Full-stack Developer (Graduate)

Cantarus; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A Manchester-based digital agency is seeking a Full-stack Developer. The role involves supporting web solutions, engaging in full-stack development with Microsoft .NET and SQL Server, and utilizing React and TypeScript. Ideal candidates should have a degree in a relevant discipline and experience in backend and frontend technologies. The position offers competitive salary, flexible hybrid working, and comprehensive benefits including 25 days holiday, private healthcare access, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus public holidays

Access to private healthcare scheme

Excellent maternity and paternity packages

Training & CPD

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and passionate about development.
• Ability to work in a high-pressure, reactive environment.

Responsibilities

• Support and develop web solutions for 100+ clients.
• Full-stack development on Microsoft .NET technology platforms & SQL Server.
• Develop using React and TypeScript.
• Work with .NET-based content management systems like Umbraco & Kentico.
• Maintain code quality with regular code reviews and testing.
• Become a Subject Matter Expert for internal team and customers.

Skills

C# .NET

Java or Other Object-Oriented experience

SQL or other database experience

HTML & CSS

Git and/or Source Control

Front-end & Back-end (Unit) Testing

Education

2:1 or higher degree in a relevant discipline

Job description

Help to deliver cutting-edge projects for a thriving, Manchester-based, digital agency.

Overview

We are looking for graduate developers that are equally talented at back-end and front-end development and can easily slot into our talented team building a wide-range of digital solutions for myriad high-profile clients around the world. Learn from a friendly and relaxed group of developers in a working culture that actively encourages team members to deepen their existing knowledge by learning cutting-edge technologies, best practice, and multiple programming languages.

Our ideal candidate will be self‑motivated, passionate, and keen to grow and thereby deliver a significant contribution to the team in our fast‑paced working environment. Our business is built on trusting and empowering our people, and believing that the best way to learn, is to do, supported by comprehensive training resources within the framework of a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program. You won’t spend time waiting to start the ‘real work’, you will be placed on a project soon after joining and will be given the opportunity to develop your skills, build your experience and make a meaningful impact.

Responsibilities

• Working within our Client Success & Service Desk Teams, supporting and developing web solutions for our 100+ clients
• Full‑stack development on Microsoft .NET technology platforms & SQL Server
• Development using the latest front‑end web technologies including React and TypeScript
• Working with leading .NET‑based content management systems e.g. Umbraco & Kentico
• Working in (on a project‑by‑project basis) small, agile teams
• Maintaining code quality across the business with regular 360 code reviews, E2E testing, and continuous integration & delivery
• Becoming a Subject Matter Expert for reference by our internal team and customers

Preferred Experience

• Candidates must hold a 2:1 or higher degree in a relevant discipline from a reputable university
• C# .NET, Java or Other Object‑Oriented experience
• SQL or other database experience
• HTML & CSS
• Git and/or Source Control
• Front‑end & Back‑end (Unit) Testing
• Ability to adapt to a high‑pressure, reactive working environment

What to expect with the role

Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive & negotiable based on experience

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday–Friday (core hours 10:00am–4:00pm)

Holiday: 25 days per annum, plus public holidays and your birthday (or the closest working day) off. You also have the opportunity to purchase up to five additional holidays per year.

Reporting to: Brendan Killough

Benefits

• Competitive salary, negotiable based on experience
• Manchester city centre office, flexible hybrid working model (two days per week office working required)
• 25 days holiday per annum, plus public holidays and your birthday
• Access to a private healthcare scheme
• Excellent maternity and paternity packages
• Pension scheme entry after 3 months’ employment (employer contribution of 5% of basic salary, on top of basic salary)
• Training & CPD

We are a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people. If you have the necessary skills and experience as outlined in the specification, you will be offered an interview in the same way as any other applicant. As part of this scheme, we are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at [e-mail] or on [phone] and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.

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