Overview

We’re looking for a full-stack Senior Engineer to join our Recontact team. Recontact studies allow researchers to invite participants into further studies, making them a core part of Our Future Health's mission to accelerate health research. This is a chance to work in a small, growing team where you’ll contribute both to early design and hands-on delivery. You’ll help shape and build the systems that enable Recontact, making pragmatic decisions about what to develop, when to reuse, and how to integrate with existing platforms. The work will involve developing cohort selection capabilities, creating participant-facing flows for consent and engagement, and designing secure, auditable systems that manage sensitive health data with trust and transparency. It will also include implementing mechanisms for invitations and communications at scale, as well as supporting experimentation to understand what drives participant engagement. The role combines practical engineering with opportunities to influence how Recontact evolves, ensuring we deliver value quickly while laying the foundations for scalable solutions in the future.

Our Future Health will be the UK's largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to detect, prevent and treat diseases. We are a charity, supported by the UK Government in partnership with charities and industry. We work closely with the NHS and with public authorities across all nations and regions of the UK. Our plan is to bring together 5 million volunteers from right across the UK who will be asked to contribute information to help build one of the most detailed pictures we have ever had of people\'s health. Researchers will be able to use this information to make new discoveries about human health and diseases. So future generations can live in good health for longer.

Responsibilities

• Build cloud-hosted backend services using open source technologies in a start-up or scale-up environment (preferably Python, or equivalent experience).

• Design and implement backend systems for data movement, processing, storage, and data access for non-technical users.

• Develop frontend capabilities using modern technologies (e.g., TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js) or equivalent frameworks.

• Work with cloud providers (Azure preferred, AWS or GCP also acceptable) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred); containerisation with Kubernetes and Docker.

• Apply good data modelling and design patterns; deep knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and familiarity with other data stores (blob, document, graph).

• Practice modern, agile development methods (code review, TDD, CI/CD, pairing) using Git/GitHub; operate and monitor software components in production (observability, logging, metrics, incident management).

• Work with sensitive personal data with awareness of security and compliance standards.

Qualifications & Competencies

• Experience in cross-functional teams with engineers, product, UX, and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences and stakeholders.

• Experience in small, growing organisations with ambiguity; flexibility is valued.

• Strong software quality mindset; ability to mentor and guide less experienced engineers; facilitate technical discussions and collaborative decision making.

• Experience in supporting a culture of collaboration and rapid delivery.

Benefits

• Competitive salary starting from £85,000
• Generous Pension Scheme - employer contributions up to 12%
• 30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Career Growth & Development - £500 per year to spend on Learnerbly, plus regular appraisals
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Home & Tech Savings - up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products
• £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus
• Wellbeing Support - Mental Health First Aiders, 24/7 online GP, Employee Assistance Programme
• A Great Place to Work - flexible and remote working arrangements

Join us - let\'s prevent disease together.

We advise not delaying your application, as this advert may close early if a high number of applications are received.

At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process. If you do require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at talent@ourfuturehealth.org.uk

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• IT Services and IT Consulting

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