Software Engineer – Full Stack Engineer; Node.Js​/Graphql

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!

Full Stack Engineer with a strong backend focus, working across Type Script, Node.js, GraphQL and AWS serverless technologies. You’ll help build and evolve the Discover platform, delivering scalable APIs, cloud‑native services and customer journeys that support investment discovery, savings, search and account onboarding experiences.

We’re expanding our Discover engineering team and are looking for a Full Stack Engineer with a strong backend focus to help build and evolve one of our key customer discovery platforms.

You’ll work primarily on AWS serverless backend services, APIs and platform capabilities, whilst also contributing to frontend applications when required. This is an opportunity to work with modern cloud‑native technologies, GraphQL‑based architectures, event‑driven systems and customer‑facing products that play a key role in our digital experience.

We’re looking for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical problems, taking ownership of solutions and contributing to the continuous improvement of both technology and engineering practices.

You’ll help build customer journeys that enable clients to discover investment opportunities, compare savings products, search across financial instruments and complete account opening and transfer journeys.

• Design, develop and maintain backend services powering the Discover platform.
• Build scalable APIs and integrations with internal and external systems.
• Develop AWS serverless applications using modern engineering practices.
• Contribute to platform scalability, resilience, observability and performance.
• Work across the full stack where required, collaborating closely with frontend engineers.
• Take ownership of features and issues from design through to production.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Drive engineering improvements, automation and operational excellence.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews and technical design sessions.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Platform and Engineering teams to deliver customer value.

• Strong ownership mentality.
• Ability to solve problems independently.
• Comfortable working within distributed systems and cloud‑native environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Passion for building scalable cloud‑native applications.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn across the full stack.
• A proactive approach to identifying technical improvements and opportunities for innovation.

• Node.js
• Type Script
• REST API development
• API integrations
• AWS Lambda
• API Gateway
• Event‑driven architectures
• Middleware frameworks such as Middy
• JSON data processing

We see GraphQL as an increasingly important part of our future architecture and would particularly welcome candidates with experience in:

• Designing and implementing GraphQL APIs
• GraphQL schema design
• GraphQL federation patterns
• Transitioning from REST‑based architectures to GraphQL
• Consuming GraphQL services within distributed systems

• AWS
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, SST or similar)
• DynamoDB
• SNS / SQS
• Familiarity with core AWS services including IAM, Secrets Manager and Parameter Store
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices

• Experience working across frontend and backend technologies
• React and Type Script exposure
• Building customer‑facing web applications

• Typesense
• Elasticsearch
• Contentful or other Headless CMS platforms

• Launch Darkly or feature flagging platforms
• OAuth and authentication flows
• Cross‑account AWS patterns
• Analytics integration
• Experience with observability tooling such…