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Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We’d love to hear from you!
About the role
We're looking for a Full-Stack Engineer to develop and maintain our suite of transfer applications. You'll work across three repositories spanning React frontends and AWS serverless backends, contributing to feature delivery, bug fixes, and operational support across the full stack. We want someone who takes ownership of their work, shows initiative in solving problems, and can operate with autonomy once given direction.
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain features across transfer journeys
Work across the full stack - React frontends, AWS Lambda BFF layers, and infrastructure as code
Take ownership of issues end-to-end, from investigation through to production deployment
Proactively identify and raise technical debt, bugs, and improvement opportunities
Support and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
Write well-tested, maintainable code with good coverage
Collaborate with the wider team, platform teams, and product owners to deliver against requirements
Participate in code reviews and contribute to team engineering standards
Required Skills & Experience
Backend / BFF
Node.js with TypeScript
AWS Lambda handler development
API Gateway - routing, authorizers, request/response handling
Middleware patterns for Lambda handlers (e.g. Middy)
Working with DynamoDB, Secrets Manager, and SSM Parameter Store
RESTful API design
AWS & Infrastructure
AWS CDK or SST for infrastructure as code
Familiarity with core AWS services: Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, IAM, VPC, SNS
Basic understanding of VPC networking - Lambda in VPC, security groups
Comfortable reading and modifying existing IaC stacks
Testing
Unit and integration testing with Vitest or similar
API mocking with MSW or equivalent
A test-first or test-aware mindset
CI/CD & DevOps
Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI or similar)
Comfortable deploying to multiple environments and debugging deployment issues
General
Working in monorepo setups
OAuth/token-based authentication flows
Comfortable using Git in a team environment (branching strategies, merge requests, code reviews)
Desirable
Frontend
React with TypeScript
React Hook Form, Zod/schema-based validation
TanStack Query (React Query)
Vite build tooling
Playwright for end-to-end testing
Accessibility awareness
Other
Experience with SST v2 (Serverless Stack)
Feature flagging (LaunchDarkly or similar)
Cross-account AWS patterns (STS AssumeRole)
Contract testing (Pact)
Financial services domain experience
Code quality tooling
What We're Looking For Beyond Technical Skills
Someone who takes ownership — when they pick up an issue, they see it through to completion
Initiative to investigate and resolve problems without needing to be hand-held
Comfortable asking questions and raising blockers early rather than getting stuck silently
Willingness to work across unfamiliar parts of the codebase and learn on the job
Good communication skills — able to explain what they're working on and flag risks to the team
A growth mindset — keen to develop their skills across backend, infrastructure, and frontend
Why us?
Here at HL, we’re the UK’s number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we’ve helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.
To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.
What's on offer?
Discretionary annual bonus
*
and
annual pay review
25 days
*
holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day
additional
Christmas closure
Option
to
purchase
an
additional
5
days
holiday
**
Flexible working options available, including hybrid
working
Enhanced parental leave
Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
Income Protection
and
Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
Private medical insurance*
Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out
patient care
Health screening programme
Help@hand
- confidential support
including
mental health counselling
and
remote
GP
Wellhub
- unlimited access to fitness provider
s
and
w
ellness
c
oach sessions
Variety of travel to work schemes with bike storage and shower facilities
Inhouse barista
and
deli serving subsidised coffee and
sandwiches
T
wo paid volunteering days per year
*
dependant
on role level
**
only
available to select during our annual benefits window, in
November each year
Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.
Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.