Lead Full Stack Engineer

StrideUp's mission is to redefine the standard of Islamic financial services through expertise, sincerity, and a personable approach. Our vision is to enable the Muslim community to access financial solutions aligned with their values. On our path to building a digital bank, we started with property finance and have already deployed hundreds of millions in financing, and supported thousands of people in their financial goals.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing, mission-driven company at the forefront of Islamic financial services.

StrideUp is backed by leading VC and private equity investors, having raised over £25m in funding.

The Role

As a Lead Full Stack Engineer at StrideUp, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our platform and mentoring the engineers who build it. You'll work across the stack, leading by example with clean, scalable code while also guiding architectural decisions and engineering best practices.

You'll be instrumental in delivering high-quality systems that power our ethical lending products and internal operations. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll collaborate with product, design, and business teams to deliver robust, user-focused solutions. You'll also help evolve our platform to support increasing scale, complexity, and operational resilience as we grow.

You'll be trusted to lead engineering efforts, support team development, and ensure our systems remain adaptable, secure, and performant.

You Are

• Lead by Example: You set high standards through your own technical work and help others achieve the same, mentoring team members and supporting their growth.
• Technically Grounded: You bring deep knowledge of modern engineering practices and technologies, and you use this to guide design and delivery decisions.
• Collaborative Partner: You work closely with cross-functional teams, balancing business needs with technical feasibility and user experience.
• Customer-Oriented Builder: You keep the end user in mind and help the team deliver pragmatic solutions that create real value.
• Communicative Leader: You clearly articulate trade-offs, unblock decisions, and keep both your team and stakeholders aligned.
• System Owner: You take responsibility for the stability, scalability, and maintainability of the systems your team owns.

What You'll Do

• Write Code: Spend ~80% of your time delivering high-quality, well-tested code to production and setting the bar for delivery to the rest of the team.
• Lead: Guide the team on code quality, architecture, testing, and reliability. Foster a high performing engineering culture through mentorship and peer support.
• Oversee Releases & Support: Coordinate the release process, respond to production incidents, and manage internal support tickets with urgency and care.
• Shape the Platform: Contribute to platform evolution, helping reduce technical debt and improve infrastructure resilience.
• Partner on Product: Work closely with the Product Manager and stakeholders to refine requirements, scope technical feasibility, and ensure user and business needs are met.
• Drive DevOps & Modern Practices: Promote CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability, and automated testing to improve delivery speed and stability.
• Develop the Team: Support engineers of varying experience levels, identifying opportunities for development and knowledge-sharing.

Requirements

Top Skills/Experience Required

• 5+ years of experience in full stack software development.
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers
• Experience designing system architectures
• Strong proficiency with:
• TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, React
• PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
• AWS services and cloud architecture
• Docker and containerised deployments
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
• Confident with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and non-functional requirements like security, authentication, and accessibility.
• Experience working across the stack: UI, backend services, and infrastructure.

Desirable:

• Experience in lending, financial services, or other regulated environments.

Benefits

• Salary: Competitive, based on experience
• 25 days annual holiday
• Annual L&D budget
• 3% pension contribution
• Monthly socials
• Central London location (this is an hybrid role with an expectation of at least 3 days in the office)
• Friendly and informal startup environment with a focus on performance and impact

Equal Opportunity Employer

StrideUp is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We celebrate the diversity of our team and encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, pregnancy, or any other characteristic.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and look forward to seeing how you can contribute to our mission.