About the Company

Re:course is an AI HealthTech company focused on transforming patient care by unleashing the potential of the healthcare workforce. Our vision is to create experiences that change lives through a simulation-based skills development platform. Clinicians can interact with conversational AI-powered Digital Humans in complex scenarios, receiving instant feedback to thrive in real-world settings. We collaborate with the NHS, MoD, and leading medical schools and life sciences companies. Our core values include potential, tenacity, transparency, and performance.

About the Role

Job Title: Software Engineer (Backend)
Location: Manchester, UK
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Product & Engineering

Responsibilities

• Make architectural decisions, design, and build high-performance services and APIs.
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of system resources.
• Collaborate with data and product teams to enhance product, technology, processes, and teamwork.
• Work with machine learning engineers and researchers to develop scalable infrastructure from experimentation to production.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to the team.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with Python (or Java) in building and shipping production-quality code.
• Strong experience in developing and deploying large-scale, high-performance, data-intensive services/APIs.
• Familiarity with various data storage solutions, including SQL, NoSQL, and Graph databases, with a focus on query performance optimization.
• Experience designing, building, and deploying production-grade cloud architectures in environments like Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or AWS.
• Good knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with Python web frameworks and their ecosystems, such as Celery.
• Experience developing event-driven architectures.
• Understanding of data streaming and messaging frameworks.
• Experience building scalable machine learning infrastructures and MLOps tools for continuous model deployment.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform.

About You

• Desire to grow in a fast-paced, low-bureaucracy environment.
• Excellent critical thinking and analysis skills, with a passion for building large-scale high-performance services.
• A team player who values communication and collaboration.
• Goal-oriented, able to work under pressure, and meet strict deadlines.
• Maintain a professional, enthusiastic, and positive attitude to contribute to company culture.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, pension, and other incentives.
• Opportunities for rapid progression and personal growth.
• 29 days of paid holiday each year.
• Equipment budget.
• Flexible working culture.
• Learning budget.
• Spacious city center office (entire floor).
• Regular company social events and getaways.

Re:course is an equal opportunities employer and prides itself on having a diverse team.