Mid Level Full Stack Developer

UK Biobank
Manchester, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Shift work
Languages
English
Experience level
Intermediate

Job location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Tech stack

API
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Cloud Computing
Continuous Delivery
Identity and Access Management
Python
NoSQL
SQL Databases
TypeScript
Web Application Frameworks
Data Logging
React
Flask
Backend
FastAPI
Vue.js
Containerization
Deployment Automation
Non-relational Database
Front End Software Development
Api Design
Microservices

Job description

Help build one of the world's first AI-driven output checking systems for health research. At UK Biobank, we're developing new technologies that will help researchers safely access and use some of the world's richest biomedical datasets. This role sits within a team building what is believed to be the world's first automated output checking system for trusted research environments using AI and cloud-native technologies to help ensure researchers can only export files regarded as safe. It's a rare opportunity to work on something genuinely new, technically challenging, and mission-driven., You'll join a growing engineering team focused on developing and integrating the Automated Output Checking System across UK Biobank's internal and external research platforms. Working across backend services, frontend applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure, you'll help build secure and scalable integrations between access management systems, research analysis platforms, trusted research environments, and supplier-built services. This role combines full-stack engineering, cloud technologies, and emerging AI-driven approaches, giving you exposure to modern system design while contributing to technology that supports global research. You will be responsible for:

  • Building and maintaining scalable, secure, cost-efficient and maintainable full-stack applications using Python (backend) and TypeScript (frontend), including relational and non-relational database management systems on AWS.
  • Developing responsive and accessible user interfaces using modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React with TypeScript)
  • Assisting in implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes
  • Ensuring appropriate logging, monitoring, and basic observability are implemented within developed components.
  • Participating in development of AI-driven validation and rule-based decision logic under guidance

Requirements

Do you have experience in Vue.js?, To be successful, you will have experience in:

  • Full-stack software development within a product or delivery team
  • Developing backend development using Python frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or similar
  • Frontend applications using TypeScript and frameworks such as React or Vue
  • Working with cloud platforms, preferably AWS
  • Microservices and API-based architectures
  • SQL and/or NoSQL databases

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Annual leave
  • Employee discount
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Free parking
  • Company pension
  • On-site gym
  • Cycle to work scheme, Working hours are 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility, 2 days onsite with hybrid working available. Located in Greater Manchester (initially based in Stockport with a move to Manchester Science Park mid to late 2026). Our passion for diversity and equality means creating a work environment for all employees that is welcoming, respectful, engaging, and enriched with opportunities for personal and professional development., ️ 26 Days' Annual Leave - Plus Bank Holidays Holiday Buy Scheme Birthday Leave USS Pension Scheme Healthcare Cash Plan Enhanced Family Leave Cycle to Work Scheme Season Ticket Loan Professional Subscriptions £500 annual training budget ️ Free On-Site Gym ️ Subsidised Canteen Lunches Free Car Parking ️ Employee Discounts Portal Employee Assistance Programme Annual Flu Vaccination ️ Life Assurance Cover

About the company

About UK Biobank UK Biobank is a large-scale biomedical database and research resource containing in-depth genetic and health information from half a million UK participants. The database, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the world, is anonymised and made widely accessible by UK Biobank to global researchers who use it to find new scientific discoveries about common and life-threatening diseases - such as cancer, heart disease and stroke which strike in mid-later life. UK Biobank is an innovative organisation with over 350 staff across four sites in the UK that fosters an engaging environment and supports the development of our staff. Our dedicated teams work alongside the world's leading biomedical scientists in our joint mission to improve public health.   You must create an Indeed account before continuing to the company website to apply

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