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Full Stack Developer Recruitment

Specialist full stack developer recruiters working across the US, UK, EU and UAE.

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Overview

How Consortia recruits full stack developers

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

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.

Market insights· Updated October 2026

Full Stack Developer recruitment insights

In the UK, full stack developer has held steady as a job title, and pay has barely moved in three years.

What has changed is seniority. More of the full stack roles we work on are now senior, lead or principal hires. Across software roles in the US, most job adverts are now for senior positions, and very few are entry level. Junior developers are also more likely than seniors to say the job market is hard.

Many teams now want something closer to a product engineer: someone who can build a feature from start to finish and make sensible calls about what is worth building. AI tools make it easier to work across the whole product. They also make it easier to look broader than you are.

Few of these roles are an even split. Most of the full stack briefs we see lean towards the backend.

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Salary guide

Full Stack Developers salaries

These ranges reflect what employers are advertising right now. Accepted offers can look different. Speak to a consultant about what's actually getting accepted.

Mid
£57k-£75k
Senior
£75k-£85k
Lead / Principal
£90k-£118k

Updated September 2026.Need numbers for a specific city, sector or stack? Request a local guide.

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Candidates

Engineering candidates available now

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  • PermanentActive

    Senior Product Engineer

    Media, publishing and broadcast

    United Kingdom · Hybrid · £120,000

    Senior Product Engineer (Backend & Platform focussed) with 9+ years’ experience across MarTech, Media and SaaS, combining hands-on development with architecture and technical leadership. Strong in TypeScript, Node.js, Python, AWS, Docker and Terraform, with experience building multi-tenant analytics platforms, backend APIs and cloud-based processing systems end-to-end. Has led engineering teams, owned cloud architecture and delivered infrastructure modernisation projects that improved performance, reliability and reduced costs. Previously managed a 9-person engineering team as a hands-on Technology Director, remaining actively involved in coding, system design and product delivery.

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  • ContractActive

    Senior Product Engineer

    Technology and software

    United Kingdom · Hybrid · £750 a day

    Senior Product Engineer / Forward Deployed Engineer with 11+ years’ experience building end-to-end products across eCommerce, automotive, logistics and AI. Frontend-leaning Full Stack Engineer with strong hands-on, AI-native development experience, working with TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Vue, React, SQL and PostgreSQL. Has architected and built large-scale eCommerce platforms, logistics and operational management systems, improving business efficiency, scalability and customer experience. More recently focused on building AI-powered customer-facing products and multi-agent development workflows, combining strong technical ownership with a commercial product mindset and experience delivering solutions from concept through to production.

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  • PermanentActive

    Senior Product Engineer

    Technology and software

    United Kingdom · Hybrid · £120,000

    Senior Product Engineer with 10 years’ experience delivering scalable products across cybersecurity, financial services, SaaS and AdTech. Strong in Go, React, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL and ClickHouse, with experience building real-time integrations, event-driven systems, analytics platforms and customer-facing applications. Has led the development of new products from scratch, improved platform performance and scalability, and delivered commercially successful SaaS features, alongside strengthening automated testing and engineering quality. Brings strong end-to-end product ownership, from technical architecture and backend development through to frontend delivery, with a focus on building reliable products that solve real customer problems.

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  • PermanentActive

    Product Engineer - Backend

    E-commerce and retail

    United Kingdom · £110,000

    Senior Backend-focused Product Engineer with 12+ years’ experience, combining hands-on engineering with a strong product mindset and end-to-end ownership, including experience as a dedicated Technical Product Manager. Strong in Python, FastAPI, PHP/Laravel, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, AWS and Kubernetes, with experience leading complex search platform migrations, architecting marketplace pricing and automation services, and improving system performance and infrastructure efficiency. Has also built eCommerce subscription platforms from scratch, including payments, APIs and internal tooling. Brings experience in a small marketplace scale-up alongside technical leadership, architecture and delivering products from concept through to production.

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  • PermanentActive

    Senior Product Engineer

    Fintech and payments

    United Kingdom · Hybrid · £120,000

    Senior Product Engineer with 8+ years’ experience building end-to-end products across FinTech, Web3, SaaS and digital marketplaces, alongside startup experience helping early-stage founders take MVPs from concept to production. Strong in TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, NestJS, Go and AWS, with hands-on experience across frontend, backend, architecture and deployment. Has led the development of blockchain-based platforms, built digital marketplace infrastructure supporting large user bases and delivered complex data migrations and customer-facing SaaS products. More recently focused on banking and payment integrations, with a strong product mindset and experience shaping technical direction, translating business requirements into working products and owning delivery end to end.

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FAQs

Frequently asked questions

How should we describe a full stack role so the right people apply?

Say where the weight sits. Is it mostly interface work, mostly services and data, or a real mix? Name the core stack, what the person will own end to end and how much infrastructure or deployment is involved. Vague full stack descriptions attract a wide range of people and make the right match harder to spot.

What is the difference between a full stack developer and a product engineer?

Full stack describes technical breadth: working across the interface, services and deployment. Product engineer describes ownership: talking to users and making decisions about what to build. One person can be both. Many roles we see as product engineering are full stack in practice, so we assess for both where the brief needs it.

Which full stack skills are most in demand?

In the briefs we see, the strongest demand is for modern JavaScript and TypeScript stacks, often with React on the front end and Node.js or Python behind it. Cloud and data experience are increasingly expected alongside. The exact mix varies by team, so we focus on what the role needs rather than a long list of technologies.

Can a full stack developer also handle infrastructure?

Some can. Many are comfortable deploying through managed cloud services and setting up build and release pipelines. More complex infrastructure, such as large-scale networking, reliability or security, usually needs a specialist. If infrastructure is a big part of the job, it is worth saying so clearly in the brief.

How do I start working with Consortia?

Clients can get in touch to discuss a brief, and candidates are welcome to register their interest. The quickest route is our contact page or a call to +44 203 397 4565, and one of our consultants will pick things up from there.

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