Full Stack Developer Recruitment

AI tools are helping teams build faster, often with fewer people. That means many roles now stretch across front end and backend work.

Full stack developers, or full stack engineers as many teams call them, work on the parts users see and the systems behind them. The title can still mean different things from one company to another. Some roles lean more towards front end work. Others need someone comfortable across the whole product.

We also see briefs change once the real need becomes clearer. A role may start as product engineering or front end but in fact turn out to be full stack requirement.

Consortia recruits full stack developers on permanent and contract terms across the UK, Europe, the US and UAE.

How we recruit full stack developers

The first thing we pin down on a full stack brief is where the weight sits.One full stack JavaScript role may need much stronger backend skills. Another may lean heavily towards Java, with some Angular alongside it. We confirm the split with the hiring manager, then test candidates against it.

We then look at what candidates have done in real jobs. Someone who has built front ends but only tried backend work in side projects is a different hire. We ask for examples from both areas, and how recently they have done that work.

Often full stack roles sit in early-stage companies, where engineers cover architecture, delivery and sometimes hiring. We are open with candidates about what that involves: funding stage, likely hours and how much leadership the role carries. Engineers who have been through a start-up that ran out of money will ask about runway, and we make sure we can answer.

Salary, notice, location and working pattern are agreed early. When a candidate is strong but wrong for the role in front of us, we keep them in mind for other engineering searches across the team.