Senior Software Engineer

Job description

Senior Software Engineer (Backend) – London, Hybrid (2 days/week) – £80,000-£90,000 plus Benefits – High Growth Startup

We’re partnering with a fast-growing healthtech company on a mission to transform primary care. Their platform supports hundreds of practices and millions of patients across Europe, helping teams spot risk earlier, act faster, and deliver care efficiently.

They’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who enjoys taking ownership of complex problems while helping guide a small team of engineers. This role is primarily hands-on, building and scaling backend systems, while also supporting the growth and delivery of a squad of engineers working on high-impact healthcare technology.

A a Senior Software Engineer you will

Build and scale backend systems: Design, develop, and maintain reliable services powering a platform used by healthcare providers across Europe.

Lead a small engineering squad: Work closely with a team of four engineers, providing technical guidance and helping drive delivery while remaining hands-on in the code.

Shape technical direction: Contribute to architectural decisions, ensuring systems are scalable, secure, and able to support growth across multiple countries.

Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to solve meaningful problems and deliver impactful solutions.

Improve engineering practices: Help introduce and maintain best practices across testing, deployment, and observability.

Own delivery: Ensure work moves forward at pace while maintaining high standards for reliability and performance.

What You Bring ✅

Strong backend engineering experience, ideally within high-growth startups or scale-ups.

Expertise in Python, with some experience or exposure to Node.js.

Experience working with cloud environments (AWS preferred), distributed systems, and infrastructure as code.

A product mindset – you care about solving meaningful problems, not just writing code.

Experience mentoring or guiding other engineers, even if you haven’t formally managed people.

Comfortable balancing speed with quality in a fast-moving environment.

Healthtech experience is a strong plus, but not essential.

What They Offer ✨

£180-90k salary + equity package

Hybrid working: London office 2 days/week

Flexibility and independence to grow as the company does

Private pension, generous leave policies, and a supportive environment

Opportunity to build impactful technology used by millions of patients across Europe

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

United Kingdom

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

16-03-2026

Profession type

Retail

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English