Junior Frontend Software Engineer

Purpose of the post

HDR UK requires the services of a Junior Frontend Software Engineer to help develop the next phase of our technical solutions including the Health Data Research Gateway (https://healthdatagateway.org/), Safe People Registry (https://safepeopleregistry.org/), Cohort Discovery Platform (https://healthdatagateway.org/en/about/cohort-discovery), and future technology services. This includes how our services, standards and associated open APIs work with the wider Technology Ecosystem across a range of academic, clinical, and industry groups.

This role is ideal for a enthusiastic individual towards the start of their software development career who is eager to learn and grow in a supportive environment. The successful candidate will receive hands-on mentoring and guidance while working as part of a highly skilled enterprise development team, developing strong front-end skills and best practices. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful, user-focused applications that have a direct impact on supporting innovative health data research in the UK.

The successful candidate will be part of a multidisciplinary team that develops an over-arching interoperable infrastructure to ensure that UK health data assets are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reuseable (FAIR) and accessible for research, innovation and clinical trials. The chosen applicant will be expected to work within an Agile software development team, providing development of infrastructure and services to deliver scientific insights, that improve health and healthcare of the UK and worldwide populations.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide individual contributions as a front end hands-on engineer, work within the Technology Ecosystem development team, carry out code review & quality checks and document as required.

Main responsibilities

• Software Development:
  • Frontend software development of client interfaces
  • Working to an Agile methodology
  • Documenting code, conducting code reviews for the team and maintaining high quality, performant and testable code
  • Help champion entire feature additions, from breakdown to user stories and implementations
• Technical expertise
  • Troubleshooting and supporting development issues as they arise, working with the team and escalating to Technical Programme Director as necessary

Continuous improvement

HDR UK is dedicated to continuous improvement through our quality management system and has achieved ISO 9001 accreditation. The post-holder will review, analyse, identify and implement opportunities for quality improvement within their role and as part of the wider team through our strategy development and internal audit processes.

Key contacts / relationships

The successful candidate will enjoy working collaboratively across the Technology Team, including; Technical Programme Director, Product Owner, Chief Solution Architect, Scrum Master, Business Analysts and the wider Technology Ecosystem community.

Experience

Essential:

• 2 years software development experience. This can be from academia and/or personal projects
  • Ideally within Web Application frameworks/languages, such as React, NextJS and Vue.
• Demonstrable experience using Git (preferably GitHub) or other source control
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Willingness to learn and develop
• Ability to research, adapt to and adopt new technologies and approaches

Please note, as we are a UK-based organisation, applicants must be living in, and eligible to work in, the UK. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

We politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.