regular pair programming, code reviews, and stand-ups.
• We mentor team members and help our teams deliver high-quality solutions at scale.
• We take part in an application process that includes answering two questions about our alignment with company values.

Technologies:

• AI
• Angular
• Cloud
• Support
• Java
• JavaScript
• Kafka
• Kotlin
• MongoDB
• PyTorch
• React
• SQL
• Spark
• Spring
• Spring Boot
• TensorFlow
• TypeScript
• Web
• dbt
• Architect
• Fullstack

More:

We are Autotrader, the UKs most trusted and most visited automotive marketplace. We are a heritage brand and a tech innovator, bringing together vehicle buyers and sellers and supporting everything from cars to e-bikes and caravans. We are a people-focused, diverse, and collaborative team that values working better together. We are hiring Senior Full Stack Engineers to join our close-knit technology community in a hybrid Connected Working model, with a minimum of 3 days a week in the office and remote-first periods during summer and winter. We offer a salary of 50,000 to 70,000, plus 10% of salary awarded in shares each year, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, private medical cover, pension contributions, enhanced family leave, a car salary sacrifice scheme, share-save options, and wellbeing support including 24/7 online GP and dentist access. We also offer specialist support for assisted fertility, gender dysphoria, menopause, and period care plans, alongside our Engineering Blog and hiring process information.

last updated 36 week of 2026