Senior Full Stack Developer
Excite OOH · Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Apply & track with Apply EdgeAbout Excite OOHExcite OOH is one of the UK’s fastest-growing out-of-home specialists, recognised on the FEBE Growth 100 Watch List and named one of Prolific North’s Top 50 Integrated Agencies.We help brands stand out in the real world through bold, high-impact billboard, transport and large-format advertising campaigns across the UK and internationally.As Excite continues to grow, we’re investing in our own technology to make planning, delivering and reporting OOH campaigns simpler, smarter and more transparent.We’re now looking for a Full Stack Developer to join the team and help us build it.The RoleThis is an opportunity to become our first in-house developer within a growing independent media agency and play a major role in building our technology from the ground up.You’ll work closely with the leadership and wider agency team to develop tools that solve real problems across media planning, campaign delivery, reporting and client experience.Rather than maintaining a large legacy platform or working on a small part of someone else’s product, you’ll have genuine ownership of what we build and how it develops.We have ambitious plans for the platform, but we’re looking for someone who can help turn those ideas into a simple, scalable product that our team and clients genuinely want to use.What you’ll be buildingWe're investing in technology to make OOH planning, campaign delivery and reporting simpler, smarter and more transparent.Our plans span interactive OOH planning and mapping, audience and location data, client campaign dashboards, automated reporting, AI-powered insights and better-connected internal workflows.You'll play a major role in shaping how those ideas become products, rather than simply being handed a predefined development backlog.What you’ll be doingDesigning, building and shipping new features across the platformDeveloping intuitive front-end experiences and reliable back-end servicesWorking with APIs and third-party data sourcesBuilding integrations with internal and external platformsHelping define the technical architecture and development roadmapTurning feedback from our team and clients into product improvementsExploring practical ways to use AI and automation across the platformMaintaining high standards around performance, security and code qualityWorking with external technical expertise where appropriate as the platform developsThis role is for you if you…Have strong full-stack development experience and have shipped real-world web applicationsAre confident working across modern front-end and back-end technologiesHave experience with technologies such as React / Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js and relational databasesAre comfortable working with APIs, integrations and third-party dataEnjoy taking products from an idea through to something people actually useCan work independently and make sensible technical decisionsAre interested in AI and how it can be practically applied to products and workflowsEnjoy solving problems and working directly with the people using what you buildWant more ownership than you’d typically get as one developer within a large engineering teamExperience within advertising, media or OOH isn’t essential. We’re much more interested in finding a strong product-minded developer who wants to build something.Why join Excite OOH£50,000–£65,000 salary depending on experienceThe opportunity to build a new technology platform from the ground upSignificant ownership over product and technical decisionsDirect access to the leadership team and the people using what you buildThe opportunity to see your work used across real campaigns and by major brandsClear progression as our technology function growsA supportive, ambitious and collaborative team cultureExcite OOH is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.We’re excited to meet candidates directly - no recruitment agencies at this stage please.