Platform Software Engineer

X-On Health; Woodbridge; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare technology company based in Woodbridge is looking for a software developer to solve complex business and technical issues in the public health sector. You will engage in the design, development, and maintenance of critical software infrastructure, ensuring performance, security, and reliability. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience with modern PHP frameworks and a strong understanding of the healthcare industry. A hybrid working environment allows for flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

25 Days Holiday plus additional day for birthday

Cycle to Work Scheme

Winter Flu Jabs

Free On-Site Parking

Learning and development budget

Employee referral bonus

Social benefits

Buy Holiday Scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Discount on Health Insurance

Annual Salary Review

Enhanced Company Sick Pay

Monthly pizza/coffee vouchers

Qualifications

• Experience in the product development lifecycle.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Experience in the healthcare industry, particularly NHS.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance, scalable applications.
• Assist in solving complex technical issues.
• Conduct code reviews and promote best practices.
• Collaborate with teams for continuous improvement.

Skills

Modern PHP including frameworks (e.g. Laravel)

Source control (e.g. GitLab)

Structured and unstructured databases (e.g. MySQL)

Message Queues & event-driven architecture

Software design patterns and object-oriented design principles

Unit test frameworks and test automation

Agile methodologies

Tools

Node.js

DevOps tooling

Job description

Location : Melton (Hybrid)

Salary : Up to £50,000 based on experience

Working hours : 09 : 00

17 : 30

The purpose of this role is to solve complex business problems and technical challenges through the design and development of software applications and services. This role will contribute directly towards exciting technology opportunities in the public health sector; specifically in general practice.

You will be responsible for building and maintaining critical components of our software infrastructure, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security. This role sits within the platform team.

Responsibilities

Design and Development

• Contribute towards the design, develop, and implement high-performance, scalable, and maintainable applications and services
• Develop APIs and other web services
• Work with databases (relational and NoSQL) to implement data models
• Contribute towards all phases of the software development lifecycle, from design and development through to testing, deployment and monitoring & alerting

Technical Leadership

• Assist and unblock other members of the team where appropriate
• Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Contribute towards the development of software engineering best practices and principles
• Participate in architectural and design discussions
• Stay abreast of the latest technologies and industry trends

Problem-Solving

• Assist with the diagnosis and assessment of complex technical issues
• Identify and contribute towards solutions designed to improve service or component security, performance, scalability, and reliability

Collaboration

• Work closely with frontend engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders
• Share ideas and prompt continuous improvement across the team

Quality Assurance & Compliance

• Write unit tests and integration tests to ensure code qualityParticipate in code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards
• Comply with the companys Health & Safety, Data Protection, Information Security, PCI & DSP policies and procedures.

Skills Required

Essential Skills

• Knowledge of the product development lifecycle
• Considerable working experience with modern PHP including frameworks (e.g. Laravel)
• Source control (e.g. GitLab)
• Working experience with structured and unstructured databases (e.g. MySQL)
• Knowledge of or working experience with Message Queues (RabbitMQ) & event driven architecture
• Strong knowledge of software design patterns and object-oriented design principles
• Working experience of unit test frameworks and test automation

Desired Skills

• Strong expertise in Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum / Kanban)
• DevOps tooling
• Node.js
• Healthcare industry experience (NHS)
• VOIP call handling

Benefits

• 25 Days Holiday plus an additional day for your birthday / equivalent
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Winter Flu Jabs
• Free On-Site Parking
• Learning and development budget with Professional Qualification Support
• 1,000 employee referral bonus
• Social benefits (paid social events)
• Buy Holiday Scheme
• Employee Assistance Program
• Discount on Health Insurance
• Annual Salary Review
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay
• Monthly pizza in the office (Hybrid employees) / coffee voucher (Remote employees)
• SCG mobile benefit

SCG is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to upholding the principles of the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities. We will endeavour to make necessary adjustments to ensure a fair and accessible recruitment process