Location
Blackfriars, London - hybrid working arrangement with a minimum of two days working from the office.

Hours
Full Time with a range of flexible working arrangements encouraged.

Salary
Circa £58,500 per annum plus a comprehensive benefits package including health cash plans, dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, eyecare vouchers and more.

About the Role
We are Nesta, the UK’s innovation agency for social good. Our mission is to design, test and scale solutions to society’s biggest problems, focusing on giving every child a fair start, helping people live healthy lives, and creating a sustainable future where the economy works for both people and the planet. As a Creative Technologist / Creative Full Stack Developer, you will prototype and build digital tools and products that support these innovation missions. You will work independently and within small multidisciplinary teams to rapidly develop and maintain full-stack web applications, functional prototypes, and early stage digital products or MVPs using frameworks like Ruby on Rails or Django/Python.

This role requires a highly collaborative, outcome-focused, and self-driven individual who can translate ideas and briefs into functional prototypes or products quickly, working alongside non-technical colleagues. You will contribute hands-on to software development, deploy and maintain digital products, and continuously improve them. You will also engage in activities beyond programming such as user research, co-design, and project planning. The role involves working closely with Nesta’s practices and the ‘Discovery’ function to identify and develop technological solutions that advance our social innovation goals.

Experience
- Proven experience working in small teams or individually to rapidly build and release full-stack digital products using multiple languages and frameworks, including Ruby on Rails or Django for Python.
- Comfortable with core web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Proficient with Git, GitHub, and AI coding tools.
- Experience in rapidly developing and iterating early stage digital products and prototypes.
- Ability to identify, locate, and fix faults and manage service components to meet business needs.
- Knowledge of information security principles and designing secure solutions.
- Track record of designing simple, proportionate system architectures and integrating diverse technologies.
- Strong user focus with experience building software that meets user and stakeholder needs.
- Skilled in presenting technical concepts and collaborating effectively in non-technical environments.

About you
- Highly collaborative, outcome-focused, and self-driven.
- Able to take ideas from concept to functional software quickly and simply.
- Comfortable bridging design, product, technical, and non-technical perspectives.
- Willingness to learn new tools and technologies pragmatically.
- Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and participating in user research and co-design.

Qualifications
- No formal qualifications specified but demonstrated technical expertise and product development experience required.
- Desirable: Experience developing your own digital products, ideally with social impact.
- Desirable: Experience building data products with AI features.
- Desirable: Experience commissioning and overseeing technology-related work.