Full Stack Engineer

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Department: Medical Service

Workplace: hybrid

Description

Role:                                    Full Stack Engineer

Location:                             We operate a hybrid schedule, meaning twice monthly in the office based in central London

Salary:                                 £ DOE plus extensive benefits

Contract type:                    Permanent

Employment type:             Full time

Working hours:                  We work on a core hours principle. Our core hours are 09:30 - 16:00; you can work around these to suit you!

Do you want to work for the nation’s largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We’re a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years’ experience, helping over 1.8 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery.  We are Great Place to Work certified as we consider colleague experience a top priority every day, and as a certified B Corp we also meet high standards of social and environmental responsibility. Our people are fundamental to our success and ensuring we achieve our vision to be a world leading, patient-centric digital healthcare provider. We are committed to continuing to develop a positive, open and honest working environment for all.

Our tech teams keep us running 24/7 to make sure all our patients get world class service. To support that, this role may include participation in an out-of-hours rota as required by the business. We operate fair scheduling process as well as additional compensation for all on call periods.

We are looking for a talented and thorough Full Stack Engineer to join the team to continue with revolutionising health care for the benefit of millions of patients in the UK and across the world. You will share the IT technical ownership and responsibilities for our new and existing services.

You’ll work closely with a team comprised of engineers, clinicians, algorithm builders and Quality Analysts, who thrives on delivering robust, tested and high-quality solutions.

Why you’ll love working with us

We believe great people deserve great support. That’s why we offer a benefits package designed to look after your health, finances, career and life outside work.

Financial security & rewards

·        Competitive contributory pension

·        Occupational sick pay

·        Long-service awards and refer-a-friend bonuses

·        Professional registration fees covered (GPhC, NMC, CIPD and more)

·        Cycle to Work and Green Car schemes (subject to eligibility)

Family-friendly

·        Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

·        Flexible hybrid working to help balance work and home life

Health & wellbeing

·        Private healthcare insurance at discounted rates (Aviva)

·        Employee Assistance Programme and in-house mental health support

·        Access to discounted gym memberships via Blue Light Card and benefits schemes

·        Regular health and wellbeing initiatives

Career growth

·        Strong commitment to CPD, training and professional development

Time off & flexibility

·        25 days’ annual leave, increasing with service

·        Buy and sell holiday scheme

Everyday perks & exclusive discounts

·        Blue Light Card and employee discount platform

·        Exclusive discounts at The Springs, Leeds

·        25% off health & beauty purchases

·        25% off Pharmacy2U Private Online Doctor services

Culture & community

·        Regular social events throughout the year

What you’ll be doing?

·        Design, build, test, and deliver new frontend medical services using React and Angular

·        Maintain, enhance, and optimise existing services to reflect clinical innovation, regulatory change, and new medicines entering the market

·        Work within a microservices‑based architecture, following best‑practice software design principles (SOLID, ACID, object‑oriented design)

·        Apply modern development standards to ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and secure

·        Collaborate closely with product owners and stakeholders, balancing business constraints with technical quality to achieve agreed outcomes

·        Contribute to continuous delivery by ensuring each development increment delivers clear business value

·        Participate actively in team discussions, sharing ideas, asking thoughtful questions, and supporting team problem‑solving

·        Engage with cutting‑edge technologies (including clinical algorithms and cloud platforms such as GCP) to improve patient outcomes

·        Support a collaborative team environment, contributing positively to delivery, communication, and shared goals

Who are we looking for?

·        Familiarity in microservice architecture

·        Familiarity with TypeScript, Node, NPM

·        React experience in a full stack implementation context

·        Transform UX designs into react components

·        Experience with cloud environments such as GCP, AWS or Azure

·        Software Development best practice such as SOLID, ACID and OO design principles

·        Experience with Angular (desirable)

·        Previous development/integration experience with Java & GoLang (desirable)

·        Writing integration tests (such as Cypress) and understanding behaviour-driven development (BDD) principles (desirable)

·        Experience integrating with e-commerce platforms such as Shopify (desirable)

·        Working within an Agile environment

·        Understanding of CI/CD methodologies, GitHub Actions, etc (desirable)

·        Understanding of DevOps working with Docker, Kubernetes.

What happens next?

Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.

Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.

All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.

Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.

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