Software Engineer, 9 month FTC

Location: UK Based Remote-first (with monthly travel to London)

At Unmind were here to create better mental health.

We believe mental health should be a source of strength not struggle for people teams and entire organisations.

We combine science technology and human care to help companies like Uber Disney Major League Baseball and the NHS improve mental health and drive performance.

Now were looking for more brilliant people to help us do it.

Our Values

Were building a company where ambition and empathy go hand in hand.

Outpace the rest Move fast. Deliver excellence.

Stronger together We go further faster together.

Client first We win when our clients win.

Inclusion & Belonging

Were building a place where everyone feels seen heard and supported and where difference is celebrated.

If you need adjustments during the process tell us when you apply or email .

Learn more about how we hire and our commitment to equity in our Candidate FAQ

The Role Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Were looking for a Software Engineer to join us on a 9-month parental leave cover. Youll ship features that directly help the employees of our enterprise clients find the right support at the right time.

Were using Claude Code throughout the SDLC exploring how we evolve our development practices to leverage AI where it meaningfully helps. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to deepen AI-assisted development skills in a team thats investing in them.

What youll do

• Youll ship features end-to-end. Break initiatives into deliverable slices design solutions write the code and see them through testing deployment and monitoring in production.

• Youll own the design for what you deliver. Choose pragmatic approaches that fit our existing architecture write RFCs where appropriate and make sensible trade-offs without needing extensive guidance.

• Youll keep things reliable. Respond to incidents and bugs in your teams domain improve observability where its lacking and uphold the security and performance commitments we make to clients.

• Youll improve what you touch. Tackle tech debt refactor and upgrade dependencies where it unblocks delivery or reduces risk.

• Youll embed AI into how you deliver. Use Claude Code throughout your workflow - scoping designing coding reviewing documenting - and contribute to our collective learning by sharing whats working back to the team.

About You

In the spirit of equity and continuous growth we invite you to remove education from your CV. Qualifications are not a factor in our decision-making. However some experience in the following is important for this position:

• Youre ready to get a lot done. Youre a backend leaning Engineer but comfortable moving across the full stack which includes TypeScript React GraphQL Python Golang and SQL. You dont need hands-on experience with every tool; were more interested in strong software engineering fundamentals and curiosity to learn. You enjoy problem solving from first principles pick up new context fast and ship impactful changes to customers regularly.

• You know what good looks like. You understand what it takes to build reliable products for clients. You build with performance security and observability at the forefront rather than as follow-ups and your code is simple well-tested and easy for others to change.

• Youre comfortable with ambiguity. Youre happy tackling problems without a clear definition or obvious solution and find the leanest viable path forward.

• You make deliberate trade-offs. You understand the impact of trade-off decisions made today. You choose lean over perfect when its the right call and youre explicit about whats being deferred and why.

• Youre comfortable with AI-assisted development practices. You use Claude Code (or similar tools) as a core part of how you develop features - applying curiosity and judgement to know where it accelerates and where it doesnt.

Tip for candidates: If youre unsure whether to apply do. We know great people dont always tick every box.

Life at Unmind

We believe wellbeing and performance go hand-in-hand and we build our environment to support both.

A few highlights:

Private medical for you & your family

Equity in Unmind

Generous gender-neutral parental leave

25 days holiday birthday celebration days

Revive & Thrive Days company-wide Friday off monthly

Flexible working early Friday summers

Remote-first within the UK with monthly in-person meet-ups and access to a London co-working space

Annual learning budget learning leave

Free weekly therapy or coaching sessions

Wellbeing support via WellHub & Bippit

See all benefits on our Careers Page

Required Experience:

Contract

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
Yearly Salary Salary: 70000 - 87500