We're looking for an exceptional Senior Full Stack Developer / Technical Lead capable of building the entire platform from scratch and taking ownership of architecture, implementation, deployment, and scaling.
This is not a maintenance role. We're looking for someone who enjoys creating products from zero and making key technical decisions.
The Opportunity
You will architect, build, deploy and maintain the complete Urgencee platform.
You'll work directly with the founder to transform detailed specifications into a secure, scalable production system.
You'll have significant autonomy and influence over technical decisions while adhering to the agreed technology stack.
Core Responsibilities
Design and build a production-ready healthcare platform from scratch.
Develop a fast, responsive web application inspired by the simplicity and speed of Uber's booking experience.
Implement real-time appointment search and booking.
Build a secure Family Health Passport.
Develop provider, patient and administrator dashboards.
Integrate authentication providers.
Implement AI-powered search and chatbot functionality.
Build secure APIs.
Create scalable cloud infrastructure.
Deploy automated CI/CD pipelines.
Monitor performance and security.
Optimise costs while maintaining enterprise-grade reliability.
Essential Technical SkillsFrontend
Expert knowledge of:
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- HTML5
- CSS3
- JavaScript (ES2023+)
Experience building:
- Progressive Web Apps (PWA)
- Mobile-first responsive interfaces
- Apple-style UI
- Uber-inspired user experiences
- Real-time interfaces
- Interactive maps
Strong understanding of:
- Accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA)
- SEO
- Performance optimisation
- Core Web Vitals
- Server Components
- Client Components
Backend
Expert in:
- Node.js
- NestJS
- Express (desirable)
- REST API design
- GraphQL (nice to have)
- WebSockets
- Serverless architecture
Must understand:
- Clean Architecture
- Domain Driven Design
- SOLID principles
- CQRS (preferred)
- Event-driven systems
Database
Strong PostgreSQL experience.
Able to design:
- Large relational schemas
- Optimised indexes
- Partitioning strategies
- Transactions
- Stored procedures where appropriate
- High-performance queries
Experience with:
- Firestore
- Redis (desirable)
Google Cloud Platform (Essential)
The successful candidate should have hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating applications using:
- Google Cloud Run for frontend and backend services
- Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) as the primary relational database
- Firestore for real-time appointment availability, chat, and live notifications
- Firebase Authentication with Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, email/password, and magic links
- Cloud Pub/Sub to handle booking events, notifications, and asynchronous processing
- Cloud Tasks for reminders, retries, and scheduled jobs
- Cloud Storage for clinic logos, photos, and documents
- Vertex AI (Gemini) for the Urgencee chatbot and AI-powered search assistance
- Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging for observability and alerting
- Secret Manager for API keys and credentials
- Cloud Build and Cloud Deploy for CI/CD
Pay: £33,502.88-£50,000.00 per year
Experience:
- Google Cloud Platform: 1 year (required)
- Firebase database: 1 year (required)
- PostgreSQL: 1 year (required)
Work Location: Remote
