Senior Full Stack Developer

Overview

Senior Full Stack Developer

Contract Length:
Initial 1 month with strong potential for extension

Location:

Remote

Day rate: 600 - 700 per day outside IR35

Data Idols are working with a private equity-backed data analytics and insights business, is seeking a Full Stack Developer to lead a discovery and assessment phase across its existing product platforms. The organisation operates multiple legacy systems and is looking to evaluate and define a clear re-platforming strategy, consolidating disparate applications into a single, modern, cloud-native platform. The goal is to simplify operations, improve scalability, and materially reduce long-term running costs.

The opportunity involves a senior, hands-on developer engagement with real influence. Reporting directly into the CIO, you ll take ownership of a structured discovery process, reviewing current platforms, understanding how they re used, and defining pragmatic options for the next-generation architecture. You ll work directly with existing systems: inspecting database schemas, reviewing source code and Dev Ops tooling, and collaborating with product teams to understand both custom-built and off-the-shelf application functionality.

From there, you ll shape recommendations covering platform architecture, technology choices, and vendor selection.

• Background working with PHP or Word Press
• Strong experience working with React
• Experience working with Java script
• Comfortable acting as the primary technical owner