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Full Stack Web Developer

Vocative Consulting
Contract
Remote friendly (Not Specified)
United Kingdom
£450 - £500 GBP daily

Full-Stack Developer

UK Remote

£450 500/day (Outside IR35)
A hands-on, high-impact contract role taking ownership across the full software lifecycle while modernising a core web portal suite and moving toward a cloud-native architecture.

Role overview

  • Lead development and evolution of customer-facing web portals hosted on WP Engine

  • Bridge product vision and technical delivery, translating business needs into scalable solutions

  • Shape architecture, tooling, and engineering standards with high autonomy and influence

Key responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product and commercial teams to turn requirements into technical solutions

  • Provide pragmatic input into roadmap and architecture decisions

  • Deliver full-stack enhancements from UI to database and infrastructure

  • Maintain high standards for performance, scalability, security, and accessibility (including GDPR)

  • Support re-platforming to modern cloud-native architecture

  • Improve codebase structure, deployment pipelines, and platform scalability

  • Introduce and embed best practices across development and DevOps

  • Optimise and maintain MS SQL Server and MySQL environments

  • Improve data flows, integrations, and platform performance

  • Maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and support automated/containerised deployments

  • Work across cloud environments including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure

Core technical requirements

  • Expert PHP and SQL with strong JavaScript/TypeScript

  • Advanced HTML5/CSS3 and experience with Azure SQL Server & MySQL

  • Strong CI/CD and modern development workflow experience

Desirable experience

  • Laravel, React, or Python

  • PostgreSQL, Redis, Azure Cosmos DB

  • Legacy integrations (VBScript, Power Query)

  • Data lake technologies such as Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Azure OneLake

  • Cloud-native architecture across AWS and Azure

Contractor profile

  • Comfortable acting as primary technical owner in a small, high-performing team

  • Enjoys full-stack ownership and influencing architecture

  • Thrives in scale-up/SME environments with shifting priorities

  • Proactive problem-solver and strong communicator across technical and non-technical stakeholders

Summary
A high-impact contract to own and modernise a revenue-critical platform, shaping its evolution into a modern cloud-native environment with significant autonomy and influence.