Full Stack Engineer

DARE; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy trading firm in Greater London seeks a skilled Full-Stack Engineer to enhance its trading and risk platforms. The ideal candidate will design and implement features across frontend and backend layers, utilizing their experience with modern JavaScript frameworks and backend technologies. This role requires strong systems thinking and an ability to mentor other engineers. Benefits include a competitive salary, health insurance, and generous holiday time.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Vitality health insurance and dental cover

38 days of holiday

Pension scheme

Annual health checks

Learning & development budget of £5000

Free gym membership

Specsavers vouchers

Enhanced family leave

Cycle to Work scheme

Credited Deliveroo dinner account

Office massage therapy

Freshly served office breakfast

Fully stocked fridge and pantry

Social events and games room

Qualifications

• Experience as a Full Stack Engineer with frontend and backend responsibilities.
• Strong frontend experience with React or a comparable JavaScript framework.
• Solid backend experience with modern languages like Python, Go, or Java.
• Ability to independently deliver features from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own end‑to‑end features spanning frontend UI, backend services, and data/storage layers.
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design discussions.
• Write clean, maintainable, well‑tested code across the stack.
• Mentor other engineers and provide technical leadership.

Skills

Full Stack Development

JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular)

Backend API development

Systems thinking

Collaboration

Tools

Python

Go

Java

REST

gRPC

Job description

City of London

Permanent, Full-time - Onsite

Who we are

We are an energy trading company generating liquidity across global commodities markets. We combine deep trading expertise with proprietary technology and the power of data science to be the best‑in‑class. Our understanding of volatile, data‑intensive markets is a key part of our edge.

At Dare, you will be joining a team of ambitious individuals who challenge themselves and each other. We have a culture of empowering exceptional people to become the best version of themselves.

The Role

Working within the Software Engineering team at Dare, you will join a group responsible for building and evolving the firm’s proprietary trading and risk platforms. These systems sit at the core of business, supporting real‑time pricing, risk management, analytics and execution across volatile markets.

We are looking for strong Full‑Stack Engineers who are comfortable working across the entire product stack — from user‑facing interfaces, through backend services, and data layers. You will be expected to take end‑to‑end ownership of features, contribute to system design to drive deliver high‑quality, real‑time actionable insights to our trade floor. Working with our existing cross‑functional teams, you will help transform our technical deliverables that support our activity on the trading floor, involving designing, implementing, and maintaining complex applications.

This is a role for engineers who want to be trusted with meaningful stack responsibility, rather than being confined to a single slice of the stack. At senior levels, the role naturally expands to include architectural influence, technical leadership, and raising the engineering bar.

As part of your role, you will:

• Design, build, and own end‑to‑end features spanning frontend UI, backend services, and data/storage layers.
• Develop and maintain user‑facing applications using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g. or similar).
• Build backend APIs and services using a modern backend stack (e.g. Python, Go, Java, or similar).
• Contribute to system architecture and technical design discussions, with an emphasis on robustness, scalability, and clarity.
• Write clean, maintainable, well‑tested code across multiple layers of the stack.
• Collaborate with end users, senior management, and other engineers to deliver customer value.
• Debug and resolve issues across the full system, from UI to infrastructure.
• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes as the team scales.
• Mentor other engineers and provide technical leadership where appropriate.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong experience as a Full Stack Engineer or in roles covering both frontend and backend responsibilities.
• Solid frontend experience with React or a comparable modern JavaScript framework such as Angular.
• Solid backend experience with at least one modern language/framework (Python, Go, Java, etc.).
• Experience building and consuming APIs and Real‑time data (REST, gRPC, NATS, AMPS, KAFKA or similar).
• Good understanding of data models, persistence, and data access patterns.
• Strong systems thinking and ability to reason about trade‑offs across the stack.
• Ability to independently deliver features from concept to production.
• Drive and passion to deliver business value at a high velocity.

Desirable

• Experience in trading systems, data‑heavy platforms, or real‑time / low‑latency environments. However, strong fundamentals, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to learn quickly are valued more highly than domain‑specific experience.
• Exposure to distributed systems, event‑driven architectures, or streaming data.
• Experience working in high‑scale or high‑reliability systems.

Benefits & perks

• Competitive salary
• Vitality health insurance and dental cover
• 38 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
• Pension scheme
• Annual Bluecrest health checks
• A personal learning & development budget of £5000
• Free gym membership
• Specsavers vouchers
• Enhanced family leave
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Credited Deliveroo dinner account
• Office massage therapy
• Freshly served office breakfast twice a week
• Fully stocked fridge and pantry
• Social events and a games room

Diversity matters

We believe in a workplace where our people can fulfil their potential, whatever their background or whomever they are. We celebrate the breadth of experience and see this as critical to problem‑solving and to Dare thriving as a business. Our culture rewards curiosity and drive, so the best ideas triumph and everyone here can make an impact.

Please let us know ahead of the interview and testing processes if you require any reasonable adjustments or assistance during the application process.

We’re also proud to be certified a ‘Great Place to Work’.

Read more about our culture and what our team says about us here.