Senior Backend Engineer

We are looking for a fully remote Backend Engineer to contribute to our mission to improve our patients' health and their lives, with the development of our web applications.

Who you are

• You’re a software engineer with at least 5 years commercial experience

• You have a genuine enthusiasm for software engineering and take no greater pleasure than finding the right solution to the problem at hand and making practical tradeoffs

• You are excited about contributing to a product that can drive positive change to the lives of millions of people around the world

• You have strong ownership mindset - “you build it, you run it”

• You’re eager to continuously learn, grow and step out of your comfort zone

• The idea of working in a successful, high growth startup in a fast paced role excites you

What you will do

Develop scalable & reliable systems

• Develop core functionality for our own customer facing and internal products, systems and data platforms, and e-commerce capabilities using modern frameworks

• Develop extensible platforms and architectures that make it possible to quickly and efficiently launch new products and lines of business

• Develop and maintain integrations with third party systems

• Develop the APIs powering the web & mobile platforms for our product portfolio

Drive impact in a team environment

• You’ll work with other software engineers, designers, QAs, product managers, business stakeholders and domain experts

• You’ll drive impact and own your work end2end - from scoping & planning, architectural design decisions, implementation and testing, to production deployment and operations.

• At least 5 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or equivalent

• Familiarity with scalable cloud architectures, design patterns and best practices

• Practical experience with CI/CD and IaC (Infrastructure-as-code)

• Readiness to quickly learn PHP (our main BE language for the moment)

• Experience with databases & data management practices - relational databases & search engines

• Experience with TDD and testable code - unit / integration / performance testing

• Great verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-engineering teammates

• Ability to zoom in and out - be comfortable with getting into the relevant low-level details while also making the optimal tradeoffs for achieving the “big picture” goals.

Benefits

• Generous stock option plan
• Private medical insurance UK
• £400 annual learning & development budget with Learnerbly UK & EMEA
• Gym & wellness benefit with Wellhub UK
• Remote opportunity / Hybrid role based in Bermondsey 3 days a week with breakfast and lunch once a week
• Cycle to work scheme UK
• Electric car scheme UK
• 25 days holidays and generous parental leave & flexible working policies
• Annual company retreat UK & EMEA
• Join in the early stages of one of the most promising start-ups in the health & wellness space

• Team fit interview: you'll meet with product and tech leaders
• Case study: a take home tech task to assess your software engineering skills
• Tech interview: you'll meet with our tech team
• Final interview
• Offer

ABOUT MANUAL

MANUAL delivers healthcare at scale thanks to its comprehensive digital clinic. Our ambition is to extend the healthy years of lives for a large part of the population in the UK, Brazil, and beyond focusing on life-impeding conditions like hormonal imbalance, obesity and hair loss.

MANUAL has steadily grown since inception and is now serving 500k+ patients, across 2 geographies. We are centralising the diagnosis, custom medications, doctor specialist services, behavioural change and fully vertically integrated management of the treatment journey, under one roof and consumer brand.

We’re destigmatising how people approach their health by offering easy access to diagnostics, a holistic range of treatments, ongoing care and medical advice, as well as a community to help proactively improve one’s health and wellbeing. A place that didn't exist until now.

Innovating on healthcare delivery, MANUAL provides patients with engaging treatment plans generating superior clinical outcomes: 90%+ of patients see an improvement in their Quality of Life (QoL) within 6 months. Our ambition is to extend the healthy years of lifespan for a big part of the population in the UK, Brazil and beyond,

After a $30 million Series A round, we are on a mission to build one of the most impactful teams in the healthcare space. We are looking for incredibly ambitious, entrepreneurial, driven and fun people to join us as we accelerate our growth and expansion. This is an exciting time to join the UK’s fastest-growing healthtech and help supercharge our mission.

Websites:

https://www.manual.co/

https://www.joinvoy.com/

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Menwell Limited, trading as MANUAL, is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender and gender reassignment, age, disability, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs. This applies to all decisions related to hiring, training, remuneration, promotion and discipline.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential to our success. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, valued and respected, regardless of their background, identity or beliefs. We believe that Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) is essential to our ability to offer the best possible health outcomes to our patients and customers.