Full Stack Engineer; Contractor-to Java, React, AI, CI​/CD

Full Stack Engineer (Contractor-to-Hire) - Java, React, AI, CI/CD

Reading, Berkshire - £500-650P/D (Inside IR35) Contract/Full Time Posted by:
Korn Ferry

Posted: Tuesday, 17 February 2026

Our client is building an AI Tiger Team designed to leverage AI tools (not build models) to automate, accelerate, and transform software development across the company's 400+ products. The goal is to have the full team onboarded by March 1st

To get there, they need people who can help build, support, and operate that AI-driven workflow.

So the talent you provide must be able to:

• Work with or integrate AI coding tools and pipelines
• Understand how to validate or refine AI-generated code
• Support the new AI-assisted development process
• Help prove the strategy actually works during the Alpha/POC phase

• Senior Full Stack Engineer with AI engineering experience (should have concrete examples of AI-assisted development, tooling, pipelines, etc.)
• Solid engineering fundamentals + strong problem-solving.
• Primary stacks:
  Java (BE) + React (FE)
• Ability to work across multiple products with different languages and architectures.
• Cloud agnostic
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• CI/CD with Git Hub + Git Hub Copilot integrated workflows.
• Strong communication, cross-team collaboration, and pragmatic decision-making.
• Takes initiative - comfortable operating independently and making fast decisions.

Location Reading, Berkshire, UK

Industry IT

Duration 3-6 month contract - then hire

Start Date ASAP

Rate £500-650P/D (Inside IR35)

Employment Agency Korn Ferry

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Posted Date 2/17/2026 9:33:47 AM