Lead Full Stack Engineer

Board Intelligence is a technology and advisory firm that supercharges boards with the science of board effectiveness. We build better businesses and benefit society.

Through a suite of AI-powered software tools, evaluation frameworks, and advisory services that distil twenty years of boardroom experience, we improve the efficiency of board processes and the effectiveness of boards.

We work with over 70,000 leaders and 3,000 organisations across the world, with clients across the Fortune 500, FTSE 100, and OMX 30. In 2024 we received substantial backing from K1 Investment Management – the leading B2B Enterprise SaaS investors. We are at the beginning of significant growth, and we’re looking for superb talent to join us on this journey.

As we grow, we’re fiercely protective of our culture and values. Many of us, including our founders, have families and other priorities, so we know the value of a supportive company.

The team is diverse and friendly. We value fun: most days you’ll find a social event or learning opportunity to get involved with, including company socials, away days, philanthropic activities and lunch & learns.

Our Mission

We unleash the potential of organisations through the science of board effectiveness, building better businesses and benefiting society. 

Our Engineering Team 

Our Engineering team is responsible for designing, building, and supporting the software that powers our client experience. We take pride in writing clean, scalable code that delivers real impact, and we foster a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and technical excellence. 

We work with a mature, diverse tech stack. On the backend, we use a Ruby on Rails monolith alongside services written in Ruby, Java, Clojure, and Python, all deployed on Kubernetes. On the frontend, we use React to build modern, responsive user interfaces. AI is a key part of our work—both in the tools we build for customers and the ones we use internally to enhance our development processes. 

Requirements

We are looking for a Lead Full Stack Engineer to join our London-based team. You’ll lead a group of up to five engineers across the UK, Sweden and Mauritius, providing hands-on development, technical direction and people management. You’ll help shape the future of our platform through hands-on development while fostering a high-performing, supportive team environment. 

Main Responsibilities

• Driving the successful delivery of complex full stack features and projects, both as a contributor and as a team lead 

• Leading, coaching and developing a distributed team of engineers, supporting both their professional and technical growth 

• Translating business needs into robust technical designs, ensuring alignment with stakeholders and communicating trade-offs effectively 

• Owning and improving engineering standards and processes, including code quality, peer reviews, testing and documentation 

• Driving the adoption of internal AI tools to improve the effectiveness of your team 

• Championing clean code, test-driven development, and best practices in continuous integration and delivery 

• Working closely with our product and design teams to deliver scalable, accessible and user-friendly experiences 

• Identifying and leading technical improvements and innovations across the platform 

• Fostering a culture of collaboration, curiosity, and accountability within the team 

About You

We are looking for someone who combines deep technical ability with strong leadership and communication skills. You will be driven by a desire to make things better – whether that is through great code, improved processes, or supporting your teammates to succeed. 

Required Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience in full stack development – working with both the backend and frontend 

• Strong experience in a dynamically typed language (JavaScript/TypeScript, Ruby, Python) 

• Strong experience in a frontend framework (React / Vue) 

• A willingness to learn and adapt to new languages and frameworks within our stack 

• Excellent communication skills, with a collaborative and pragmatic approach 

• Solid understanding of RESTful API design and service-oriented architectures 

• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern cloud-based infrastructure 

• Confidence working with UI/UX designers and familiarity with design systems and accessibility standards 

• An advocate of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban), test-driven development and continuous improvement 

• Demonstrated leadership experience, with the ability to mentor and develop engineers across varying levels of experience 

Benefits

• Pension scheme
• Personal performance bonus
• 26 days holiday each calendar year
• Bupa health & dental cover
• Group life insurance
• EAP; AIG Smart Health and Bereavement Counselling & Probate Helpline
• Regular training & development, mini MBA series, lunch & learns
• Cycle to work scheme
• Competitive parental policies
• Gym membership discounts