Senior Fullstack Software Engineer

Taking part in a clinical trial can ask a lot of people especially as trials become more complex. At Little Journey were building Trial Flow a participant support platform that makes that experience simpler clearer and more supportive helping participants and caregivers around the world feel prepared for what comes next.

Werelooking for an experiencedFullstack Software Engineer who wants to do more than pick up tickets and write in a small autonomous product squad where engineers help understand the problem design the solution make thetrade-offsand own what they build in production.

For us engineering starts before the code.

We value engineers who take the time to understand the problem think about the widersystemand design the right solution before reaching for an implementation. We value strong fundamentalscuriosityand engineering judgement.

Youllreport to the Engineering Manager within your product squad and be part of our broader engineering team of around is a full-time role either hybrid (Leeds) or fully remote in the UK. We cannot sponsor visas to work in the UK.

Whatyoulldo

• Shape what we build work with Product and Design to understand user and business problems challenge assumptions and help decide whats worth solving before designing the solution.

• Design and break down complex solutions think across user journeys APIs data architecture security failuremodesand operational impact make the design visible through diagrams and lightweight technical documentation then turn it into a clear staged or phased technical approach.

• Build across the full product stackmastery offrontend and mobiledevelopment andAPIsservicesand data models.

• Own what you build from testing and deployment through to observability productionsupportand learning from incidents.

• Raise the bar for the team review designs and code share knowledge and help improve our engineering practices.

How we work

Wedontbelieve great engineering comes from working the longest hours. We believe it comes from building the right things workingtogetherand leaving systems better than we found small team so trustownershipand collaboration matter. Everyone has a voice everyone contributes and everyone is expected to help make the team stronger.

We value:

• Make thinking visible: diagrams and design docsarentbureaucracy;theyrehow we think together challenge assumptions and make better decisions.

• AI as a partner not a substitute for judgement: we use AI to accelerate implementation freeing engineers to spend more time on problem solving design and the decisions that matter while keeping accountability human.

• Quality over speed: we move quickly but not at the expense of reliabilitysecurityor maintainability.

• Collaboration over heroics: the best solutions come from engineers Product and Design solving problems together.

• Autonomy with support:youllhave the space to make meaningful decisions with a team there to challenge your thinking share responsibility and help you succeed.

Why join Little Journey

Werea small engineering team tackling meaningful problems in healthcare where the quality of what we build matters in the real the opportunity to influence not only how software is built butwhat gets built and why.

In a larger engineering organisation many of these decisions might be spread across multiple teams. Hereyoullhave the breadth andopportunityto influence the product architecture and engineering practices end to end.

AI is changing both how software gets built and what technology can want to embrace that opportunity using AI to evolve how we engineer while exploring how it can help us build better products and experiences for childrenfamiliesand healthcare teams.

Youllhave the opportunity to see the impact of your work on the children families and healthcare teams who use engineer who gets as much satisfaction fromfiguring out the right thing tobuildas you do from building it wellwedlove to hear from you.

Yourea full-lifecycle engineer;with thejudgement and curiosity to work across the whole journey fromproblem to production.

Yourecomfortable with ambiguityopen to other ways of think work collaborative and able to explain the trade-offs behind your decisions.

Wereparticularly interested in people who have experiencedhigh-quality engineering at scale or maturityand are excited by the opportunity to bring whattheyvelearned into a smaller team adapting the good practices rather than simply importing the process.

Youllalso have solid experience building and shipping production software including:

• Fullstackdevelopment withTypeScript/JavaScript React and NodeJS building across frontendAPIsand backend services.

• Building and releasingmobile applications ideally using Capacitor or similar cross-platform technologies.

• Building and operating applications in a modern cloud environment we useGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) DockerVerceland Sanity CMS.

• Working in environments wherequalitytraceabilityand responsible data handling matter healthcare fintech lifesciencesor other regulated industries are particularly relevant.

• Working inagile cross-functional product teams collaborating with Product and Design to turn problems into well-shaped user stories with clear acceptance criteria technical considerationsdependenciesand edge cases.

• Experience withtest automation and traceability building confidence thatwhatsbeen designedbuiltand released meets the intended requirements.

• Up to 6% pension match (salary sacrifice)

• 28 days annual leave per year (plus public holidays)

• 500 annual training budget

• 200 home working budget (one-off)
• EMI share options

• Enhanced (family & parental) leave policies

Interview Loop

We want our interview loop to give you a good understanding of the role the team and how we work while giving us the opportunity to understand how you think and solve problems.

• Screening call 30 minutes
  An introduction to Little Journey and the role and a chance to understand what youre looking for.

• Coding interview 60 minutes
  A practical coding exercise focused on how you approach problems write code and work through technical decisions.

• Hiring Manager interview 45 minutes
  A deeper conversation about your experience how you approach engineering and what youre looking for in your next role.
• Systems design panel 90 minutes
  A systems design exercise focused on how you understand problems design solutions and make technical trade-offs followed by an opportunity to meet members of the team and ask questions.
  
  About Little Journey

Little Journey was founded by Dr Chris Evans a paediatric anaesthetist and researcher and Sophie Copley a human-centred product designer with a shared ambition to improve how people are supported through complex experiences. What began by supporting children and families through healthcare has evolved into Trial Flow our platform focused entirely on participant support in clinical trials.

Our mission is to make patient-centric participation the foundation of better research. We believe better support leads to better participation and better participation leads to better research. As clinical trials become more complex Trial Flow helps participants families and sites navigate what is being asked of them reducing avoidable burden and supporting better adherence retention and trial outcomes.

Today Little Journey is a Series A company with a team of around 30 to 40 people working with pharmaceutical companies on clinical trials around the world. We care deeply about the people our work ultimately supports and that shapes how we work together. We value honesty and integrity trust people to take accountability and make time to reflect learn and improve.

Diversity & Inclusion

We encourage people from allwalks of lifeto apply and strive toeliminateunconscious bias in our recruitment process. We do not discriminate on ethnicity religion sexual orientation gender identity veteran or parental status or disability. We encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply. If you need adjustments made to our application process to help accommodate any disabilities pleaselet us know on

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