Remote Senior Backend Engineer

Summary

Join us in the early stages of one of the most promising start-ups in the health & wellness space, where you'll contribute to developing web applications that drive positive change to the lives of millions of people around the world.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or equivalent
• Familiarity with scalable cloud architectures, design patterns and best practices
• Practical experience with CI/CD and IaC (Infrastructure-as-code)
• Readiness to quickly learn PHP (our main BE language for the moment)
• Experience with databases & data management practices - relational databases & search engines
• Experience with TDD and testable code - unit / integration / performance testing
• Great verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-engineering teammates
• Ability to zoom in and out - be comfortable with getting into the relevant low-level details while also making the optimal tradeoffs for achieving the “big picture” goals

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable & reliable systems
• Develop core functionality for our own customer facing and internal products, systems and data platforms, and e-commerce capabilities using modern frameworks
• Develop extensible platforms and architectures that make it possible to quickly and efficiently launch new products and lines of business
• Develop and maintain integrations with third party systems
• Develop the APIs powering the web & mobile platforms for our product portfolio
• Drive impact in a team environment

Benefits

• Generous stock option plan
• Private medical insurance UK
• ��400 annual learning & development budget with Learnerbly UK & EMEA
• Gym & wellness benefit with Wellhub UK
• Remote opportunity / Hybrid role based in Bermondsey 3 days a week with breakfast and lunch once a week
• Cycle to work scheme UK
• Electric car scheme UK
• 25 days holidays and generous parental leave & flexible working policies
• Annual company retreat UK & EMEA