Full Stack Engineer- Bristol

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Full Stack Engineer to work for our client within the finance sector. This is initially a 12-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Bristol.

Our client is seeking a Full Stack Engineer to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable applications that support critical financial systems and customer-facing platforms. The role combines hands-on development across backend and front-end technologies with cloud, CI/CD, and architectural responsibilities, working within an Agile financial services environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable full stack applications using Java on the backend and modern front-end technologies such as React and JavaScript
• Build and maintain secure, high-performing RESTful services and user interfaces that support core financial and customer-facing platforms
• Contribute to system and application architecture design, ensuring solutions are resilient, scalable, and aligned with enterprise standards
• Develop and manage data persistence layers using relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases
• Deploy and operate applications in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), using containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and automated testing to support frequent, reliable releases
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Architecture, Security, and QA within an Agile delivery environment
• Ensure solutions comply with security, risk, and regulatory requirements typical of financial services organisations
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise application performance, availability, and reliability

• Strong backend development experience using Java
• Proven experience designing, building, and refining system and application architecture
• Hands-on experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure

• Demonstrated experience in at least four of the following areas:

  • Relational (SQL) and document-based (NoSQL) databases

  • Proficiency in a second programming language

  • Design and development of distributed and scalable applications

  • Building RESTful services and/or Web-based user interfaces

  • Experience with Kubernetes and Linux operating systems

  • Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices

  • Experience working with public cloud infrastructure

  • Build and dependency management tools such as Gradle or Maven

  • Test automation frameworks (e.g. BDD, Playwright, Cypress, COESF)

  • Front-end development using technologies such as React and JavaScript

Desirable

• Experience with additional languages or platforms such as Kotlin, iOS, Android, Flutter, or Rust
• Experience using Hibernate ORM
• Exposure to Quarkus frameworks
• Understanding of networking principles, tools, and infrastructure
• Experience with Linux system administration tools
• Exposure to Python and Big Data technologies, including machine learning pipelines
• Experience developing with Go

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 3,500 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index. 

Diversity and Inclusion  

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension