Description
🚑 👨🏻⚕️ Full Stack Engineer (React, GCP & Firebase) – NHS Platform Modernisation
🥳 Outside IR35 Contract
💰£450 per day
📍Hybrid, Central London
⏱ 3 months
We’re looking for a Full Stack Engineer to play a key role in the modernisation of an NHS platform for a leading digital agency based in Central London. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a high-impact healthcare project, improving accessibility, scalability, and security for a critical system.
🔧 Your Tech Playground:
Backend / Infrastructure:
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) – Cloud Run (Firestore triggers, Pub/Sub triggers, API microservices), Cloud Run Functions, Cloud Scheduler
• Firebase – Firestore (data storage & backups, security rules, migrations), Authentication (passwordless sign-in), Hosting
• Messaging – SendGrid (potential GovNotify migration)
Frontend / UI:
• React – Moving from NHS CSS to Bootstrap or MUI for a modern look
• TypeScript – Writing clean, maintainable, and scalable code
• i18next (or similar) – Making the platform accessible for multilingual users
Testing & Tools:
• Cypress (for testing)
• Express (for APIs)
• Lodash, Swagger, Axios (bonus points!)
• React Router, React Helmet
🎯 What You'll Be Doing:
✅ Helping modernise a key NHS platform, making it more secure, scalable, and user-friendly
✅ Building and maintaining full stack applications on GCP & Firebase
✅ Enhancing authentication and data security for NHS users
✅ Updating the frontend UI, transitioning from NHS CSS to Bootstrap/MUI
✅ Implementing robust testing frameworks to ensure high reliability
🚀 The Ideal You:
✔ Strong experience with React, Node, TypeScript, and Firebase
✔ Confident working with GCP services & Firestore security rules
✔ Comfortable handling both backend APIs and frontend UI
✔ Passionate about healthtech and improving NHS digital services
✔ Bonus: Experience with GovNotify, Mailgun, or SendGrid
Interested? Let’s chat! Drop me your CV and help shape the future of NHS digital services. 🚀
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