Software Engineer - Cambridge - TidalSense

Description

Overview

TidalSense is a respiratory technology company with a mission to transform the diagnosis, monitoring and management of chronic respiratory conditions, such as asthma and COPD. The company has ambitions to enable a population-scale change in respiratory care through global deployment of its technologies. TidalSense has just launched a first-of-its-kind AI-driven (software medical device) diagnostic test for COPD which uses the company's unique, patented, sensor technology embedded in the N-Tidal device. We are seeking a front-end software engineer with strong proficiency in TypeScript, front-end development with a modern front-end framework, architecting production software, and a keen eye for user experience design, to support our Software As A Medical Device (SaMD) clients.

We are at an exciting phase in our journey as we transition from a start-up to a scale-up. You will be joining a passionate, socially motivated and multi-disciplinary team covering engineers, scientists, clinicians, designers, product and usability specialists. This is a unique opportunity for a driven and autonomous individual to drive the real-world deployment of a new generation of regulated AI-enabled medical device products and services that will deliver impact in the real world and change people's lives. We are seeking someone who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile, and diverse team environment, and who is also committed to our mission to revolutionise respiratory medicine.

Job Purpose

To build and maintain our N-Tidal platform (including new software applications and software medical devices) as part of a collaborative team, taking ownership of architecting and deploying front-end code to deliver secure and reliable software that meets both user and business needs.

You will collaborate with a cross-functional team to design, build, and maintain robust web applications using Beyond programming, you will contribute to infrastructure improvements, enhance system reliability, and support maintainability through documentation and deployment best practices. You\'ll work across the entire frontend development lifecycle, from collaborating with designers on user interfaces, coding, testing, automating deployment processes, and ongoing process improvement.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and continuously improve our software products while also addressing emerging business needs
• Develop software within a regulated environments (to ISO 13485 and IEC 62304 standards), including rigorous documentation and testing
• Collaborate closely with our design team to translate business requirements and user feedback into well-architected and designed software
• Write clean, maintainable and well-documented code on both existing applications and greenfield projects
• Participate in daily stand-ups, review pull requests, and engage in team meetings to contribute to the software development process
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including risk assessments, design specifications, and verification plans/test cases

Requirements

Skills & Competencies Essential:

• Experience building production-grade software in a modern reactive frontend web framework e.g., , React, or Angular (expertise in preferred)
• Strong proficiency with TypeScript and modern JavaScript
• Design sensibility for creating engaging, accessible user interfaces
• Strong foundation in building scalable architectures and performant systems
• Experience writing and maintaining automated tests
• Excellent collaborator with effective communication and ability to work in a team
• A forward-thinking approach to development, including being comfortable using AI coding and agentic tools to optimise development efficiency
• Strong ownership mindset focussed around outcomes and delivery, and not just on perfecting code
• Good time keeping, punctuality and professional conduct
• Growth mindset with commitment to continued learning and self-development
• Ability to deliver to deadlines and to manage competing priorities

Qualifications & Experience Essential:

• Bachelors degree in a STEM subject (or related discipline), or equivalent industry experience in software engineering
• Industry experience as a front-end developer delivering production software, including professional use of, TypeScript, and a modern frontend web framework
• Previous experience of contributing to scalable architecture to support long-term platform growth

Desirable:

• Experience working within regulated or security-sensitive environments, ideally with some understanding of compliance in medical device development contexts

Other Requirements

• Legally eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship. Please note that we are open to sponsoring individuals to move from an unsponsored visa to a Skilled Worker Visa once they have passed their probationary review
• Will need to be able to work in person in the Cambridge office 3 days / week

Note to Applicants

• We read all applications carefully - including your free-text answers - in evaluating your application. Please make sure you spend some time answering these questions carefully
• Please answer questions truthfully and without the use of LLMs to auto-populate content. Dishonesty is fundamentally against our values
• We appreciate that some candidates may hesitate to apply because they may feel that they might not meet all the required criteria or be competitive enough. If this is you, please don\'t shy away from applying - we would really like to hear from you

Benefits

• Flexible working hours to support your work preferences
• Hybrid working as per requirements above
• 25 days annual leave (pro-rated) + 8 public holidays
• Pension: TidalSense contributes 5% of qualified earnings
• Annual performance-based bonus
• Discretionary share options scheme
• Work from abroad for 1 week per year
• Buy / sell up to 5 days annual leave (pro-rated)
• Individual personal development budget + dedicated development days
• Mental Health support: wellbeing support and free 24/7 access to qualified counsellors and advisors
• Coaching and mentoring
• Team events and celebrations
• Beautiful award-winning Cambridge UK office stocked with quality drinks & snacks

Salary £45,000-65,000 Pa (depending On Experience)