Full Stack Software Engineer, Cancer Research
£40-50k
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office (Stratford, London)
Cancer prevention, awareness and research charity
Job no longer available
Cancer prevention, awareness and research charity
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
£40-50k
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office (Stratford, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To prevent, control and cure cancer through ground-breaking research.
Role
Who you are
- Experienced Software Engineer with a proven ability to write clean, readable, and properly tested code based on tried and tested design patterns
- Demonstrable knowledge of JavaScript/ TypeScript and/ or PHP and Jest or other modern testing libraries with an ability and willingness to learn new languages, frameworks, and tools
- Prior experience working with SaaS solutions
- Some experience building modern user interfaces and single-page applications (preferably using React)
- Some experience developing REST APIs and other back-end components (preferably using Node.js)
- Some experience with cloud-native architecture and AWS services (including various SQL and noSQL databases)
- Ran critical services in production and designed highly available, scalable, and secure solutions
- Awareness of accessibility standards and guidelines
- Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical business colleagues
What the job involves
- Reports to: Lead Software Engineer
- Cancer Research UK is looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer with experience in working with 'Software as a Service' (SaaS) solutions and JavaScript/Typescript/ or PHP who can take our digital products to the next level by partnering with our product teams to develop our software packages, high-quality code; ensure best practices, and deliver technical solutions as part of our ambitious Engineering Strategy
- In this role, you will be part of a portfolio rotating across a range of change initiatives and products used by Cancer Research UK’s Chief Operating Office
- This business area brings together several departments (e.g., HR, Finance, Legal, Procurement etc) who use a range of products, SaaS solutions, and cloud-based technologies (including but not limited to; Business World, Workday, Siebel, Salesforce, AWS etc)
- You will also gain exposure to stakeholders across the charity while collaborating with other Engineers, Product Managers, Testers, Agile Coaches, Architects and Business Analysts to help convert business challenges into technical solutions while continually improving the accessibility, availability, performance, and security of our products
- Developing software packages and solutions within our Chief Operating Office portfolio
- The Chief Operating Office consists of our corporate head office teams (e.g. HR, Finance, Legal, Procurement etc) who use a range of products, SaaS solutions, and cloud-based technologies (including but not limited to; Business World, Workday, Siebel, Salesforce, AWS etc)
- This will be predominantly focused on 'Software as a Service' (SaaS) solutions and the back-end, but you will work across the full stack
- Applying lean and Agile principles to develop high-quality code that has minimal bugs, adheres to Cancer Research UK standards, and is highly supportable
- Working either independently or in collaboration with Solution Architects to design new solutions and maintain, implement, and improve SaaS solutions in line with the Software Engineering strategy
- Autonomously delivering backlog items for an existing product
- Collaborating with the Chief Operating Office product team (e.g., Product Managers, Service Designers, UX Designers, Business Analysts etc) to identify user needs, discuss capabilities and iteratively design solutions
- Contributing to the Software Engineering capability team to share good practices, develop standards, patterns, automation & tools, and reduce technical debt and operational risks
- Applying Site Reliability Engineering principles to track and improve the availability, performance, and security of our Chief Operating Office products while supporting the resolution of incidents impacting these products
Application process
- Recruitment process: One competency-based interview with a test
- Interview date: From the week commencing 07 October 2024
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The world’s largest independent cancer research charity, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) was founded from a merger between the Cancer Research Campaign and the Cancer Research Fund in 2002. CRC and ICRF had been long-standing pinnacles of the British medical institution, their work dating back to 1902 and 1923 respectively, and the merger signalled a strong step forward for UK medical institutes’ global influence.
A multi-armed charity, CRUK uses both grant-funded researchers and its own employed staff to research the treatments and causes of cancer, whilst its striking advertising and marketing campaigns are responsible for influencing public policy on the causes, prevention, and treatment of the disease. An example of a significant public campaign was Stoptober, which appeared to have triggered a third of a million smokers at the time to try quit tobacco throughout the month of October.
Alongside its pharmaceutical efforts, in 2023 CRUK funded clinical trials for the first-ever proton beam therapy for breast cancer, indicating a focus on technological innovations in the fight against cancer. On this subject, CRUK has also taken part in a billion-pound investment in the Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research institute that is aiming to make England an international leader in the industry.
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Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Stratford, London, UK
Leadership
Michelle is a Trustee at the Francis Crick Institute and an Advisory Council Member at The King's FUnd. Previously, she served as a Non-Executive Director at NHS England and as CEO at the MS Society.
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