Senior Software Engineer; Full-Stack - TypeScript​/Node

Our Future Healthis an ambitious collaboration between the public, charity and private sectors, designed tohelp people live healthier lives for longer through better prevention, earlierdetectionand improved treatment of diseases. We will speed up the discovery of new methods of early disease detection, and the evaluation of new diagnostic tools, to helpidentifyand treat diseases early,when outcomes are usually better. With over 2.8 million volunteers across the UK, we’re now the world’s biggest health research programme of its kind, and our volunteer group is also more diverse than other, similar health research programmes.

Technology and data are central to our mission. Our systems power web sites, clinics across the UK, secure analytics and research systems, pipelines that process highly sensitive health and genetic data, and we are continuing to grow our engineering capability to support this ambition.

We are looking for a Full-Stack Senior Software Engineer to join our cross-functional Biosamples squad
. You’ll help design, build and run the systems that support how we manage biosamples and their associated operations and logistics, from the collection of samples through to their processing by our laboratory partners.

The squad builds an internal web application used by our Biosamples Operations team, alongside data-processing services and integrations with our lab partners. The software helps our teams track and manage samples, maintain a clear chain of custody and understand the information returned as samples are processed.

This is a specialist operational domain rather than a high-traffic, public-facing product. You don’t need previous biosamples, laboratory or healthcare experience, what matters is being comfortable learning a complex domain, working closely with operational colleagues and translating their needs into well-designed software.

Our tech-stack includes Typescript/Node.js, PostgreSQL, Terraform (IaC), running in Azure (Kubernetes and Azure App Service). 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.

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

Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of Typescript and Node.js.
• Knowledge of modern frontend development, including JavaScript/Type Script with frameworks like React or Next.js, and experience building intuitive, user-focused interfaces
• Experience designing and implementing backend systems
• 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 Git Hub.
• 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 ofe.g.engineers, product,UXand non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders and audiences outside your own team
• Experience working in small, growingorganisationswith a high degree of ambiguity, where…