Who is Practi?

We are a vibrant start-up focusing on improving the healthcare experience in the UK. We want to do this by freeing healthcare practitioners from the distraction of admin, so they can focus on providing the best patient care.

If you recently attended a medical appointment, you would understand how challenging the experience can be. Unfortunately, the experience is not smooth for healthcare providers either. We are hence on a mission to improve the experience for both healthcare providers and patients. We have started on our journey by focussing on the Dental sector, and have an initial product offering that simplifies the pre-treatment experience including treatment financing.

Practi, has been setup and is funded by Simplyhealth, an established player in healthcare. Simplyhealth is a purpose-driven B Corp, with the mission of improving access to healthcare for all in the UK. Being part of the Simplyhealth group, we operate to reinforce this mission.

Why are we hiring?

As a start-up we have launched our initial product offering and are gaining momentum. We are now looking at the next phase of our execution to iterate on our product and engineering solutions thereby accelerating our growth. To do this, we are looking to hire a back-end engineering manager to our Engineering team. This role is critical to expanding our engineering capabilities to deliver valuable products and functionalities that our customers want.

What would you do in this role?

• Collaborate with functions including Product, Design, Operation and Growth in understanding and prioritising customer-facing and internal problems that deliver value to Practi
• Collaborate with and lead back-end engineers in developing, maintaining and continuously improving evolvable, secure, compliant and low-maintenance engineering solutions
• Line manage, including supporting, coaching, mentoring and performance managing, back-end engineers
• Enable and support the Engineering team in delivering value efficiently, sustainably and continuously
• Foster a healthy and productive work environment, promoting a culture of innovation

Requirements

What core competencies are we looking for?

• Effective communication, collaboration, leadership and project management skills
• Experience with leading a high-performance engineering team
• Experience coaching and mentoring senior engineers
• Strong understanding of cloud-based application architecture and stack, including AWS
• Good understanding of TypeScript and JavaScript
• Good understanding of CI/CD, security and observability best practices and tooling

What else about you would excite us?

• Experience of working in a fast-paced product-focussed environment
• Experience with line-managing, including performance managing, back-end engineers
• Experience building and maintaining high-traffic server-side web applications
• Good understanding of other programming languages such as Java, C#, C++, Rust, Go or Python
• Experience in finance domains

Benefits

What do we offer?

• Exciting problems and a healthy, fun and productive working environment
• 100-120k + bonus
• Up to 10% in employer pension contribution
• 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• An annual budget for a range of other benefits, including private medical, you can choose from
• Opportunity to grow with the business

Working Pattern

3 days a week in the office (WorkingFrom Hoxton, 32 Blackfriars Road, Southwark, SE1 8DP)

The importance we place on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Building a company to serve clinicians and patients in healthcare means we need to maximise our diversity of thought, so we can bring the best solutions to bear on such important problems. We also know that diversity of thought is a product of diverse talent, which manifests itself in many ways.

Gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, neurodiversity and socio-economic background are all areas that we spend time thinking about and we encourage applications from typically under-represented groups.

We have a 50/50 gender split across the company and 33% of our amazing colleagues are people of colour - whilst these only represent two dimensions of diversity, we are consistently looking for new ways to find, attract and retain incredible colleagues.

Our Values at Practi

1.     Courage:

Choosing bravery over comfort, we stand firm in our values and tackle difficult tasks head-on. We lean into challenges, knowing that progress require resilience and bold action.

2.     Trust:

We count on each other by fostering an environment of transparency, integrity, and accountability. With ownership of our actions, we create a foundation of reliability, allowing us to operate with autonomy while supporting each other when needed.

3.      Ambition:

Unapologetically bold, we push ourselves to achieve more, constantly striving for excellence. We drive progress with pace, always questioning the status quo and finding new ways to make a meaningful impact for both our team and our customers.

4.     Play:

We believe in taking our work seriously, but not ourselves. By bringing lightness, levity, and joy to our day-to-day, we create a positive atmosphere where we can do our best work, celebrate successes, and build meaningful relationships with each other.

5.     Humanity:

Empathy, compassion, and inclusion are at the heart of how we operate. We bring our whole selves to work, creating a supportive and safe environment where everyone feels valued. By practicing active listening and kindness, we strengthen our team and our culture.

6.     Curiosity:

We are committed to continuous learning, always seeking new knowledge and growth opportunities. With humility, we approach each day with a hunger to improve, knowing that small, consistent steps lead to transformative results over time.