Full Stack Software Engineer
Full Stack Software Engineer
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About Birdie
Birdie is the leading home healthcare technology platform that aims to radically transform the lives of older adults. Its allinone solution supports around 4.8 million (and growing) care visits every month equipping care providers with the tools they need to deliver better quality care and improve efficiency across most daytoday operations. This enables us to collect over 1.5 billion data points on care recipient wellbeing each year making Birdie the holder of the largest structured community healthcare dataset in Europe.
Birdie was founded in 2017 a BCorp certified company that leverages technology to reimagine home care. With a total raise to date of $55M we secured our Series B funding in 2022 led by Sofina Omers and Index Ventures fuelling our mission to transform care.
Recognised for its innovation and impact we have received numerous accolades including ranking 6th in the 2023 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 and 21st in Deloittes EMEA Technology Fast 500 in 2024. We joined Tech Nations prestigious Future Fifty 2024 cohort and was featured in the Sifted 100 list of fastestgrowing UK & Ireland startups in 2024. Furthermore Birdie was named an NHS England Assured Supplier for Digital Social Care Records in 2023 and won the Innovative Solutions in Home Care Award at the 2024 Leaders in Care Awards.
What will I be doing
As a full stack engineer youll:
Contribute to the engineering of new features specialising in either Go (backend) or Frontend development based on your expertise;
Collaborate with Product Managers and Designers to define and refine feature requirements;
Design and create automated tests at all levels of the testing pyramid;
Optimise code for performance and scalability ensuring our systems can handle the evergrowing volume of data;
Execute in an agile engineering environment in focused cross functional teams using agile methodologies and culture of continuous improvement;
Maintain code quality and drive improvements across Birdie collaborating to continuously improve our products and services;
Contribute to architectural decisions and system design;
Participate in code reviews providing and receiving constructive feedback.
Who are we looking for
Were looking for someone who:
Is passionate about writing clean concise welltested code and is a pragmatic problemsolver;
Has deep expertise in either Go (backend) or Frontend development;
Gets things done and is willing to step up take ownership and roll up their sleeves;
Has a keen product mindset understanding user needs and driving innovation to enhance the overall user experience;
Works efficiently in crossfunctional teams with high selfmotivation and accountability;
Follows best practices and understands the rationale behind them;
Is intensely curious loves learning and shares knowledge with others;
Is passionate about team efficiency collaboration and focus;
Approaches discussions with humility fostering a learning and supportive environment;
Understands the tradeoffs between different technical solutions and makes informed decisions;
Is comfortable working in a fastpaced evolving environment.
What skills do you need
Have proficiency in React and related tech (Tanstack Query Redux) ;
Have proficiency with NodeJS and Typescript;
Have proficiency in Go (for the backend position);
Have knowledge of Relational databases;
Have knowledge of automated testing;
Have knowledge of common design patterns;
Are someone who is inspired by and seeks to embody our values;
Nice to have: React Native and related tech (Reduxsaga offlinefirst....
What are the benefits
People are our core strength. We are social entrepreneurs boasting an outstanding culture with strong values (BCorp certified). We offer intentional benefits and invest in our teams growth satisfaction and ability to thrive:
Compensation
Our salary packages are competitive the role is 60k 75k. We also grant generous stock options to any permanent employee at the end of the probation period. We adjust salaries based on the cost of living index for employees based outside of the UK.
Location
This role will need to be based in the UK. We organise regular inperson events and online socials to make sure you can meet up with peers.
Birdie does not currently support any visa applications and therefore we do require permanent right to work in the UK.
L&D budget
Learning an growing is a fundamental part of Birdie life. Youll have an annual personal development budget to put towards books courses trainings and conferences; continuous coaching within the team and with external experts.
Work From Home budget
Making your workspace comfortable is important to us youll have access to a WFH equipment budget to ensure you have what you need.
Paid time off
We offer 33 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) and close between Christmas and New Years outside of this. We also support you in celebrating the big moments all Birdies get an extra Birthday day off and can choose to take it at any point in the year.
Birdie giving days
Birdie is a Bcorp and we care deeply about ethical and social impact. Birdie will pay you for 2 days of volunteering (to a cause youre passionate about) each year.
Sabbaticals
We want Birdies to stick around for a while! After 4 years you can choose to take a sabbatical of up to 3 months.
Private health insurance & Gym and wellbeing discounts
Comprehensive health insurance with AXA that covers many physical and mental health costs. Gym discounts and numerous other wellbeing perks via Happl.
Cycle to work scheme
Birdie will buy a bike upfront and you can salary sacrifice to payoff over the next 1236 months
Parental Leave
Highly favourable parental leave policy; once you have spent twelve consecutive months on our payroll primary caregivers are entitled to 26 weeks of parental leave at 100 of your usual salary and secondary caregivers are entitled to 12 weeks of parental leave at 100 of your usual salary.
Fertility Leave
Birdie recognises the emotional and physical challenges of fertility treatment and investigations and supports all Birdies by offering 5 additional paid days of leave.
Employer pension contribution
Birdie contributes 4 of your salary to your pension when you contribute 5 (UK Birdies)
Frequent company socials trips and meals
We organise many socials quarterly retreats and annual companywide retreats
Exceptional culture
We see ourselves as social entrepreneurs shaping a new kind of organisation: caring responsible yet fostering excellence. ReadThe Birdie Wayto learn more.
Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging
At Birdie were committed to creating an environment that promotes diversity equity inclusion and belonging.
Its essential to us that youre able to bring your authentic self to work every single day no matter your age ethnicity religion citizenship gender identity sexual orientation disability status caring responsibilities neurodiversity or otherwise and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to these aspects.
If you have any questions regarding the interview process or if you need any reasonable adjustments to be made please dont hesitate to contact us.
Employment Type
Full-Time
