Compensation

£80K - 110K + Equity

Contract type

Full time

Technologies & frameworks

Java
Python
JavaScript
React

Benefits & perks

Flexible working
Health insurance
Paid sick days
401k
Generous pto

Full-stack Engineer (front-end/back-end/distributed systems/Go/React/Cloud) for cancer research at UCL

Role overview

GRAIL UK is looking for experienced full-stack engineers to join its engineering team in London. Responsible for supporting clinical trials in the UK which are a collaborative effort between GRAIL and its research partners (NHS/UCL), you will work as part of a cross-functional team to design, develop and run systems that power the safe execution of clinical workflows and the collection of relevant data. Your work will support academic cancer research in the UK and the development of GRAILs multi-cancer early detection blood test, directly affecting the lives of people in the UK and beyond.

You Will:

Use your experience developing front-end applications and distributed systems to build software that supports clinical trials in the UK.
Work as part of a cross-functional team to overcome real-world problems that sometimes can’t be solved with software alone.
Build and operate the infrastructure and tooling that runs the systems and powers the team.
Work with GRAIL engineers in the United States on core platforms.
Take responsibility for the systems managed by the team and support the operational concerns of our research partners.

Your Background Includes:

You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Bioinformatics or similar technical field.
You have 7+ years of relevant work experience designing, developing, testing and maintaining software.
You have experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Microsoft Azure.
You are experienced in general purpose programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, Javascript, etc, but understand that ultimately these are tools to solve problems.
You are passionate about software engineering, as well as software engineering teams.
You have excellent logical reasoning and analytical skills, with a preference for simple solutions.
You are a strong written and verbal communicator and are able to adapt your communication style and the level of detail to your audience.

Location

London is the capital of the United Kingdom, situated in the South East of the island. The world's largest financial centre, London is also often referred to the culture capital of the world. The city is well-known for its heritage, including Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, Kew Gardens, Westminster Abbey, and the historic settlement of Greenwich. London Underground is the oldest urban railway network in the world.

Technology workers in London earn 60pc more than the city average, with the figure even higher for foreign born workers, who earned 28pc more than their British counterparts in tech jobs. London can be considered as a center for professional relocation. Furthermore, there are over 100 of Europe's 500 largest companies' headquarters in London.

The city is famous for unpredictable weather. For instance, it could be cold, warm and rainy in one day and it’s often the topic of conversation across the city.

Did you know...

2.5M people, one third of Londoners, are foreign born
40% of Greater London is green space

GRAIL

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GRAIL is combining high-intensity sequencing, leading-edge computer science, and large population-scale clinical studies to develop a blood test for early-stage cancer detection.