Software Engineer

Description:

Launched in 2014 Covidence is a world leading SAAS platform that enables health and science research teams to rapidly synthesise and uncover actionable insights from the mountains of existing research in the world.

Covidence is trusted by 170,000+ researchers and 200+ top institutions including the World Health Organisation, Harvard, Yale and Stanford. We have ambitious plans to scale and expand our feature set so we will be growing our Engineering team significantly over the coming 6 months.

Find out more about Covidence by visiting: www.covidence.org

The opportunity

Covidence is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Product and Engineering team and report to our Chief Product & Technology Officer. We research, design, build and maintain the Covidence platform. We're a small supportive team with collaborative practices so you'll have every opportunity to learn, grow and hone your craft.

We’re keen to chat to mid/senior level candidates and learn about what talents you can bring to our team.

When you join Covidence you are joining a team that cares deeply for what we can build and achieve together. If you are ready to be more than just a cog in the machine; if you are smart, curious, want to create change, and are not scared of getting your hands dirty to make it happen – then this is the place for you.

The platform

At Covidence we run Product and Engineering roadmaps in parallel. We build new features to support our vision and at the same time modernise our technology for scale.

Here’s a summary of our tech stack:

• Backend: Ruby on Rails, Ruby, postgreSQL
• Frontend: React, Typescript, GraphQL, HTML, CSS, Javascript frameworks
• DevOps: AWS, Heroku
• Monitoring tools: Sentry, Datadog
• CI/CD experience: Buildkite
• Services Based Architecture

You’ll get to

• Write code that thousands of researchers rely on everyday
• Contribute to making architecturally-sound engineering decisions
• Do engineering best practices like code review and pair programming
• Work to refine the team's processes to improve development, quality assurance, and delivery
• Work alongside a product manager and designer to help shape product specifications
• Be part of a small tight-knit, high-achieving team that values trust and respect for one another