Software Engineer - Recontact
Software Engineer - Recontact
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Were looking for a full-stack Software Engineer to join our Recontact team. Recontact studies allow researchers to invite participants into further studies making them a core part of Our Future Healths mission to accelerate health research.
This is a chance to work in a small growing team where youll contribute both to early design and hands-on delivery. Youll help shape and build the systems that enable Recontact making pragmatic decisions about what to develop when to reuse and how to integrate with existing platforms.
The work will involve developing cohort selection capabilities creating participant-facing flows for consent and engagement and designing secure auditable systems that manage sensitive health data with trust and transparency. It will also include implementing mechanisms for invitations and communications at scale as well as supporting experimentation to understand what drives participant engagement.
The role combines practical engineering with opportunities to influence how Recontact evolves ensuring we deliver value quickly while laying the foundations for scalable solutions in the future.
Our Future Health will be the UKs 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 peoples 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.
Requirements
Technical skills
- Knowledge and experience of building cloud-hosted backend services using open source technologies in a start-up or scale-up environment ideally using Python though equivalent experience is welcome.
- Familiarity with modern frontend technologies (such as Typescript JavaScript ) or equivalent frameworks.
- Some exposure to backend systems for data movement processing and storage and an interest in enabling access to data by non-technical users.
- Prior experience with Azure (ideally) AWS or GCP.
- Comfortable working with Infrastructure as Code ideally with knowledge of Terraform and some familiarity with containerisation (e.g. Docker).
- Knowledge of good data modelling and design patterns; working knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) and familiarity with 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.
- 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 sharing knowledge and helping others.
- Comfortable in taking part in technical discussions.
Benefits
- Competitive salary starting from 60000
- 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 lifes 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
- 1000 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 - letsprevent disease together.
We advise not delaying your application as this advert may close early if a high number of applications are received.
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
Employment Type
Full-Time
