Senior Software Engineer

Colossyan; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London is seeking a Senior Fullstack Engineer. You will design and build scalable web applications, collaborating across teams in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has at least 4 years of experience in back-end development, proficiency in JavaScript and Node.js, and a solid understanding of web architecture. This role offers a competitive compensation package and potential for career growth.

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Private medical insurance

Life insurance (4 x salary)

Personal development budget

Individual wellbeing budget

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Your birthday off!

Qualifications

• 4+ years work experience with back-end applications.
• Solid understanding of JavaScript and Node.js.
• Experience with TypeScript and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable web applications.
• Collaborate with product and research teams.
• Contribute to development lifecycle from requirements gathering to deployment.

Skills

Back-end applications experience

JavaScript proficiency

Node.js familiarity

TypeScript experience

Web architecture knowledge

Git version control

UNIX terminal familiarity

Relational databases knowledge

English proficiency

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

ElasticSearch

Neo4J

Docker

AWS or Google Cloud

Job description

Founded in 2018, Causaly’s AI platform for enterprise-scale scientific research redefines the limits of human productivity. We give humans a powerful new way to find, visualize and interpret biomedical knowledge and automate critical research workflows, accelerating solutions for some of the greatest health challenges we face.

We work with some of the world's largest biopharma companies and institutions on use cases spanning Drug Discovery, Safety and Competitive Intelligence. You can read more about how we accelerate knowledge acquisition and improve decision making in our blog posts here: Blog - Causaly

We are backed by top VCs including ICONIQ, Index Ventures, Pentech and Marathon.

We are looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to work on our API and business services. You will be responsible for designing and building scalable, reliable, and maintainable web applications. You will collaborate with our product and research teams to build and ship new features, contributing to all aspects of the development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and monitoring.

What we're looking for

• 4+ years work experience with back-end applications

• Solid understanding of Javascript

• Familiarity with Node.js

• Experience with TypeScript

• Good knowledge of web architecture (URIs, HTTP, Caching, etc)

• Proficiency in Git version control

• Familiarity with UNIX terminal

• Excellent knowledge of English language (verbal and written)

• Solid understanding of relational databases

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Knowledge Graphs and graph databases, such as Neo4J

• Experience working with Full-Text search databases, such as ElasticSearch

• Good understanding of GraphQL

• Experience working with Docker

• Experience working with a functional programming language

• Experience working with AWS or Google Cloud

Our Technology Stack

The list below is indicative and not exhaustive of the technologies we use at Causaly.

• Node.js

• Typescript

• Git

• ElasticSearch

• Neo4J

• RxJS

• React

• Webpack

Benefits

Competitive compensation package

Private medical insurance

Life insurance (4 x salary)

Personal development budget

Individual wellbeing budget

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Your birthday off!

Potential to have real impact and accelerated career growth as a member of an international team that's building a transformative AI product.

We are on a mission to accelerate scientific breakthroughs for ALL humankind, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and fairly consider qualified candidates without regard to race, ethnic or national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, genetics, age, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, domestic / family status, veteran status or any other difference.