Senior API Developer

Nourish Care; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25 days

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing platform

EAP

Maternity leave

Life assurance

Pension contributions

Career reviews

Referral bonuses

Social events

Job summary

Nourish is a technology partner in health and social care, currently migrating and modernising its Empower API stack. You will contribute to migrating legacy Symfony functionality to Go, while building a new Vue.js front end as part of a Drupal migration.

The role sits in an engineering team of ~80, with Kubernetes deployment and a culture of continuous improvement. The Senior Developer will lead technical direction, mentor teammates, and collaborate across product and design to deliver robust

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial full stack development experience.
• Commercial experience with Go and Vue/React plus familiarity with PHP or Symfony to support legacy transition work.
• Experience with at least three AWS services, Git, Linux CLI, SQL databases, and Agile teams (Scrum/Kanban).
• Unit testing experience and experience in at least one other language.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, build, and improve the Empower API.
• Lead or contribute to migration of legacy Symfony to Go.
• Build the new Vue.js front end as part of the migration from Drupal.
• Work in an Agile team to deliver improvements to our software solutions.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and sprint goals as a team.
• Analyze logs and metrics to improve systems and guide partners.
• Support client-facing colleagues to diagnose issues.
• Mentor team members through code reviews and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Go

Vue/React

PHP/Symfony

AWS

Git

Linux

SQL

Agile/Scrum Kanban

Unit testing

AI coding tools

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Reporting To: Tech Lead

Location: Krakow - Poland / Bournemouth / Bristol / Remote with monthly travel to Bournemouth if not Krakow based.

Job Type: Full Time 37.5 hours a week

Our Purpose: A Better Life for Everyone

Nourish is not simply a technology company; we are a digital partner for the social and health care sector rooted in human connections, with the person being supported at its core. We offer a range of co-produced software solutions tailored to the unique challenges of care, while still being flexible enough to meet the specific needs of each individual service we work with.

We are at an exciting stage of growth. While we are the market leader, we remain ambitious and dedicated to our mission. We continue to revolutionise the sector by investing in our platform and our incredible employees who make this impact possible.

Our Ecosystem

At Nourish, you will contribute to a sophisticated ecosystem that includes:

• Technology that impacts a million people every day: Our core products are used by over 425,000 carers to support 417,000+ individuals
• The Nourish Partnership Programme (NPP): A sector-leading programme that manages strategic integrations with third-party systems to ensure seamless data syncing and interoperability across the care journey.

Our Culture & Values

We Look For People Who Align With The Way We Work. If You Join Us, You Are Joining a Culture Defined By

• Making a Difference: We remember who we serve. We are passionate about making a meaningful, positive impact on the lives of carers and those we support
• Agility: We continuously refine and adapt. There is no room for complacency here; we are driven to constantly review and improve our products and processes.
• Collective Effort: We help each other out because we know that when one person wins, we all win. It's "all hands-on deck" - everyone is in it together.
• Every Person Counts: We treat everyone as a very significant part of our community. We welcome people being their true and authentic selves and value the diverse perspectives they bring.
• Openness to Learning: We believe no question is a silly question and all insights are valuable. Mistakes are part of the improvement process; we dust ourselves off and begin again.

The Team & Role

The Empower API team builds the services that power the next generation of care agency management solutions. The team is currently transitioning our platform from a legacy PHP Symfony codebase to a modern Go backend, with linting, static analysis, and automated tests built in from the outset. The team sits within a wider engineering department of around 80, alongside approximately 30 Product and Design colleagues. We run a Dockerised stack deployed via CI into an AWS Kubernetes environment and expect all engineers to take an active interest in deployment and infrastructure. As a Senior Developer, you will bring a broad passion for programming and problem solving, alongside deeper expertise in the languages and frameworks you specialise in and will play a leading role in shaping technical direction and mentoring others through this transition.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintaining, building, and improving the Empower API.
• Leading or contributing to the migration of legacy Symfony functionality to Go.
• Build the new Vue.js front end as part of the migration from the existing Drupal application.
• Working as part of an Agile team to deliver improvements to our software solutions.
• Participating in Agile ceremonies and committing to sprint goals as a team.
• Analysing logs and metrics to understand how we can improve our systems, or guide partners to better utilise our APIs.
• Supporting client facing colleagues to diagnose and solve issues that may arise.
• Mentoring team members through code reviews and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Experience: Significant commercial full stack development experience (typically 5+ years).
• Technical/Functional Alignment: Commercial experience with Go and Vue/React plus familiarity with PHP or Symfony to support legacy transition work, commercial familiarity with at least three AWS services, familiarity with Git, Linux command line, and SQL databases, experience working within an Agile team using Scrum or Kanban, unit testing experience, and experience in at least one other language.
• AI-Assisted Development: Experience using AI coding tools in daily development.
• Sector Interest: A genuine interest in the UK social care sector and how technology can improve interoperability.
• Mindset: A pragmatic, collaborative, and warm approach to problem-solving.

Nourish Benefits

• Annual Leave: 25 days basic + Public Holidays + an extra day for your Birthday.
• Service-Related Leave: 1 extra day for each completed year of service (up to 5 additional days).
• Health & Wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance (including a personal health fund), Health & Wellbeing platform with 24/7 GP access, and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Family & Security: Enhanced Maternity Leave, Group Life Assurance, and Pension Contribution.
• Growth & Connection: Regular career reviews, Referral Bonus schemes, and social events throughout the year.

All positions at Nourish are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, and receipt of appropriate Right to Work documents.

Nourish is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek and embrace differences in thinking, experience, ethnicity, age, gender, faith, personalities, and styles.