Software Engineer, Patients Know Best

Salary not provided

Kubernetes

Java

Redis

Postgres

Kotlin

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Spring

Grafana

Stackdriver

Junior, Mid and Senior level

Remote in EU, UK

More information about location

Personal health records software

Open for applications

Personal health records software

21-100 employees

HealthcareB2CData storageSaaS

Open for applications

Salary not provided

Kubernetes

Java

Redis

Postgres

Kotlin

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Spring

Grafana

Stackdriver

Junior, Mid and Senior level

Remote in EU, UK

More information about location

21-100 employees

HealthcareB2CData storageSaaS

Company mission

For every person to have the ability to access their personal health record, control who can see it and use this information to manage their health and care.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Communication: You can express ideas clearly and concisely in writing. We value open, respectful and constructive communication across the organisation
Proactiveness: You are motivated to take initiative and are comfortable working autonomously. In return, we give you the freedom to shape your work and value your suggestions
Estimation Skills: You’re skilled at making and communicating estimates, with the understanding that these are not fixed deadlines but probability distributions
Product-Focus: Whatever your role, your work should ultimately contribute to improving the product
Testing Mindset: You understand the importance of automated tests and enjoy writing them. Around 50% of the code you write will be tests to enable safe refactoring and long-term maintainability
Passion for Technology: You are passionate about technology and innovation. While we understand that everyone has different interests, we’ll do our best to adapt your role to align with your passions and strengths
Writing code: we are looking for people who write lots of production-quality code. Please consider this when applying – this role can only be successfully filled by people who
Either enjoy programming and are seriously good at it
Or have proven to be outstanding in some other STEM field and want to become great software developers

What the job involves

As a Software Engineer, you’ll be working across a diverse and dynamic technology stack, contributing to our products and infrastructure
We don't expect you to know everything from day one, but you'll grow into the role, becoming comfortable with the stack and the tools we use. The key is a willingness to learn, adapt, and improve
Our tech stack
Infrastructure: Mostly Google Cloud Platform with some self-hosted components, primarily managed using Terraform (and a touch of Ansible)
Orchestration: Kubernetes
Storage: Postgres (scaling to very large instances), Redis, S3/GCS
Observability: Prometheus, OpenTelemetry (OTEL), Stackdriver, Grafana
Languages and Frameworks: Java, Kotlin, Spring for most applications, with smaller tools written in Go
Additional focus: security tooling, robust automated testing, and infrastructure to support observability and reliability

Our take

As personal data privacy becomes an increasing concern for companies and institutions, Patients Know Best (PKB) looks to address this issue within the healthcare industry. PKB provides patients with the agency to manage and control their own health records through an easy-to-use platform, helping them and their carers understand and make their own decisions on the best available treatments for them.

With county trusts across the UK now using the PKB platform, the company’s journey has been a long one. Founded back in 2009, technology has finally caught up with the lofty aims of PKB, as their platform now integrates wearable devices and gives patients quicker and easier access to their records.

Inspired by his patients' disjointed information resulting in suboptimal care, the platform was founded by a doctor who saw the importance of attainable records. The platform has seen renewed importance in the 2020s and is taking a leaf out of the book of American private healthcare companies who offer similar platforms. PKB, though, seems to be a leader in record sharing for the UK.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

B Corporation

Top investors

Glassdoor (4.6)

Trustpilot (2.5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Oct 2021

$6.9m

LATE VC

Jun 2019

$2.5m

SERIES A

Total funding: $16.5m

Company benefits

Outstandingly supportive and helpful environment
Flexible working (and of course flexible work environment as we are fully remote)
Opportunity to really make a difference – your work will make life better for millions of patients
Space to grow and shape your career path
25 days holiday

Company values

We are trustworthy
We are innovators
We are professional
We always put the patient at the centre of our approach

Company HQ

Milton, UK

Articles

Hybrid mail could spell the end for old-fashioned hospital appointment letters

North East London ICS signs a deal with Patients Know Best

Surrey and Sussex trust to use PKB with 3,200 IBD patients

Leadership

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

(CEO)

Previously Board Trustee at DNA Digest, Honorary Senior Research Associate, Mnetor and Limited Partner at Blueprint Health LLC.

Share this job