Fullstack JavaScript Contractor - Manchester

  • Forwardrole
  • Manchester, Lancashire
  • 08/05/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications Java

Job Description

Overview

Senior Fullstack JavaScript contractor to join a scale-up in Manchester for the next 3 months (and beyond). Outside IR35. 1 day per week in the office in central Manchester (mostly for meeting updates).

Responsibilities
  • Work on replatforming the platform to a modern Node/TypeScript/React stack hosted on AWS.
  • Contribute to architecture discussions and potentially act in a solution-architecture capacity.
  • Assist with building CI/CD pipelines and related cloud infrastructure work (noting that the CTO/lead engineer leads cloud infra).
  • Collaborate with the team to use tokenised context from existing platform features as a starting point.
  • Engage over the contract with expected go-live timing of 6 months for the new platform.
Qualifications
  • Experience as a senior Fullstack JavaScript developer.
  • Proficiency with Node.js, TypeScript, and React.
  • Knowledge of AWS; familiarity with Kubernetes and CI/CD practices is useful.
  • Experience in solution architecture is beneficial.
  • Experience with Claude or CodeX tools is a plus.
Application

If you're interested, please apply.