Software Engineer

📍 Manchester (Hybrid – 3 days on-site)

💰 £65,000 – £75,000 + benefits

📄 Permanent

⚠️ Applicants must have the right to work in the UK

About the Company

We’re working with a fast-growing, purpose-led technology business that develops innovative digital platforms within the health and wellbeing sector. Their products are used at scale and are designed to improve everyday lives through accessible, user-centric technology.

With a strong engineering culture and emphasis on collaboration, the company offers an environment where people are encouraged to innovate, continuously improve, and contribute to meaningful outcomes. Employee wellbeing and development are key pillars of their culture.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Software Engineer to join a high-performing product engineering team.

This role is ideally suited to someone with a strong JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem background, who enjoys working across the full stack and building modern, scalable applications in the cloud.

You’ll play a key role in designing and delivering features across web and mobile platforms, working closely with cross-functional teams in a highly collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable applications using modern technologies
• Work across the full software development lifecycle (front-end, back-end, and cloud)
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality features
• Optimise performance and improve user experience
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues
• Contribute to engineering best practices and continuous improvement
• Mentor and support other team members
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies, including AI

Key Skills & Experience (Essential)

• Strong commercial experience with TypeScript and Node.js
• Solid front-end development experience using React.js
• Proven experience building and maintaining scalable, production-grade systems
• Strong experience working with AWS cloud services
• Experience building and consuming APIs (REST or GraphQL)
• Knowledge of relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• Experience with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Strong communication skills and Agile delivery experience

Desirable Experience

• Experience with event-driven or microservices architectures
• Exposure to AI/LLM-based systems (e.g. chatbots, RAG pipelines)
• Previous mentoring or leadership experience

What’s On Offer

• Competitive salary (£65,000 – £75,000)
• Hybrid working (3 days per week in Manchester)
• Supportive, collaborative engineering culture
• Strong focus on wellbeing and professional development
• Opportunity to work on impactful, purpose-driven products