Full Stack Engineer

Human Digital delivers data and research that helps our customers understand and respond to the most harmful threats facing us as a society and as a nation, including from terrorism, violent extremism and foreign state interference. We are a small team of analysts and engineers who are proud of the positive impact our work has.

We are looking for a full stack engineer to manage the building, maintenance, and ongoing development of Human Digital’s suite of web applications as part of its in‑house technical platform, and against a specific customer contract. The role will involve working across the front‑ and back‑end of our application infrastructure and will be responsible for the performance and security of the application.

The role will form an integral component of Human Digital’s engineering team and will involve close collaboration with our research, analyst and business teams.

The successful candidate will be able to quickly understand how our existing infrastructure works, drive high standards of software development, and work with the Lead Developer to design, test and deliver new functionality.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong understanding of data visualisation principles, the development of data‑driven web applications, and the supporting infrastructure required to deliver operational data products. They will be willing to work on a range of tasks, including both back and front‑end, but are not expected to be a specialist in every technology.

Human Digital is a small team that relies on the hard work, co‑operation and self‑sufficiency of each of its members. The successful candidate will fit seamlessly into the culture of the team, remaining enthusiastic and conscientious during intense delivery periods and motivated and ambitious during quieter delivery periods.

Human Digital prides itself on best‑in‑class data products and dashboards for its customers and expects the successful candidate to take pride in their work to maintain our high standards.

• Build, maintain and improve Human Digital’s web applications.
• Support the management of supporting architecture such as authentication and user‑access flows.
• Work with a Postgres database to feed data into front‑end applications.
• Manage the deployment, monitoring and troubleshooting of production applications.
• Contribute to front‑end architecture decisions (e.g. state management, performance)
• Constantly look for ways to improve the performance, security, scalability, and accessibility of front‑end applications.
• Help to drive the innovation and future direction of the platform.

• 2+ years’ experience in a relevant role
• English proficiency
• Must have the right to work in the UK
• Must be willing to go through security clearance
• Motivated by delivering a high standard of work
• Ability to explain their work to non‑technical people
• Open to learning new technologies
• Confidence to ask the research/business teams for the information they need to carry out their tasks (non‑technical)
• Strong problem‑solving skills and an attention to detail
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced agile environment

• React
• Type Script
• Node.js
• Python
• Experience working with SQL‑based relational databases
• Data visualisation and design principles

• Knowledge of Redux Toolkit
• Knowledge of AWS (or similar cloud‑based technology) – ECS, EC2, Lambda, RDS, S3.
• Experience working with social media data or APIs (e.g. FastAPI)
• Experience with Git deployment processes
• Experience working with sensitive data
• Experience working within national security, defense or cyber security

A competitive salary and benefits package that includes 27 days holiday per year, pension contributions, private healthcare, discounted dental insurance, enhanced maternity/parental leave, plus a whole host of others including:

• Cultural stimulation allowance – £250 per person per year
• Half days off before bank holidays
• Emergency care days for dependants
• Up to 5 days volunteering leave per year to work for a registered charity
• Up to 10 days special emergency leave per year
• Season Ticket loan
• Payroll Giving Scheme
• Thursday drinks to unwind and socialize
• An…