Logjec HR/Payroll Consultancy & Recruitment
Senior Backend Software Engineer
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Senior Backend Software Engineer
£80,000 to £90,000 + equity/options
Fully remote (UK/EU)
Unlimited holiday
Private health insurance
This growing start-up has just won a major contract with the NHS. For a business of their size, that's a big moment, and it means real growth, new work, and plenty to build over the next few years. They're now looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join the team and help build the technology powering their platform.
It's a brilliant opportunity for a senior engineer who enjoys ownership, autonomy, and solving complex problems, and who wants to join at a genuinely exciting point.
What they do
Their modular, workflow-based platform connects labs, healthcare systems, APIs, and bioinformatics pipelines, turning complex biological data into something people and healthcare providers can actually use. You'll be working on:
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- Designing and building scalable backend systems and APIs
- Developing production-grade systems in Node.js and TypeScript
- Building robust APIs and distributed systems
- Taking ownership of projects from initial design through to production
- Improving security, testing, and overall platform reliability
- Using AI-assisted development tools to speed up delivery
- Working closely with engineering, product, design, and medical teams
I'd like to speak to engineers with:
- Strong commercial Node.js and TypeScript experience
- Experience building and scaling production backend systems
- Strong API and distributed systems knowledge
- Experience with relational databases
- A product mindset, and the ability to take ownership and thrive in a fast-moving environment
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AWS, Infrastructure as Code, event-driven architecture, and NoSQL experience would be highly beneficial. Exposure to healthcare standards like HL7 or FHIR, or regulated software, would be a real bonus.
What's on offer:
- Unlimited holiday
- Equity/options
- Private health insurance
- Pension
- Parental leave
- Fully remote working, with an office in London Paddington
If this role is of interest, apply here or drop me a message for a confidential chat. I'll share the client's name once we've spoken.
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