Senior Back End Developer (Python/Node.js)

About the role

Abtrace is a health tech company based in London with a presence in Portugal, bringing together software engineering, machine learning expertise and medical experience to build clinical algorithms that support primary care clinicians. It works with more than 500 primary care practices in the UK covering 4.5 million patients. The company is looking for a back-end developer (mid/senior level) to join its team in Porto, working in a fast-moving environment and communicating effectively with non-technical colleagues. The workplace is hybrid.

Key responsibilities

• Build backend components for the company's applications
• Write well-tested, scalable backend application code
• Work within a small, close-knit, diverse multi-disciplinary team of developers, data scientists and doctors

Required profile

• Backend development in Python; experience with Node.js is a plus
• Ability to communicate effectively with non-technical team members

Required skills

• Developing scalable cloud-based applications with Python and Node.js, preferably on AWS
• Building, testing and deploying applications on a cloud platform (preferably AWS)
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and building data ingestion pipelines
• DevOps and cloud infrastructure management (CloudFormation, Terraform or similar)
• Serverless applications (AWS Lambda or similar)

What we offer

• Competitive salary depending on experience
• Generous maternity and paternity leave
• Flexible working and the possibility of remote working
• A motivated, highly functioning multi-disciplinary team
• The chance to work on technology that impacts patient health