Software Developer (Full Stack/Front or Back End)

Salary: £43,000 - 83,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience delivering production-grade digital services in agile, multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong JavaScript/TypeScript experience.
• Experience writing clean, well-tested, maintainable code.
• Understanding of accessibility, security, and quality in modern web applications.
• Comfortable working in regulated or high-assurance environments.
• Collaborative, resilient, and pragmatic in problem-solving.
• Strong experience with React and Next.js for front-end work.
• Excellent HTML, CSS, and modern styling approaches, with Tailwind beneficial.
• Proven experience translating Figma designs and design systems into high-quality UI.
• Solid understanding of accessibility, usability, and inclusive design.
• Front-end testing experience, such as Jest or similar.
• Strong experience building services using Node.js, including Express, for back-end work.
• Experience designing secure APIs, authentication, and authorisation.
• Exposure to containerized environments such as OpenShift and/or Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana.
• Experience with search services and/or identity solutions is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain end-to-end features for a public sector digital platform.
• Deliver accessible, performant user interfaces using modern front-end technologies.
• Build and integrate secure back-end services and APIs.
• Collaborate with designers, content teams, and analysts to support content-led user journeys.
• Enhance search functionality to support effective content discovery.
• Support authentication and Single Sign On (SSO) integrations.
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance, scalability, and accessibility requirements.
• Work in line with the GDS Service Manual, supporting iterative, user-centred delivery.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and service monitoring.
• Raise engineering standards through code quality, best practices, and mentoring.

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• CSS
• Figma
• Grafana
• Support
• JavaScript
• Jest
• Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• React
• Security
• TypeScript
• Web
• UX UI Design
• NodeJS
• Fullstack
• Backend

More:

At Jacobs, we are challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery, and cutting-edge manufacturing. We are seeking experienced Software Developers to join our growing Digital and Data team in Bristol, working in a hybrid setup on impactful public sector digital services designed to meet GDS and GOV.UK standards. This is a full-time, permanent role with a 40-hour working week, 2-3 days per week in Bristol, and flexi-time available. We offer a strong focus on work-life balance, career progression, and professional learning and development, alongside benefits including comprehensive Health Cover, Life Assurance, Income Protection, a holiday buy/sell scheme, wellbeing support, family, parental and fertility support, and an enhanced pension contribution scheme. We value safety, integrity, inclusion, belonging, flexibility, and collaboration, and we support employees through global giving and volunteering, employee networks, and a hybrid working policy.

last updated 36 week of 2026