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This is a hybrid role for our office in London (UK) or Sofia (BG)\n\nWho you are\nYou’re a software engineer with at least 5 years commercial experience\n\nYou have a genuine enthusiasm for software engineering and take no greater pleasure than finding the right solution to the problem at hand and making practical tradeoffs\n\nYou are excited about contributing to a product that can drive positive change to the lives of millions of people around the world\n\nYou have strong ownership mindset - “you build it, you run it”\n\nYou’re eager to continuously learn, grow and step out of your comfort zone\n\nThe idea of working in a successful, high growth startup in a fast paced role excites you\n\nWhat you will do\n\nDevelop scalable & reliable systems\nDevelop core functionality for our own customer facing and internal products, systems and data platforms, and e-commerce capabilities using modern frameworks\n\nDevelop extensible platforms and architectures that make it possible to quickly and efficiently launch new products and lines of business\n\nDevelop and maintain integrations with third party systems\n\nDevelop the APIs powering the web & mobile platforms for our product portfolio\n\nDrive impact in a team environment\nYou’ll work with other software engineers, designers, QAs, product managers, business stakeholders and domain experts\n\nYou’ll drive impact and own your work end2end - from scoping & planning, architectural design decisions, implementation and testing, to production deployment and operations.\n\nRequirements\nAt least 5 years of commercial experience as a software engineer or equivalent\n\nFamiliarity with scalable cloud architectures, design patterns and best practices\n\nPractical experience with CI/CD and IaC (Infrastructure-as-code)\n\nReadiness to quickly learn PHP (our main BE language for the moment)\n\nExperience with databases & data management practices - relational databases & search engines\n\nExperience with TDD and testable code - unit / integration / performance testing\n\nGreat verbal and written communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to non-engineering teammates\n\nAbility to zoom in and out - be comfortable with getting into the relevant low-level details while also making the optimal tradeoffs for achieving the “big picture” goals\n\nThis is a hybrid role and you need to be based in London (UK) or Sofia (BG) so you can be in the office 3 days per week\n\nExperience you may have\nA degree in CS or equivalent is a plus\n\nPractical experience with building scalable & highly reliable cloud systems that support product used by millions of users around the world 24/7\n\nFamiliarity with modern JS frameworks\n\nExperience working in cross functional teams\n\nAn eye for user behaviour and design and attention to detail\n\nOur recruitment process\nTeam fit interview: you'll meet with product & tech leaders\n\nCase study: a take home tech task to assess your software engineering skills\n\nTech interview: you'll meet with tech team and discuss your case study solution\n\n2 Interviews with members of the executive team\n\nOffer\n\nABOUT MANUAL\nMANUAL delivers healthcare at scale thanks to its comprehensive digital clinic. Our ambition is to extend the healthy years of lives for a large part of the population in the UK, Brazil, and beyond focusing on life-impeding conditions like hormonal imbalance, obesity and hair loss.\nMANUAL has steadily grown since inception and is now serving 500k+ patients, across 2 geographies. We are centralising the diagnosis, custom medications, doctor specialist services, behavioural change and fully vertically integrated management of the treatment journey, under one roof and consumer brand.\nWe’re destigmatising how people approach their health by offering easy access to diagnostics, a holistic range of treatments, ongoing care and medical advice, as well as a community to help proactively improve one’s health and wellbeing. A place that didn't exist until now.\nInnovating on healthcare delivery, MANUAL provides patients with engaging treatment plans generating superior clinical outcomes: 90%+ of patients see an improvement in their Quality of Life (QoL) within 6 months. Our ambition is to extend the healthy years of lifespan for a big part of the population in the UK, Brazil and beyond,\nAfter a $30 million Series A round, we are on a mission to build one of the most impactful teams in the healthcare space. We are looking for incredibly ambitious, entrepreneurial, driven and fun people to join us as we accelerate our growth and expansion. This is an exciting time to join the UK’s fastest-growing healthtech and help supercharge our mission.\nWebsites:\nhttps://www.manual.co/\nhttps://www.joinvoy.com/\nEQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY\nMenwell Limited, trading as MANUAL, is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender and gender reassignment, age, disability, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership. We base all our employment decisions on merit, job requirements and business needs. 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