Founding Software Engineer - Health Technology

Metrica Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Autonomy and ownership

Opportunity to help establish eng.文化 &

Early-stage career growth

Job summary

Metrica Recruitment is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to build a cloud-native health technology platform from concept to production.

You'll work across the stack, translating product ideas into secure, scalable applications while embracing AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery and maintain high quality standards.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience developing full stack web applications.
• Excellent knowledge of TypeScript, React and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience building backend services using Python or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, APIs and relational databases.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, security and engineering best practice.
• Comfortable working within an early-stage, fast-moving product environment.

Responsibilities

• Build full stack applications using modern web technologies.
• Design scalable, secure cloud-based software architecture.
• Deliver production-ready features with quality and accessibility in mind.
• Influence engineering standards, tooling and technical direction.
• Collaborate closely with product leadership on solution design.
• Use AI development tools to improve engineering efficiency and delivery.

Skills

TypeScript

React

JavaScript

Python

Cloud platforms

APIs

Relational databases

Software architecture

Security

Early-stage environment

Tools

Next.js

FastAPI

PostgreSQL

AWS

Docker

Job description

Drive the engineering foundations of a next-generation health technology platform designed to transform how clinical research is delivered. This is an opportunity to shape architecture, influence product direction and build software that supports complex, real-world healthcare challenges from the ground up.

The Company

Our client is an early-stage health technology company developing a modern software platform to simplify and improve the clinical trial lifecycle. Initially focused on patient recruitment, the long-term vision extends across research operations, data capture and trial management. Working within a small, highly collaborative team, you’ll have significant ownership, influence technical decisions and help define engineering standards from an early stage. The role offers flexibility alongside the pace and autonomy of a growing product business.

The Role

As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in building a cloud-native software platform from concept through to production. You’ll work across the full technology stack, translating product ideas and prototypes into secure, scalable and accessible applications.

Modern AI-assisted software development is central to the engineering approach. You’ll confidently use AI coding tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards of software design, security and maintainability. Working closely with product leadership, you’ll influence technical direction, shape engineering practices and make architectural decisions that will support future platform growth.

Key responsibilities include:

• Build full stack applications using modern web technologies.
• Designscalable, secure cloud-based software architecture.
• Deliver production-ready features with quality and accessibility in mind.
• Influence engineering standards, tooling and technical direction.
• Collaborate closely with product leadership on solution design.
• Use AI development tools to improve engineering efficiency and delivery.

Benefits and Perks

You’ll join a business where your technical decisions will directly influence both the product and the future engineering function. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact while enjoying genuine ownership and autonomy.

• Significant influence over product and technical direction.
• Work alongside experienced product and technology leadership.
• High levels of autonomy and decision-making responsibility.
• Opportunity to help establish engineering culture and best practice.
• Flexible working environment.
• Early-stage career growth as the business scales.

Must-Have

• Strong commercial experience developing full stack web applications.
• Excellent knowledge ofTypeScript, React and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Experience buildingbackend services using Python or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, APIs and relational databases.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, security and engineering best practice.
• Comfortable working within an early-stage, fast-moving product environment.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with Next.js, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, AWS, Docker or infrastructure as code.
• Exposure to automated testing using Playwright or similar frameworks.
• Experience within healthcare, life sciences, regulated software or clinical research.

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