Senior Full-Stack Engineer (TypeScript/Node)

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.  

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join one of our cross-functional Participant squads.

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 tech-stack includes Typescript/Node.js, PostgresSQL, Terraform (IaC), running in Azure (Kubernetes and Azure AppService).

Our engineers are full-stack, handling frontend, backend and infrastructure in a total ownership model - squads build and run it.

If you are passionate about your work, develop consistently high-quality code, and are adept at identifying, preventing, and troubleshooting problems we would love to hear from you.


 
  

Requirements

We welcome applications from all who may not feel they match the full criteria, so if you have most of the below, we'd like to hear from you:  

Technical Skills 

• Strong knowledge of Typescript and Node.js.
• Prior experience with Azure (ideally), AWS or GCP.
• Comfortable working with Infrastructure as Code, ideally with knowledge of Terraform.
• Knowledge and familiarity with Kubernetes a bonus
• 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.

  
Competencies 

• Experience working in/with cross-functional teams consisting of e.g. engineers, product, UX and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders and audiences outside your own team.
• Experience working in small, growing organisations with a high degree of ambiguity, where flexibility is valued.
• Strong understanding of software quality principles and practices.
• Comfortable in mentoring and coaching less experienced engineers.
• Comfortable in taking part in- and sometimes facilitating technical discussions

Benefits

• Competitive base salary from £88,000 

• Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12% 

• 30 Days Holiday pro rata + 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 

• 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’s prevent disease together. 

We recommend you apply as soon as possible as occasionally due to high volumes of applications, we need to close our postings early. 

At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates, regardless of their background, have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.  

If you do require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at talent@ourfuturehealth.org.uk