Senior Engineer / Principal Engineer / Lead Engineer (Backend & Cloud)
Location: Remote / UK (required to attend a meet up once per month, usually in London)
Client: HealthTech Startup
Salary: £105,000 - £120,000 + Equity
Benefits: Unlimited holiday, Development budget, Home office budget + more
Are you an experienced Senior Engineer, Principal Engineer, or Lead Engineer looking to make a meaningful impact in the healthcare industry? Our client, an innovative HealthTech startup, is seeking a talented engineer to join their founding team and help build a cutting-edge patient management system that will transform healthcare. This is a hands-on, high-impact role as the first engineering hire to join the three co-founders, offering the opportunity to shape the product and the engineering culture from the ground up.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be the first engineering hire and play a key role in building a new patient management system, taking ownership of product delivery and shaping its technical direction.
- Collaborate closely with the three co-founders and early UAT testers to design, build, and refine the product.
- Execute a 30-60-90 day plan to integrate into the code base, contribute to product design, and help recruit additional team members.
- Own 6-week delivery cycles, ensuring continuous progress and refinement of the system.
- Mentor junior engineers as the team grows, fostering a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture.
- Influence the architecture and technical strategy of the product while ensuring its scalability and reliability.
Essential Skills:
- Proven experience as a Senior Engineer, Principal Engineer, or Lead Engineer.
- Strong expertise in backend languages and frameworks: Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, .NET, C#, Go.
- Experience working with relational databases and building cloud-based software solutions.
- Hands-on experience with front-end technologies like React, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
- Minimum of 5 years of software engineering experience.
Desirable Skills:
- Proficiency in Kotlin as the primary language.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
- Familiarity with Next.js, Kafka, and CI/CD best practices.
- Knowledge of observability tools and systems.
- Experience working in a startup environment.
- Prior experience in HealthTech or building patient-centric solutions is a plus.
Project Goals:
- Fully hands-on role with ownership of the code base and product delivery.
- Collaborate with the co-founders, presenting early-stage prototypes and receiving direct input on product development.
- Shape the development of a new patient management system, helping to revolutionise healthcare delivery.
- After 6 months, you'll have successfully delivered the product, contributed to team growth, and influenced the overall engineering culture. You will have the opportunity to stay as an Individual Contributor (IC), Principal Engineer, Architect, or transition into a leadership role.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the core team of a dynamic, mission-driven HealthTech startup that's working to transform healthcare through technology. As the first engineering hire, your contributions will directly impact the future of the company and the healthcare industry. If you're looking to make a significant impact and lead the way in building innovative solutions, we'd love to hear from you!