Senior Full Stack Developer

Senior Full Stack Developer

About the Company
Venture Life Group (VLG) is a global consumer healthcare company specializing in self‑care and preventative health products. Our portfolio includes well‑known brands such as Health & Her, Health & Him, Balance Activ, Lift and Earol. We focus on supporting healthier lives, especially women’s health, by delivering innovative products that help people proactively manage their health.

About the Role
As a Senior Full Stack Developer you’ll build and maintain production‑grade mobile applications, CMS systems and AWS‑based backend services. You’ll combine hands‑on development, architectural ownership and technical leadership to ensure high‑quality, scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Develop and maintain React Native + Type Script applications with attention to architecture and platform‑specific considerations.
• Ensure app scalability, security and adherence to best practices.
• Choose and maintain libraries, tools and frameworks for app development.
• Define coding standards, manage technical debt and lead refactoring efforts.
• Set up and maintain branching strategies, CI/CD pipelines and monitoring.
• Write unit, integration and end‑to‑end tests.
• Break down requirements into actionable tickets and development tasks.
• Stay up‑to‑date on platform changes, library updates and third‑party security issues.
• Extend and maintain CMS features and backend APIs.
• Work with databases and asset storage.

Technical Leadership

• Balance hands‑on coding with leadership for a small team of developers, promoting shared ownership, continuous learning and forward‑thinking problem solving.
• Participate in mentorship, code reviews, team discussions and recruitment.
• Contribute to a positive and inclusive team culture where ideas are shared and challenges are solved together.
• Stay curious, bring new ideas, technologies and ways of working to the team.
• Explore emerging tools, AI and automation that could enhance development and UX.
• Collaborate closely with product, design and QA to translate ideas and designs into seamless user experiences.

What We’re Looking For

Knowledge & Experience

• Prior experience with authentication, backend APIs and database integration.
• Proven ability to collaborate cross‑functionally with product, design and QA to deliver high‑quality features end‑to‑end.
• Solid understanding of mobile app state management and persistence.
• Track record of CI/CD, automated testing and production monitoring.
• Experience leading a team and coaching/developing team members.
• Experience with app store deployment, release management and post‑launch optimisation (analytics, crash reporting, iterative improvement).

Skills & Behaviours

• Strong proficiency in React Native and Type Script.
• Competent in Django and SQL.
• Collaborative and open: communicate clearly and respectfully, whether explaining complex ideas or giving code review feedback.
• Organised and accountable: manage time effectively and follow through on commitments.
• Pragmatic problem solver: balance technical excellence with practical delivery.
• Adaptable: comfortable working in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.
• Comfortable contributing to product and design discussions, not just the code.
• A passion for building inclusive technology that makes a positive difference to people’s lives.

Qualifications & Education

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent hands‑on experience.
• Evidence of continuous learning through courses, certifications or personal projects.
• Additional certifications in modern development frameworks, cloud infrastructure or Dev Ops practices are a plus.

Nice to Haves

• State management and persistence:
  Zustand, Tan Stack Query, MMKV.
• Navigation and styling:
  React Navigation, Native Wind.
• Authentication: AWS Cognito.
• Notifications:
  Firebase, Notifee.
• CI/CD & Release:
  Fastlane, Git Hub Actions, Firebase Distribution.
• Error monitoring:
  Sentry.
• CMS:
  Wagtail/Django, Redis, SQL.
• An interest in Women’s Health and Wellbeing and Digital Health Innovation.

All employees have a responsibility for ensuring they undertake their duties in full accordance with the company’s policies and procedures.

This job description is intended to be a general guide to the duties relevant to the role and will change from time to time so should not be seen as an exhaustive specification.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Venture Life Group plc is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability or any other protected characteristic.