Senior Full Stack Engineer
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Responsibilities
- You'll work across the full stack, building the software that UK police custody suites depend on every day. Our team owns features end-to-end, from database migration to UI and our stack includes:
- Frontend: React, TypeScript
- Backend: Java, Spring Boot
- Data: MySQL, GraphQL
- Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Terraform
- Observability: Datadog
- If you were on the team last week, you might have:
- Designed and shipped a new workflow for custody officers processing detainees, from GraphQL schema through to React components
- Investigated a production issue using Datadog traces and logs, then pushed a fix the same day
- Paired with a teammate to untangle a tricky state management problem in a booking form
- Built an agentic workflow that reviews PRs, learns from human feedback, and posts weekly engineering highlights to Slack, all automatically
- Managed a cross-team feature end-to-end - designed the architecture, broke work into parallel workstreams, and coordinated junior engineers to deliver on time
- Reviewed a pull request, spotted a change that would unintentionally affect other parts of the app, and directed a safer approach in the comments
- Prototyped a new idea at one of the hackathons we run twice a year, a chance to experiment with new tech, explore wild ideas, and ship something fun with no constraints
Requirements
- Professional software engineering experience, including ownership of complex systems and delivery of large-scale technical initiatives
- Experience mentoring and supporting other engineers
- Strong technical judgement and the ability to make architectural decisions
- Experience leading projects across multiple teams or domains, influencing technical direction beyond your immediate area
- A strategic mindset, with the ability to balance immediate delivery with long-term technical health
- Experience with our stack: Java, JavaScript, TypeScript + React, and MySQL
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code and how they can improve your workflow
- A strong sense of ownership and accountability for both technical outcomes and team success
- Confidence operating in ambiguous environments and helping teams navigate technical trade-offs
- A collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
Benefits
Additional Information
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the country in which the role is being hired. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. Mark43 is a public safety technology company trusted by over 200 police forces worldwide. We build cloud-native software on AWS that police forces and emergency services rely on in their most critical moments, from managing custody records to dispatching officers in the field. Our UK team of 25 is based in Central Manchester, helping British police forces replace outdated, fragmented systems with modern, resilient software. We're part of a 400-person global company, but the UK team operates with startup energy: small enough that your work is visible, big enough that you're backed by serious investment. We're hiring Senior Software Engineers who want to build systems that genuinely matter.
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