Junior Backend Engineer — Build Scalable Healthcare Apps

Doctor Anywhere; City Of London; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare technology company in the UK is seeking a self-motivated Junior Backend Software Engineer to join their Engineering team. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams to define and ship new features, ensuring the performance and quality of applications, and developing applications for time-sensitive projects. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and proficiency in Java or similar server-side languages. Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes is also required.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot or at least one server-side development language.
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards such as FHIR, HL7.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to define, design, and ship new features.
• Continuously discover, evaluate, and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
• Identify and correct bottlenecks.
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Problem solving

Debugging

Communication

Containerization

Orchestration technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A healthcare technology company in the UK is seeking a self-motivated Junior Backend Software Engineer to join their Engineering team. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams to define and ship new features, ensuring the performance and quality of applications, and developing applications for time-sensitive projects. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and proficiency in Java or similar server-side languages. Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes is also required.