Lead Software Developer - Full Stack

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 incidents

Skills 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 remote

Lead Software Developer - Full Stack | £72,000 + £3K on call | Remote