Full Stack Software Engineer
Location: Hybrid, with a preference for candidates who can travel to our Wakefield, West Yorkshire HQ
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000
Build technology that transforms the live drinks experience
Boxbar Tech creates award-winning self-service drinks technology used across stadiums, festivals, arenas and hospitality venues around the world.
Our platform brings together custom hardware, Android applications, cloud services, payments and management software to help our partners serve customers faster, reduce queues and operate more efficiently.
We're growing our engineering team and looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer who enjoys solving real-world problems, working across a varied technology stack and taking ownership of products from concept through to deployment.
The opportunity
This is a hands-on role covering both frontend and backend development, with opportunities to contribute to Android applications, cloud infrastructure, hardware integrations and emerging AI projects.
You'll work closely with colleagues across engineering, product, operations and customer success to design, build and improve customer-facing products, internal tools and backend services.
As part of a small, collaborative engineering team, you'll have plenty of autonomy and the opportunity to make a visible impact. One week you could be developing a new React feature; the next, building a backend service, integrating a payment provider or improving how we remotely manage devices deployed across major venues.
This role would suit someone who enjoys variety, takes ownership of their work and wants to help shape the technology behind a growing international business.
What you'll be doing
Designing, developing and maintaining modern frontend applications
Building and maintaining backend APIs and services
Taking new product features from initial concept through to deployment
Integrating third-party APIs, payment providers and hardware
Creating scalable, reliable and maintainable software solutions
Writing clean, well-tested and maintainable code
Participating in code reviews and technical discussions
Troubleshooting and resolving production issues
Improving system performance, reliability and security
Collaborating with engineering colleagues and the wider business
What we're looking for
You'll ideally have at least three years of commercial software development experience and a strong grounding in modern software engineering.
Experience across most of the following would be particularly relevant:
JavaScript and TypeScript
React or another modern frontend framework
Node.js backend development
REST API design and development
SQL databases
HTML5 and CSS3
Git
Object-oriented programming
Testing, debugging and problem-solving
Clear and confident communication
You don't need to tick every box. Strong engineering fundamentals, curiosity and the ability to learn quickly are more important than experience with every part of our stack.
It would be great if you also have experience with
AWS
PostgreSQL
Docker
AWS Lambda or other serverless technologies
Firebase
CI/CD pipelines
GitHub Actions
Android development using Kotlin or Java
Python
Infrastructure as Code
Linux
OAuth, JWT and application security
WebSockets or real-time applications
Payment integrations
Microservices
What you could work on
Our engineering challenges are varied and closely connected to products operating in live, real-world environments.
Projects may include:
AI-powered data analysis
Android kiosk software
Cloud APIs and backend platforms
Real-time data processing
Payment provider integrations
Hardware and device integrations
Remote device management
Internal operational tools
Performance, security and reliability improvements
Our current technology stack
Our technology ecosystem currently includes:
React | TypeScript | Node.js | AWS | PostgreSQL | Firebase | Docker | GitHub Actions | REST APIs | Kotlin | Java
You won't need experience with everything on this list. We value strong software engineering fundamentals and a willingness to broaden your skills.
About you
You'll enjoy this role if you:
Like solving challenging technical problems
Take ownership rather than waiting to be directed
Can work independently while collaborating effectively
Care about writing clean, maintainable and well-tested code
Take a pragmatic approach to software development
Enjoy learning new technologies
Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues
Are comfortable working in a fast-moving scale-up
Want your work to have a clear and visible impact
Why join Boxbar?
You'll be joining a growing technology business where software connects directly with physical products used in some of the world's most exciting live environments.
You'll have autonomy, technical variety and the opportunity to influence how our products and platforms evolve as we continue to scale internationally.
This is an opportunity to work across the stack, take meaningful ownership and build technology that solves genuine operational and customer problems.
Our interview process
Our process is designed to be straightforward, practical and relevant to the role.
1. Initial conversation with our People Team
An introductory conversation covering your motivation, relevant experience, communication style and practical details such as location, availability and salary expectations.
2. Technical assessment
A practical assessment designed to understand how you approach software engineering, technical decision-making and problem-solving.
3. Final interview
A final conversation focused on how you take ownership, collaborate with others and approach real-world technical challenges within a growing business.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
Boxbar Tech is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated fairly, respected and able to do their best work.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.
We're interested in your potential, experience and approach. Even where you don't meet every requirement listed, we encourage you to apply where you believe you could make a strong contribution to Boxbar.
We're also happy to discuss reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process.
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