Full-Stack Software Developer
Full-stack engineer at Bluecrest Wellness building digital health-assessment products serving thousands of customers, working toward delivering health insights to a million people a year. Day to day spans modern front-end (Next.js, React, Angular) and PHP back-end APIs (Laravel, Symfony), plus CI/CD, containers/AWS, and automated testing in an Agile team.
- Compensation
- £58K / yr
- Location
- Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Fullstack
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Solid commercial experience as a full stack developer
- Good knowledge of Object Oriented coding and SOLID principles
- Recent use of PHP frameworks such as Laravel or Symfony
- Strong understanding of HTML5, CSS3, accessibility and WCAG standards
- Extensive knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL
- Proven experience building and maintaining performant APIs integrated with frontend applications
- Strong understanding of version control (Git)
- Prior working experience in Agile methodologies
- Experience with automated testing (e.g. Cypress, Playwright) and observability (e.g. Sentry/New Relic)
- Comfortable working with CI/CD pipelines
- Understanding of secure coding practices across the stack (e.g. OWASP, input validation, authentication)
- Knowledge of AI CLI tooling, e.g. Claude Code or Kiro
- Familiarity with TDD mindset and progressive rollout using feature flags (e.g. LaunchDarkly)
- Experience with TypeScript 5
- Strong understanding of Tailwind CSS
- Strong understanding of monorepos
- Experience with cloud and containerisation technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka and AWS
- Experience with Ionic Capacitor
- Understanding of software architecture and design patterns
- Interest in keeping up with the latest tech stacks
- Team player with good communication skills and a can-do attitude
- Satisfactory criminal record check required as part of onboarding
Full description
Up to £58,000 per year plus various company benefits
We're on an ambitious journey to deliver health insights to one million people a year by 2028, and we're looking for a talented Full Stack Engineer to help us get there. As our digital products continue to grow, you'll play a key role in building and improving the technology that supports thousands of customers every day.
Working across the full stack, you'll develop modern front-end applications using Next.js, React and Angular, alongside scalable back-end services and APIs built with PHP, Laravel and Symfony. You'll join a collaborative Agile team of software engineers and testers, contributing to technical decisions, solving complex problems and delivering high-quality solutions with real impact.
This is an exciting opportunity for a curious and driven engineer who enjoys working with modern technologies, sharing ideas and shaping products that make a genuine difference. In return, you'll have the chance to influence the direction of our platforms while helping to deliver a reliable, seamless customer experience at scale.
- Balance & Support: We help you find balance with annual leave that grows with your service, a supportive Company Sick Pay Scheme, and enhanced family leave to give you time when it matters most.
- Learning & Development: We invest in your growth with Apprenticeship Schemes, clear career pathways, our Bluecrest Academy for Aspiring Managers, and a dedicated Leadership Development Programme - all supported by a 24/7 Learning Library accessible to everyone.
- Financial & Lifestyle: We support your financial wellbeing and lifestyle with a salaryexchange pension, an Employee Charity Sponsorship Scheme, retail and leisure discounts, and a homeoffice allowance. You'll also get Sophos @Home protection and access to our Employee Assistance Programme for everyday support.
- Health & Wellbeing: We prioritise your health and wellbeing with discounted gym membership, our Cycle to Work scheme, four free health assessments each year for you, your family or friends, plus 50% off additional health tests. You'll also have the reassurance of life insurance as part of your package.
*After qualifying period & subject to terms and conditions and/or eligibility.
What your day-to-day will look like
- Adhere to and demonstrate clear understanding of key security principles associated with building modern web-based applications.
- Write clean, modular, maintainable code and adhere to coding standards, secure delivery policies and best practices.
- Work with applicable frameworks and existing codebases to resolve issues and complete code reviews.