Founding Software Engineer Salary: Up to £80,000 Benefits Location: UK, Fully Remote A mission-driven start-up, transforming the future of long-term private healthcare, are looking for a Founding Backend Engineer to specialise on their Backend using Python. They are building a smart, more efficient way for GP practices to manage care, scheduling and workflows - replacing outdated spreadsheets with a powerful, data-rich SaaS platform. As the Founding Backend Engineer, you will work directly with the founding team and CTO to play a pivotal role in enhancing and developing their current SaaS-based platform, taking ownership of Back-end technologies and demonstrating technical versatility. You will make a clear impact on current and future development within the platform, with multiple greenfield features and tools already on the roadmap. As a Founding Backend Engineer, you will have the following: 5 years of Python experience, building API-powered solutions Good understanding of microservice architecture Experience with common Python frameworks, including Django Experience using Auth0 for authentication Experience with client-server architecture using REST and GraphQL protocols Hands-on experience building and maintaining scalable RESTful APIs using FastAPI, with a strong focus on performance, asynchronous programming, and clean architecture Good knowledge of relational and non-relational databases (DynamoDB, PostgreSQL) Experience building, testing, and deploying applications on AWS, with infrastructure managed via Terraform What's on offer: Salary: Up to £80,000 Benefits Remote working Excellent resource for future growth, as well as a great opportunity for career progression Opportunity to build, enhance and develop products, utilising tech for good This is an exciting opportunity for a Backend Engineer to work on an impactful platform in a forward-thinking environment. If you are passionate about Back-end development and want to be part of building something that leverages technology for good. *Unfortunately, due to high volume of applications, not all submissions will receive feedback*