Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) We’re happy to discuss flexible and remote working options. Location: Stratford based (with high flexibility, office based 1-2 days per week or work remotely) Salary: £50,000 to £60,000 per annum dependent on experience Closing date: 23:55 on the 21st August- p lease do not delay applying as we will be shortlisting on application. Application process : In our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, we operate an anonymized shortlisting process. Please ensure that you have completed the work history section of the application form and answered all application questions. CVs are required for all applications; however, they will not be reviewed until interview stage. Are you a Software Engineer looking for exposure to a diverse range of products within an organization that has an ambitious engineering strategy? It’s an exciting time to join the Technology team at Cancer Research UK (CRUK), our teams are now aligned to product portfolios ensuring we can deliver the best digital products and solutions to enable our pioneering work on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer. We’re searching for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer who can take our digital products to the next level by partnering with our product teams to develop our software packages, and high-quality code; ensure best practice, and deliver technical solutions. In this role, you will be looking after two product portfolios. If you have experience with TypeScript/JavaScript, AWS, and PHP and wish to be part of our journey in curing all cancers, please apply here. Want to know more? Check out our candidate pack. What will I be doing? Delivering specific packages of development for software applications within our Science & Information (SIC) and Corporate Operations (COO) product teams, and running these applications in production. Applying Lean and Agile principles to develop high-quality code that has minimal bugs, adheres to CRUK standards, and is highly supportable Working either independently or in collaboration with Solution Architects to design new solutions in line with the Software Engineering strategy. Working autonomously to deliver backlog items for an existing product. Work in collaboration with Product Managers, Service Designers, UX Designers, Business Analysts etc to identify user needs, discuss capabilities and iteratively design solutions Supporting the development of more junior software engineers through mentoring What we’re looking for Essential Experienced Software Engineer with experience in TypeScript/JavaScript, AWS, PHP Ability to write clean, readable, and properly tested code based on tried and tested design patterns. Ability and willingness to learn new languages, frameworks and tools. Experience building modern user interfaces and single page applications using the React/NextJS ecosystem. Experience developing APIs and other back-end components using Node.js and PHP Experience in acting as a technical lead in a team, starting the development of new features from scratch, defining the overall solution, and reviewing more junior engineers’ work Desirable Some experience with cloud-native architecture and AWS services, various SQL and noSQL databases, as well as queues such as SQS Some experience in running critical services in production and designing highly-available, scalable and secure solutions What will I gain? Without you, we wouldn’t be able to achieve our aim of seeing 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034. So, we want to reward you in as many ways as possible. Our benefits package includes: Flexible working - office-based 1 or 2 days a week on average 25 days holiday bank holidays 1 CRUK day (option to buy up to 5 days per annum). Stratford Olympic Park location (Less than 10-minute walk to National Rail, Jubilee, Central, and Elizabeth lines; Westfield Shopping Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Gym…) Pension (employer contributions up to 10%). Life insurance. Brilliant learning and development opportunities. Discounts – Westfield Shopping Centre, travel, technology, gym memberships, and much more… If you’re as ambitious as we are, join our collective force and enjoy an excellent career, as we save and extend lives then apply here Cancer Research UK’s Technology team is proud to be part of the Tech Talent Charter (TTC) for our efforts in driving equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. Our vision is a digital world accessible to all, and we have always sought to draw from a diverse pool of talent and maintain an inclusive working environment. At CRUK we value diversity and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to beat cancer sooner. Unfortunately we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks. Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview (such as, but not limited to: information in a different format, more time for an assessment, a virtual/F2F interview) please contact us on recruitmentcancer.org.uk .