Founding Software Engineer
Salary: Up to £80,000 + Benefits
Location: UK, Fully Remote
A mission-driven start-up, transforming the future of long-term private healthcare, are looking for a Founding Backend Engineer to specialise on their Backend using Python. They are building a smart, more efficient way for GP practices to manage care, scheduling and workflows - replacing outdated spreadsheets with a powerful, data-rich SaaS platform.
As the Founding Backend Engineer, you will work directly with the founding team and CTO to play a pivotal role in enhancing and developing their current SaaS-based platform, taking ownership of Back-end technologies and demonstrating technical versatility. You will make a clear impact on current and future development within the platform, with multiple greenfield features and tools already on the roadmap.
As a Founding Backend Engineer, you will have the following:
* 5+ years of Python experience, building API-powered solutions
* Good understanding of microservice architecture
* Experience with common Python frameworks, including Django
* Experience using Auth0 for authentication
* Experience with client-server architecture using REST and GraphQL protocols
* Hands-on experience building and maintaining scalable RESTful APIs using FastAPI, with a strong focus on performance, asynchronous programming, and clean architecture
* Good knowledge of relational and non-relational databases (DynamoDB, PostgreSQL)
* Experience building, testing, and deploying applications on AWS, with infrastructure managed via Terraform
What's on offer:
* Salary: Up to £80,000 + Benefits
* Remote working
* Excellent resource for future growth, as well as a great opportunity for career progression
* Opportunity to build, enhance and develop products, utilising tech for good
This is an exciting opportunity for a Backend Engineer to work on an impactful platform in a forward-thinking environment. If you are passionate about Back-end development and want to be part of building something that leverages technology for good.
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