Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Location: Islington, London

Contract: Perm

Recruiter: Noaman Hussain

 

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Go developer to join our backend development team in delivering the future of digital healthcare. As we transition further towards micro service architecture, you will be an integral part of this work, providing support to our existing Golang services, and helping our developers with their move to Go. Some experience in PHP will be beneficial to help provide support to the existing codebase during the longer term transition process.

What you’ll do:

Collaborate with the backend development team, and wider engineering team in the delivery of new features and enhancementsEngage with senior developers in the design of new features and solutionsDevelop code using industry best practicesImplementation of unit testing in new and existing code to ensure good code coverageAssist in the mentoring of more junior members of the backend development teamTake ownership of the work you are engaged inEnsure documentation is created on new and existing to features, and participate in knowledge sharing sessionsParticipate in the out of hours on call rota on successful completion of their probationary period

 

What you’ll need to have

These are the essential skills or experience needed to succeed in this role.

Previous experience building scalable enterprise solutions and micro-servicesBackend development-focused and proficiency in GoExperience with Unit testing, Git and SQLExperience in AWS services e.g. S3, SQS, Lambda, MySQL, API Gateway, Event bridge, Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, EC2,Experience in debugging business critical systemsCaching solutions and performance optimisation and experience in CI/CD and automation pipelinesIt would be great if you also have

These are desirable skills or experience and are not essential, so we would welcome applications from candidates that don’t match this additional criteria.

PHP, functional & OOPPHP frameworks, Laravel, Symfony etcExperience working in the healthcare industry and documentation

 

Our benefitsBoots Retirement Savings PlanDiscretionary annual bonusGenerous employee discountsEnhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a childFlexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.

 

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

You will complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.