Lead Software Developer - Full Stack | £72,000 + £3K on call | Remote
Overview:
An innovative and fast-growing healthcare technology organisation is seeking a Lead Software Developer to drive the evolution of its mission-critical clinical software platforms. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in enhancing complex clinical systems, contributing to architectural improvements, and optimising secure, cloud-based platforms that support primary care services nationwide.
You will adopt modern technologies and best practices to deliver scalable, high-performing features, while mentoring a team and helping drive innovation across the platform.
Role and Responsibilities:
Lead the design, development, and optimisation of high-performance, cloud-based software solutions
Partner with Technical Design Authority to shape system architecture, APIs, and data models
Ensure secure, scalable integration with databases, third-party APIs, and messaging services
Drive performance optimisation, reliability, and robust data integrity standards
Mentor developers, promote Agile best practice, and elevate engineering standards
Participate in on-call rota and act as escalation point for critical incidentsSkills and Experience:
5+ years’ software development experience with 2+ years in a senior or leadership role
Solid AWS experience (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) and cloud-native architecture
Proficient in SQL (MSSQL & PostgreSQL) and API integrations
Experience with CI/CD, Git, Jira, and modern DevOps practices
Strong understanding of secure coding principles (OWASP) and performance optimisation
Desirable: OAuth/OpenID, CloudFormation, React or Vue.js, healthcare interoperability standards (HL7, SNOMED, DM&D)Package:
£72,000 + £3K on call
Great benefits package
Fully remoteLead Software Developer - Full Stack | £72,000 + £3K on call | Remote