Senior Full Stack Engineer
🌍 A Bit About Us
We’re Doccla, and we’re redefining where and how healthcare is delivered.
Our Virtual Ward and Remote Monitoring Solutions enable hospitals and health systems to care for patients at home. We support patients across the full care journey from early discharge and acute recovery to long-term condition management and proactive care.
We provide everything clinicians need to deliver safe, effective Virtual Care: medical-grade devices, logistics, patient onboarding, EHR integration, and an end-to-end clinical platform built around real-world workflows.
We currently work with over 60% of NHS ICBs and supporting health systems across the including UK, Ireland, France, and the DACH region to reduce hospital pressure, improve outcomes, and create a more resilient model of care.
We’re backed by top European investors, having secured £35m in Series B funding led by Lakestar, with participation from Elaia, General Catalyst, Speedinvest, and Bertelsmann.
🚀 Why Join Us?
This is your chance to join Doccla at a key stage in our growth.
We’re building the category leader in Virtual Care and Remote Patient Monitoring. You’ll be part of a highly entrepreneurial, mission-driven team that combines expertise across clinical, technical, commercial, and operational domains.
We’re solving real problems for patients and health systems and growing fast.
🧑⚕️ What You’ll Do as a Senior Full Stack Engineer
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you'll lead initiatives that improve the health and quality of our software systems and protect patient safety. You'll deliver compliant, production-grade software that meets the expectations of our regulated environment (IEC 62304, ISO 13485) and champion simple, pragmatic engineering.
Building and improving our backend systems in Elixir, with contributions to our React frontend
Leading the technical delivery of complex projects through simple, pragmatic solutions
Writing high-quality, well-tested code that improves the maintainability and health of our systems
Collaborating with Product to ensure we're solving real customer needs, not just shipping features
Reviewing PRs with empathy and clarity, improving both code quality and team knowledge
Contributing to our engineering co-operatives (cross-team forums for shared standards and learning)
Ensuring our software meets regulatory requirements with full traceability and documented decisions
✅ What Experience You’ll Bring to the Team
Extensive professional experience as a Full Stack Engineer with strong backend focus
Production experience with Elixir
Experience with React or similar modern framework
Track record of delivering high-quality, production-ready applications in a team environment
Experience working in a regulated or compliance-driven environment (healthcare, fintech, or similar)
Proven ability to lead technical delivery of complex projects while staying pragmatic
Experience collaborating across teams on engineering-wide initiatives
💡 What We’re Looking For
Someone who champions simple, pragmatic engineering over over-engineering
Deep understanding of technical domains with the ability to make informed, high-impact decisions
A proactive approach to improving the health, security, and reliability of systems
The ability to enhance productivity with AI tooling such as Claude and Copilot
Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical details for technical and non-technical stakeholders
Someone who treats every release cycle as a learning opportunity
Skills & Attributes
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with willingness to learn and adapt
High integrity and commitment to patient safety and ethical practices
Naturally In It Together, defaulting to openness, teamwork, and collaboration
Never afraid to Own It, taking full ownership of problems and driving them to resolution
Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality
Proactive about sharing knowledge and helping others grow
🧠 How We Work
We empower everyone at Doccla to take ownership of their work and the company's mission. We act ethically and always put patient safety and outcomes first.
To thrive here, you’ll need a can-do attitude and an action-oriented approach, along with a willingness to learn and grow through open feedback.
We’re a hybrid team, with offices in London, Denmark, Germany, and Stockholm. Most of our team is London-based and enjoys in-person time at our WeWork HQ 1–3 days per week, where you’ll find great lunch, barista coffee, and a pet-friendly space. Some roles are fully remote, depending on the team and responsibilities.
🎁 What You’ll Get
Annual Leave & Holidays
🌴 25 days annual leave
🔄 Option to buy or sell holidays
Remote Working
🏡 Flexible remote options
💻 £200 remote working stipend
Financial Benefits
📈 Employee stock options
💸 4% pension on full basic pay
🛡️ 4x salary life insurance
Health & Wellness
🩺 Private health insurance
🫄 4 months full pay for birthing parent*
👶🏽 4 weeks full pay for non-birthing parent*
🤒 Sick pay
In-Office Perks (London HQ)
🍝 Free daily lunch
🐶 Pet-friendly office
Other Benefits
📚 £500 L&D budget per person
🚲 Cycle to work scheme
Via Smart Health:
🧑⚕️ 24/7 GP appointments
🧠 Mental health support
🥗 Nutrition & fitness advice
🧪 Second opinions & health checks
🏆 In Return for Your Hard Work
A competitive compensation package (base + stock options), with half-year and annual performance reviews
The chance to work on patient-first, system-level healthcare challenges in one of Europe’s leading healthtech companies
Opportunities for growth and leadership we want you to challenge the status quo, own your impact, and continue developing, with our full support
🤝 Diversity at Doccla
We embrace diversity. To build a great product, we need a team with a wide range of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences.
We’re committed to equal opportunity hiring regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or background. If you're excited about the role, we encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every point.
🔐 Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safer recruitment practices. As Doccla is a CQC registered company, a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required for all roles.
It is an offence to apply for such work if you are barred from working with children or vulnerable adults.
- Department
- Engineering
- Locations
- Portugal Remote
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