Senior Software Engineer (Core Data Services)

Our Future Health; London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization is seeking two Senior Software Engineers to join their Participant squad in London. This role involves designing and running systems that support individuals in their health journey while working with modern technology stacks. The position offers a competitive salary, generous benefits, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Generous Pension Scheme

30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Enhanced Parental Leave

Career Growth & Development

Cycle to Work Scheme

Home & Tech Savings

£1,000 Employee Referral Bonus

Wellbeing Support

Flexible and remote working

Qualifications

• Experience with Typescript and Node.js.
• Familiarity with Azure, AWS, or GCP is ideal.
• Experience with modern agile practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage systems supporting participant engagement.
• Operationally manage software components once live.

Skills

Typescript

Node.js

Cloud-hosted web applications

Infrastructure as Code

Kubernetes

Data modeling

Agile Development Practices

Managing sensitive personal data

Job description

We're hiring 2x Senior Software Engineers to join our Participant squad. In this role, you’ll help design, build, and run the systems that support people through their journey with us to becoming what we term a full participant whereby they have completed our Health and Lifestyle questionnaire and undertaken an appointment where we collect physical measurements and a blood sample.

Our Future Health will be the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent and treat diseases. We are a charity, supported by the UK Government in partnership with charities and industry. We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK.

Our plan is to bring together 5 million volunteers from right across the UK who will be asked to contribute information to help build one of the most detailed pictures we have ever had of people’s health. Researchers will be able to use this information to make new discoveries about human health and diseases. So future generations can live in good health for longer.

To support your application you'd need to have experience with the following areas:

• Strong knowledge of Typescript and Node.js.
• Knowledge and experience of building cloud-hosted consumer web applications, backend services, or data products.
• Prior experience with Azure (ideally), AWS or GCP.
• Comfortable working with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform.
• Experience with Kubernetes is a plus.
• Knowledge of good data modelling and design patterns; in-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) and familiarity other types of data store (blob, document, graph).
• Good experience in using modern, agile development practices like code review, TDD, CI/CD and pairing using tools like Git and GitHub.
• Experience of operationally managing software components once live, including; observability, logging, metrics, error reporting, debugging and live incident management.
• Experience of working with sensitive personal data.

• Competitive salary starting from £85,000
• Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
• 30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
• Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life’s biggest moments.
• Career Growth & Development – £500 per year to spend on Learnerbly, our learning platform, plus regular appraisals and development opportunities.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
• Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
• £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
• Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
• A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.

Join us - let’sprevent disease together.

We advise not delaying your application, as this advert may close early if a high number of applications are received.