About the company
Prevail Partners is a leading British intelligence, security and operational support company. We help governments, NGOs and commercial organisations operate safely and effectively in some of the world's most complex environments by combining intelligence, technology and operational expertise. Our teams deliver actionable insight that helps clients manage risk, make informed decisions and achieve meaningful operational impact where it matters most.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain full stack features across our Databricks, Python and AWS backend and the frontend of our internal tools, several of which are built in React.
- Work with Solution Engineers and analysts to understand requirements and translate them into well-architected, maintainable technical solutions.
- Build and maintain APIs and services on AWS that power our internal tools.
- Contribute to the ongoing consolidation of our application-specific tools into a single intelligence platform, helping define shared components and patterns.
- Write clean, tested, well-documented code, and participate in code review to help raise the bar across the team.
- Take ownership of features from design through deployment, including monitoring and support once in production.
- Diagnose and resolve technical issues by working directly across the business to identify root causes.
- Help evolve our engineering practices, tooling and CI/CD processes as the team and platform grow.
- Mentor junior colleagues and contribute to a collaborative, high-standard engineering culture.
- Maintain high standards of data security and information handling given the sensitive nature of the intelligence and client data our tools support.
Requirements
- A degree in computer science, software engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proven professional experience as a full stack engineer, with solid hands-on experience across backend and frontend development.
- Strong Python skills, with experience building APIs or backend services.
- Practical experience with React (or an equivalent modern frontend framework), building production user interfaces.
- Experience working with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and cloud-native architecture.
- Comfortable working with SQL and reasoning about data models.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down ambiguous requirements into a clear technical plan.
- Good communication skills, able to work directly with Solution Engineers and, where needed, analysts to clarify requirements.
- A methodical approach to testing, code quality and documentation.
- High levels of IT literacy, including confidence picking up new tools and frameworks quickly.
Conditions
- AXA Private Medical Insurance: Fully funded private healthcare cover through AXA.
- Health Shield Cashback Plan: Claim cashback on everyday healthcare costs including dental, optical, physiotherapy, prescriptions, and more.
- Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme: A tax-efficient way to save for your future.