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Our vision is a new category of habit-forming healthcare globally; one that is patient-centred, predictive, and intrinsically scalable. We're a digital-native healthcare provider, using personalised video streams to deliver treatment pathways at population scale, with transformative economics. By personalising each patient's interaction in real-time, we deliver world-class medical treatment in an engaging consumer experience.
Engineering, Full-time, Cambridge (UK)
Senior/Staff Systems Programmer (Rust)
We're looking for someone to take significant ownership of our real-time video delivery system.
What You'll Do
We're still small, so everyone works across our stack of Python, Rust and Typescript. You'll take particular ownership of our Rust/WebRTC video system and other high-performance / low-level systems we build. We work cross-discipline with our clinical product and regulatory colleagues to make sure we're building the right thing for our users.
You'll work with company leadership to make strategic decisions, have direct contact with patients your work helps, and invent things to solve problems we haven't yet spotted. Help us shape the way the software team works as we grow, maturing our processes and mentoring new hires.
About You
You have a strong background of building systems near or below kernel level. You can describe what
select(from select.h) doesYou have strong working knowledge of either Rust, C/C++ or a functional language (eg OCaml)
You have experience in either development for web platforms, or compiler technology
You care about your users - you bias towards building the right thing, before building the thing right
Bonus Points
We don't expect you to have all of these, but be sure to mention any that you do!
Experience with software medical device development (or other regulated industries)
Worked with WebRTC or other real-time technologies
Built DSLs/compilers
Experience working in a startup
iOS/Android application development (native or otherwise)
What We Offer
Interesting and challenging work
In-person working from a beautiful work space in the Cambridgeshire countryside
An onsite gym
A digital health subscription of your choice
Early stage equity with employee-friendly terms (via an EMI scheme)
Comprehensive medical coverage (including dental and optical) and life insurance
Optional remote working on Wednesdays, with an annual allowance of 10 extra remote days
Desk setup allowance for your favourite keyboard / mouse / whatever!
Regular pulse-checks to help us build a culture we're proud of
Monthly team BBQs and desserts on Flok
A fast paced work environment geared towards excellence and professional growth (with annual training budget)
Top notch specialty tea and coffee
A chance to have a big impact in a small early stage team making a difference to the lives of people across the UK
About Flok
More than a billion people a year suffer unnecessarily from conditions like back pain, where the right treatment approach is well-established but undeliverable at scale. We’re changing that.
Our team has deep expertise across clinical, engineering and machine learning, has a track record of healthtech innovation, and is backed by top-tier VCs and multiple unicorn founder angels.
If you like
Solving hard problems at the intersection of software & healthcare/data science
The pursuit of excellence—helping each other to do the best work of our careers
Working in an in-person collaborative environment
Taking ownership to have significant impact early-on in a growing company with big ambitions
Then you'll fit right in!
