Software Engineer, Our Future Health

Typescript & Node

£60-69k

React

AWS

TypeScript

GCP

Python

GraphQL

Node.js

Postgres

Terraform

Azure

Git

Mid and Senior level

London

More information about location

Office located in Holborn, London

Health research programme

Open for applications

Health research programme

201-500 employees

HealthcareB2CB2BCharitySocial ImpactMedTech

Open for applications

£60-69k

React

AWS

TypeScript

GCP

Python

GraphQL

Node.js

Postgres

Terraform

Azure

Git

Mid and Senior level

London

More information about location

Office located in Holborn, London

201-500 employees

HealthcareB2CB2BCharitySocial ImpactMedTech

Company mission

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 people’s 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.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

If you are passionate about your work, develop consistently high-quality code, and are adept at identifying, preventing, and troubleshooting problems we would love to hear from you
We welcome applications from all who may not feel they match the full criteria, so if you have most of the below, we'd like to hear from you:
Knowledge and experience of building cloud-hosted applications, using Node.JS, Typescript and WebAssembly in a start-up, public service, or charitable setting
Experience with GraphQL, React and Python would be a nice to have
Prior experience with Azure (ideally), AWS or GCP
Comfortable working with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform
Knowledge of good data modelling and design patterns; in-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) and familiarity other types of data stores
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
Experience working in/with cross-functional teams consisting of e.g. engineers, product, security and non-technical stakeholders
Ability to communicate with stakeholders and audiences outside your own team
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 mentoring and coaching less experienced engineers
Comfortable in taking part in and sometimes facilitating technical discussions

What the job involves

We are hiring a full-stack focused mid-level Software Engineer to join our Research Enablement squad where you'd work alongside a Staff Software Engineer and a Security Engineer, as well as other cross functional colleagues
This squad sits on the intersection of the Trusted Research Environment (TRE) and our bespoke security tooling and assets. Our squad vision is to create a secure, trusted and state of the art research environment to empower Researchers with their health research. We work closely with some of our internal operational teams as well as external partners, and are solving lots of rare but exciting problems
Our engineers are full-stack, handling frontend, backend and infrastructure in a total ownership model - squads build and run it
Our core tech-stack includes Typescript, Node.JS, WebAssembly, PostgresSQL, Terraform (IaC), running in Azure / Kubernetes

Application process

Initial chat with our Talent team (30 min) to get to know each other, discuss the role, and answer any questions you have
1st interview with our Head of Engineering (30 min) - this is an opportunity to meet your potential line manager and for you both to align on role expectations
Technical interview with 2-3 members from our engineering team (90 min). This will include a short task you’ll need to prepare in advance of the interview and is designed to get a sense for how you'd approach the real-world responsibilities of this role
Final stage competency interview (60 min) with a small cross-functional panel of your potential new colleagues. This will focus on how you collaborate, work with stakeholders, and navigate ambiguity and challenges in real-world projects
We recommend you apply as soon as possible as occasionally due to high volumes of applications, we need to close our postings early

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Millions of people spend too much of their life with poor health, with medical professionals only able to treat diseases when symptoms start to present. But what if later-life diseases could be prevented earlier through a better understanding of public health? Our Future Health is a ground-breaking new study, aiming to collect a blood sample and a short questionnaire from 5 million members of the British public.

One of the two major strands of genomic study in the UK (the other is the Newborn Genomes Program, which runs in parallel), Our Future Health is set to become the largest health research program in the world. With funding from the government and the private sector (with particular interest from pharmaceutical investors), it received £354 million in 2025 to power its research. Ultimately, this will cement Britain's reputation as a world leader in genomics, and is expected to lead to major advances in the fight against obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other causes of poor health.

Aside from looking for volunteers for the study, Our Future Health is also seeking engineering talent to help build the infrastructure that will gather, analyse and protect the research data. It will be exciting to see how this charity develops and what discoveries emerge from its data in the future.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

131% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

Trustpilot (1.9)

Company

Company benefits

Generous company pension package with employer contributions of up to 12%
30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
We have a lovely new office in Holborn, Central London and we offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
We offer all employees a life assurance policy.
Training support to help you achieve your potential.
All employees are covered by a group income protection scheme to support them in the event of long term sickness.

Company HQ

Holborn, London, UK

Leadership

Raghib Ali

(CEO & Chief Investigator)

Also a Clinical Epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge, an Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, and a Research Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi.

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