Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)
Location: Stratford based (with high flexibility, office based 1-2 days per week or work remotely)
Salary: £50,000 to £60,000 per annum dependent on experience
Closing date: 23:55 on the 21st August (applications will be shortlisted)
We’re happy to discuss flexible and remote working options.
What will I be doing?
* Delivering specific packages of development for software applications within our Science & Information (SIC) and Corporate Operations (COO) product teams, and running these applications in production.
* Applying Lean and Agile principles to develop high-quality code that has minimal bugs, adheres to CRUK standards, and is highly supportable.
* Working either independently or in collaboration with Solution Architects to design new solutions in line with the Software Engineering strategy.
* Working autonomously to deliver backlog items for an existing product.
* Work in collaboration with Product Managers, Service Designers, UX Designers, Business Analysts etc to identify user needs, discuss capabilities and iteratively design solutions.
* Supporting the development of more junior software engineers through mentoring.
What we’re looking for
Essential
* Experienced Software Engineer with experience in TypeScript/JavaScript, AWS, PHP.
* Ability to write clean, readable, and properly tested code based on tried and tested design patterns.
* Ability and willingness to learn new languages, frameworks and tools.
* Experience building modern user interfaces and single page applications using the React/NextJS ecosystem.
* Experience developing APIs and other back-end components using Node.js and PHP.
* Experience in acting as a technical lead in a team, starting the development of new features from scratch, defining the overall solution, and reviewing more junior engineers’ work.
Desirable
* Some experience with cloud-native architecture and AWS services.
* Experience with various SQL and NoSQL databases, as well as queues such as SQS.
* Experience in running critical services in production and designing highly-available, scalable and secure solutions.
What will I gain?
Our benefits package includes:
* Flexible working – office-based 1 or 2 days a week on average
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 1 CRUK day (option to buy up to 5 days per annum)
* Pension (employer contributions up to 10%)
* Life insurance
* Brilliant learning and development opportunities
* Discounts – Westfield Shopping Centre, travel, technology, gym memberships, and much more
Legal & Diversity statements
We’re committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and operate an anonymised shortlisting process.
Our vision is a digital world accessible to all, and we value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.
Unfortunately we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18 to protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
If you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, please contact us on recruitment@cancer.org.uk.
Cancer Research UK offers you excellent prospects to expand your career and to make a real difference to the lives of others.
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