Senior Backend Engineer

London, ENG, GB, United Kingdom

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Backend Engineer to join our growing global team and contribute to our mission to improve our patients' health and their lives. This is a

hybrid role

for our office in London (UK) or Sofia (BG).

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Who you are



You're a software engineer with at least 5 years commercial experience You have a genuine enthusiasm for software engineering and take no greater pleasure than finding the right solution to the problem at hand and making practical tradeoffs You are excited about contributing to a product that can drive positive change to the lives of millions of people around the world You have strong ownership mindset - "you build it, you run it*"
You're eager to continuously learn, grow and step out of your comfort zone The idea of working in a successful, high growth startup in a fast paced role excites you



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What you will do



Develop scalable & reliable systems

Develop core functionality for our own customer facing and internal products, systems and data platforms, and e-commerce capabilities using modern frameworks Develop extensible platforms and architectures that make it possible to quickly and efficiently launch new products and lines of business Develop and maintain integrations with third party systems Develop the APIs powering the web & mobile platforms for our product portfolio
Drive impact in a team environment

You'll work with other software engineers, designers, QAs, product managers, business stakeholders and domain experts You'll drive impact and own your work end2end - from scoping & planning, architectural design decisions, implementation and testing, to production deployment and operations.
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What we need from you



At least 5 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or equivalent Familiarity with scalable cloud architectures, design patterns and best practices Practical experience with CI/CD and IaC (Infrastructure-as-code) Readiness to quickly learn PHP (our main BE language for the moment) Experience with databases & data management practices - relational databases & search engines Experience with TDD and testable code - unit / integration / performance testing Great verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-engineering teammates Ability to zoom in and out - be comfortable with getting into the relevant low-level details while also making the optimal tradeoffs for achieving the "big picture" goals This is a hybrid role and you need to be based in London (UK) or Sofia (BG) so you can be in the office 3 days per week
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Experience you may have



A degree in CS or equivalent is a plus Practical experience with building scalable & highly reliable cloud systems that support product used by millions of users around the world 24/7 Familiarity with modern JS frameworks Experience working in cross functional teams An eye for user behaviour and design and attention to detail
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Our hiring process



Team fit interview: you'll meet with product & tech leaders Case study: a take home tech task to assess your software engineering skills Tech interview: you'll meet with tech team and discuss your case study solution 2 Interviews with members of the executive team * Offer

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD3067076
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    London, ENG, GB, United Kingdom
  • Education
    Not mentioned