Job description
About Numan
Founded in 2018, we’ve already grown to be a 200+ team distributed across the globe, united by a singular mission: empowering people to take control of their health.
Numan is transforming health: we’ve built a cutting-edge platform that integrates diagnostics, medication, supplements, digital programmes, and doctor consultations. Giving people the tools they need to maximise life.
To deliver on our transformative mission, we are guided by our 5 company values:
• Patients first.
• Learn Fast.
• Own the quality.
• Succeed together.
• Care deeply.
Backed by top-tier investors, Numan is already having a positive impact on hundreds of thousands of patients here in the UK, and we want you to help us deliver this mission!
The Role
We are looking for a Lead Full Stack Engineer to join our motivated and growing team. We are a fast-moving, agile team made up of experienced engineers who take pride in our work. You will be involved in the development of the next generation of Numan products and have a direct impact on shaping the future of the company. You’ll guide a team of talented software engineers, fostering technical excellence, strong delivery, and a culture of learning and ownership. You will ensure that we build scalable, high-quality systems and that our technology continuously improves.
You’ll be:
- Guiding and working with your team to build and deliver the Technical Strategy and the Product Roadmap.
- Partnering with product managers, product designers, developers, and other stakeholders across the company to assess business needs and translate them into technological solutions, plans, and priorities.
- Hands-on with coding, architecture, best practices, appropriate tools and technologies. We are currently using Python/Django or Ruby/Ruby on Rails in the backend, and TypeScript/React in the frontend.
- Contributing towards building a positive team culture and proactively identifying opportunities and action plans.
- Monitoring and improving team health and performance.
- Managing and mentoring the software engineers of your team, providing guidance, professional coaching, and professional development.
- Overseeing the hiring activities for growing talent in your team.
We’re looking for someone who has:
- Proven experience managing a team of software engineers.
- Experience with distributed systems and building modern, scalable web applications.
- Strong backend engineering experience with backend languages and frameworks such as Python/Django or Ruby on Rails, designing and consuming web APIs.
- Expertise in modern frontend development, especially with React and TypeScript.
- Experience with observability - familiar with tools and techniques for monitoring performance, logging, alerting, and debugging issues in production environments.
- A passion for code quality, best practices, and technical documentation.
- Experience with database systems, relational and non-relational.
- Experience with agile development methodologies with strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
- Incredible attention to detail, and a deep care for the product experience and clinical safety.
- Effective Direction and communication skills, with a proven ability to direct and inspire teams.
- A desire to continuously improve systems, processes, and people in pursuit of excellence.
Our benefits include…
📈 - Share options.
🏖 - 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 the longer you stay with Numan).
🩺 - Health insurance with Vitality.
🧸 - Enhanced maternity and parental leave.
🐥 - Nursery benefit provided by YellowNest.
💼 - Employee assistance programme (access to therapy, financial planning and discounts).
⚖️ - Generous pension (includes both employee and employer contributions).
💻 - Flexible working options, including a dog-friendly office in Farringdon.
📚 - Personal training and development budget via Learnerbly.
👟 - Wellhub membership, giving you access to over 2,000 locations in the UK.
☕️ - Free office snacks including breakfast items, soft drinks, tea and coffee.
🚲 - Cycle to work scheme.
🚆 - Season ticket loan.
% - Discount on Numan products for your friends and family.
🤲 - Paid volunteering days.
📅 - An additional 2 weeks off once you reach your 5th anniversary with Numan.
Diversity at Numan
At Numan, people are at the heart of who we are. We recognise and value the unique perspectives and experiences that individuals from all backgrounds bring.
We promote innovation and creativity, enabling us to tackle things from various viewpoints and are committed to equal opportunities and continuously strive to create a workplace where everyone feels respected, heard, and valued.
Embracing diversity isn’t just our goal; it’s our strength, driving us towards a more inclusive future.
