Senior full stack engineer

📍 Remote | Full-Time


👋 About Us

Medify is a mission-driven EdTech company widening access to medicine and healthcare careers. Our platform supports thousands of learners preparing for high-stakes admissions exams, and our engineering team plays a critical role in delivering reliable, scalable, and high-quality learning experiences.


Medify Engineering is a team of ten engineers across two teams, and everyone is hands on, including engineering management and the CTO, which helps us keep our processes practical and engineer-friendly. We work to minimise meetings: engineers typically have a 15-minute daily standup for in-progress updates and quick alignment with Product, plus (per two-week sprint) a one-hour refinement with Product, a one-hour planning session with engineering, and a 30-minute company-wide demo. Operational work like deployments, bug triage, and on-call is handled on a rotation, with each person covering one week roughly every two months.


🎯 The Role

As a Senior Full Stack Engineer at Medify, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our platform and technical direction. Working closely with the CTO and fellow engineers, you’ll be involved across the full software development lifecycle - from ideation and design through to development, testing, and deployment.

This is a fully remote, home-based role, suited to someone who enjoys ownership, collaboration and solving complex problems in a fast-moving environment.

Tech stack:

Ruby on Rails (backend), frontend transitioning from Ember to React, Postgres database, hosted on AWS.


🧩 Key Responsibilities

* Design and develop high-quality, scalable, and efficient software solutions using modern best practices
* Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to understand requirements and provide technical input
* Contribute to architectural decisions and overall system design
* Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain high code quality
* Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve software issues efficiently
* Develop and maintain automated tests to ensure performance and reliability
* Mentor junior engineers and share technical knowledge and best practices
* Participate in agile planning, backlog management, and delivery updates
* Stay up to date with emerging technologies and software development best practices
* Support recruitment by contributing to interviews and selection decisions


🧠 Core Competencies

* Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
* Strong communication and collaboration skills
* Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment
* Leadership and mentoring capability
* High attention to detail and quality


🎓 Qualifications

* BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is desirable but not required


🛠️ Experience & Knowledge

* 5+ years’ experience in software development
* Extensive experience with modern programming languages and frameworks
* (Ruby on Rails and React highly desirable)
* Proven track record of building scalable, efficient software systems
* Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies
* Experience working with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Engineering)
* Experience recruiting and mentoring junior engineers is a plus


💡 Skills

* Proficiency in modern programming languages and frameworks
* Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
* Experience with databases, APIs, and networking
* Knowledge of software testing methodologies and tools
* Familiarity with DevOps practices and tooling
* Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new technologies
* Clear, confident written and verbal communication


✅ What We Offer

* Competitive salary: £70,000–£85,000 depending on experience
* Annual leave: 25 days, rising to 28 days over three years
* Fully remote, flexible working
* Pension scheme
* Professional development sponsorship and matched charity funding
* Private health and dental care after one year of employment