Description:
Full Stack/Backend Software Developer
Location: Croydon, Surrey (Hybrid: 2 days from home, 3 in the office)
Salary: £55,000 - £80,000 (depending on industry experience)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
About the Role
Are you passionate about DevOps and automation? Do you want to make a meaningful impact in a safety-critical medical device environment? We are seeking a Full StackBackend Software Developer to join our clients amazing team, enabling and optimising DevOps strategies to improve the quality of medical device software through industry-standard practices and tools.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, deploy, and maintain Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) pipelines for medical device software.
- Develop and optimise internal automation and quality control strategies, including automated builds, testing, and code quality gates.
- Create and maintain CI/CD infrastructure with a strong focus on security and maintainability.
- Design and maintain internal developer tools to automate repetitive tasks and enhance productivity.
- Manage and optimise internal Application Lifecycle Management tools.
- Create and customise plug ins into Azure Devops
- Working as the sole person looking after the Dev Ops in the software team
Required Skills & Experience
Essential:
- BSc or equivalent qualification in engineering or computing, or a strong professional portfolio.
- Experience creating custom plugins within the TFS/Azure DevOps plugin ecosystem.
- Proficiency in high-level scripting languages, particularly JavaScript/TypeScript and Python.
- Experience developing front-end UIs using modern frameworks.
- Experience with webhook servers and microservices using backend web frameworks.
- Familiarity with self-hosting web applications.
- Experience using both Windows and Linux as development and server operating systems.
- Strong knowledge of Unix/Windows shell scripting (e.g., Bash, PowerShell).
- Experience using GitHub, GitLab, or Azure DevOps, including REST API integration.
- Understanding of verification/validation in regulated environments, including design reviews, code reviews, and system validation.
- Knowledge of embedded compilers for C/C++
- Experience of creating and modifying Azure Devops plug ins
Familiarity with:
- Software version control using Git
- Automated software builds
- Static analysis
- Unit, integration, and end-to-end testing
Desirable:
- Experience within a Medical Device environment.
- Knowledge of containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with software monorepos.
- Proficiency in TypeScript.
- Familiarity with configuration as code (Ansible, Docker Compose).
- Experience securing applications with SSL.
- Understanding of OpenEmbedded/Yocto and ARM development environments.
Key Competencies
- Collaborative team player with excellent communication skills.
- Proactive and driven with a creative approach to problem-solving.
- Strong time management and ability to work independently.
- High standard of report writing and ability to interpret technical documentation.
Why Join Our Client
We offer a rewarding, stimulating, and environmentally conscientious workplace with excellent benefits, including:
- 25 days' holiday (rising to 28) + bank holidays
- Blended working options
- Enhanced pension scheme (with salary sacrifice option)
- Bonus schemes
- Sharesave scheme
- Mind & body wellbeing support
- Healthcare cash plan
- Retailer discounts
- Life assurance
- Enhanced and equal leave & pay for new parents
- Cycle to Work scheme
- SmartTech scheme
- Electric Car Benefit
- Employee referral scheme
- Travel season ticket loan
*I am sorry but our client does not offer sponsorship. *
Apply Now!
If you're excited by this opportunity and want to contribute to the development of life-saving medical device software, we’d love to hear from you!
Join us in making a difference with cutting-edge DevOps solutions in a critical healthcare industry.
Please contact your Recruitment Partner, Lisa Logan at Unicorn Resourcing on or email
If this job isn't exactly right for you but you're looking for something new, please contact us for a confidential career discussion.
Unicorn Resourcing Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in regard to this Permanent opportunity.
