Summary
✨ AI‑Generated
An engineer will help build a cutting‑edge conversational AI platform focused on the healthcare sector, linking diverse data sources—from public medical repositories to private intellectual property—via natural‑language interfaces. You will contribute to delivering real‑time, accurate insights that streamline clinical workflows.
Highlights
Work on a conversational AI platform built for healthcare and life sciences, connecting fragmented data sources such as medical databases and proprietary IP through natural‑language interfaces. Enable early customers to achieve dramatic reductions in clinical research time and high response accuracy. Operate across global hubs, contributing to platform design, development and deployment.
Description
About giles®
giles® is a London-based AI company on a mission to eliminate the laborious from knowledge work.
Founded in 2023 by leaders from the Product, Digital, and Technology space, we believe technology should be a trusted companion, one that empowers every person in an organization to thrive at what they do best.
Our conversational AI platform is purpose-built for healthcare and life sciences.
We connect organizations to fragmented data; from open-access medical databases like PubMed, ClinicalTrials, and the FDA, to private documents and proprietary IP, and surface real-time, cited insights through a natural-language interface.
Early customers have achieved an 85% reduction in clinical research task time and over 94% response accuracy.
We operate across four hubs: our HQ in the United Kingdom, a USA hub, a UAE hub driving global communications and outreach, and our Technology Hub where our engineering and AI team designs, builds, and runs the giles® platform.
We are strategically backed by Google UK - selected as one of just three startups out of 38 evaluated across the UK and Ireland for exponential growth potential, with active expansion across 18 of the top 20 global pharma companies.
The Role
We are looking for a Full-Stack Web Engineer who combines initiative and ownership with hands-on technical expertise.
This role requires someone who can design, build, implement and scale backend and frontend solutions for AI systems.
You will play a key role in shaping the product by collaborating closely with engineering, product, and design teams.
What You'll Do
Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of backend and frontend web systems in production environments.
Contribute hands-on to building scalable, efficient, and reusable code.
Build and maintain accessible, responsive UI components across mobile and desktop.
Research, prototype, and productionize state-of-the-art solutions.
Ensure high-quality standards through testing, documentation, and CI/CD pipelines.
Collaborate with AI, frontend, backend, QA and UI/UX teams to integrate new features into the product.
Work closely with product teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Technical Requirements
Core Engineering & Backend (Primary Focus)
Strong proficiency in NodeJS and React, including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
Writing efficient, maintainable, and reusable code.
Experience building REST APIs and WebSocket-based systems.
Experience with NodeJS, Express + Typescript, and Jest.
Experience with databases, specifically Postgres (or other SQL databases) and MongoDB.
Familiarity with distributed systems and messaging, including Kafka and Redis.
Experience with Docker (Kubernetes is a plus) and CI/CD pipelines.
Frontend (Secondary Focus)
Experience with React, Typescript, and React-query.
Experience with Tailwind CSS, Vite, Figma, and Lighthouse CI.
Experience building or maintaining internal component libraries and accessibility standards.
Cloud & Advanced
GCP preferred (others acceptable with willingness to learn GCP).
Experience with GCS (Google cloud storage), TTS (Text to speech), and STT (Speech to text).
Familiarity with Terraform, Artillery (for load testing), Stripe, and SSE (server sent events).
Experience building streaming AI integrations and familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP).
Our Stack
NodeJS | React | TypeScript | Express | Postgres | MongoDB | Kafka | Redis | Docker | GCP | Tailwind CSS
Who You Are
4+ years of hands-on professional experience in software engineering roles.Proven experience delivering robust systems to production.
A hands-on person who can build and ship, not just design.
Someone comfortable navigating evolving landscapes.
Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills, with excellent written and verbal communication.
Strong ownership and accountability mindset with the ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team environment.
Why giles®
Real-world impact: Your work directly accelerates healthcare research.
When accuracy matters at clinical scale, every improvement you ship has consequences that go beyond a screen.
Google-backed growth: One of three startups selected by Google UK for exponential growth support; infrastructure, AI services, and access to 18 of the top 20 global pharma companies.
Frontier technology: You will work at the cutting edge with streaming integrations and modern frameworks, not on yesterday's stack.
