Full Stack Engineer - Pharma

Location: Hybrid working, 2 nominated days in our London office, SE1 For the past 20 years Red Ant has been at the forefront of driving digital transformation through technology excellence, building high-quality, high-traffic digital platforms for organisations across a range of sectors. We've brought together our expertise in web and application engineering to deliver robust, scalable platforms that unify the tools, content and insights needed to provide excellent digital experiences for the people who rely on them. Red Ant is also one of a few organisations that has decided that the people who work for the business own the business, becoming employee owned as of 2021. This level of empowerment has helped us to see the team through tough times and come out stronger than ever. Our success is truly your success. And we're firm believers in business being a force for good. Giving back to the community we work in is built into who we are through our PhilANThropy volunteer programme. We work with Plan Zheroes, rescuing and donating surplus food from our neighbours in Borough Market, take part in Thames beach cleans guided by waste management specialists Recorra, hold tech workshops for local 16-18 year olds to give them experience of the work we do, and we regularly run kitchen takeovers to provide lunch for local seniors. Job Description As a full stack engineer you will be a key player in shaping and evolving one of our flagship public-facing platforms as it matures and grows. You will work with engineers and stakeholders to help realise its potential, delivering a service that's trusted by a large and diverse user base. What we're looking for: 2+ years' experience as a full stack JavaScript engineer. Our Tech Stack • UI: ES6, React, Redux & React Hooks, Cordova • Backend: Node, Express, Typescript, Sequelize, Postgres • Infrastructure: Heroku, AWS, Twilio • CI: Heroku Pipelines, Bitbucket Pipelines, Bitrise.io, Jenkins Full Stack JavaScript Key Responsibilities • Implement and develop features across a JavaScript ecosystem (React/Redux/Node/Express), delivering high-quality software for our users. • Build responsive user interfaces using React.js & Redux, and ideally webservice APIs using Node.js & Express.js, across desktop, mobile and tablet. • Be familiar with AI tools and confident using them as part of your day-to-day workflow, for example in coding assistance, debugging, documentation, testing, and researching solutions using them responsibly and in line with data protection requirements given the sensitivity of the platform. • Understand the importance of accessibility standards and data protection within software development. • Maintain good coding practice through regular code review and pair programming, explaining and documenting your methods and choices clearly. • Maintain acceptable testing coverage through implementation of end-to-end tests (Playwright) and unit tests (Mocha/Jest). • Respond to time-critical issues calmly, and anticipate problems before they happen. • Stay technology agnostic, testing different approaches to find the best fit for each problem. • Balance quality with pace, know when there's a better way to build something, and when to ship. • Communicate clearly, including through well-authored documentation. We're proud to be an employee-owned company, so you'll directly benefit from the team's success. You'll be part of our culture and live our values. Together, we're owners • Proactive • Solution-focused • Responsible Together, we're a team • Supportive • Respectful • Collaborative Together, we make it happen • Resilient • Positive • Confident