Senior Full Stack Developer

At UK Biobank, we’re developing new technologies that will help researchers securely work with 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 genuinely greenfield engineering challenge, combining AI-driven approaches, secure cloud-native architecture, and modern full-stack development to support global health research.

Can you do it?

You’ll play a leading role in the development, integration, and delivery of UK Biobank’s Automated Output Checking System, helping shape a platform that supports secure research at a global scale.

Working closely with architects, researchers, vendors, and internal engineering teams, you’ll help design and build scalable integrations across research platforms and cloud-native services.

This role combines hands-on engineering, technical leadership, and modern platform design, requiring someone who can work confidently across backend services, frontend applications, infrastructure, APIs, and cloud environments.

The solution applies AI techniques, follows cloud-native principles, and is being built from the ground up, giving you the opportunity to influence both architecture and technical direction.

You will be responsible for:

• Ensure integration patterns align with enterprise architecture principles, including event-driven, API-first, and microservices-based approaches.
• Design and develop 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.
• Develop responsive and accessible user interfaces using modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React with TypeScript)
• Develop and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), ensuring reproducible and auditable environments Develop CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous integration, testing, and deployment
• Ensure systems are designed with observability, logging, and monitoring to support operational excellence

Is this you?

To be successful, you will have:

• Strong experience in full-stack software development within enterprise environments
• Proven experience in backend development using Python frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or similar
• Strong frontend development experience using TypeScript and modern frameworks such as React or Vue
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, API Gateway, IAM, Step Functions)
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems
• Experience designing and consuming secure APIs
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling

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.

We actively welcome applications from people with disabilities, long-term health conditions, neurodivergent candidates, and those with diverse thinking styles. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and in the workplace so that everyone can perform at their best. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact Tommy Wilson Jobs@ukbiobank.ac.uk so we can support you.

Your well-being matters to us.

Our wellbeing score on Indeed is rated as 77% (High), reflecting how people experience working here day-to-day. Colleagues often highlight a strong sense of purpose, supportive team culture, and the opportunity to grow.

There’s a real focus on learning, flexibility, and feeling valued, whether that’s developing new skills, contributing ideas, or building a career within Data & Technology.

Benefits

🗓️ 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