Data engineer in healthcare

We're looking for a Senior Data Engineer with deep expertise in healthcare data to join a pioneering team building data products that enable world-leading research. Whether your experience comes from academia, healthcare, biotech, or a fast-growing health-tech startup, you'll bring a strong understanding of healthcare data standards such as OMOP or FHIR, alongside the technical leadership required to be a Senior Engineer.

• Designing and building scalable data pipelines that ingest healthcare data from multiple providers into trusted research environments and data platforms.
• Developing and maintaining data transformation logic in Python to create high-quality, curated and research-ready datasets.
• Contributing to complex, shared codebases while following engineering best practices including code reviews, testing and clean coding standards.
• Collaborating with data scientists, epidemiologists, software engineers and product teams to understand requirements and deliver impactful data solutions.
• Processing large-scale healthcare datasets and implementing robust data quality, validation and governance controls.
• Transforming and harmonising healthcare data into common data models such as OMOP and FHIR to support research and analytical use cases.
• Creating reusable, scalable and maintainable data products that enable efficient consumption by multiple stakeholders.
• Communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate complex requirements into practical engineering solutions.
• Producing clear and comprehensive technical documentation covering data pipelines, transformation logic, architecture and operational processes.
• Supporting the design, scoping and implementation of data flows across the wider healthcare data ecosystem.
• Leveraging cloud and big data technologies, including Azure, Databricks, Spark and Data Lakes, to deliver high-performing data solutions.
• Adopting and promoting data engineering best practices, healthcare data standards and continuous improvement across the team.
• Keeping abreast of emerging trends, technologies and standards within healthcare, research and data engineering to drive innovation and excellence.

• Proven Data Engineering experience within complex, large-scale data environments.
• Experience designing, building and maintaining scalable, reliable data pipelines that process large volumes of data from multiple sources.
• Experience working with healthcare data across academia, healthcare, life sciences, health technology or related sectors.
• Knowledge of healthcare data standards and common data models, including OMOP and/or FHIR.
• Experience transforming and remodelling data between different Common Data Models (CDMs).
• Understanding of healthcare terminologies and ontologies, including SNOMED CT, ICD-10 and Read Codes.
• Experience contributing to shared codebases and developing reusable, maintainable data solutions.
• Proficiency in Python and software engineering best practices.
• Good command-line and Unix/Linux skills.
• Experience working with cloud platforms, ideally Microsoft Azure.
• Experience using technologies such as Spark, Databricks and data lake architectures.
• Knowledge of data storage and transformation formats such as Apache Parquet and Delta Lake.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience using Git/GitHub and working within collaborative development environments.
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams.

• Competitive base salary from £74,000 per annum
• Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%
• 30 Days Holiday pro rata + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you
• Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life’s biggest moments
• Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice
• Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
• EV Scheme – Save up to 40% on a brand new electric vehicle all-inclusive package through salary sacrifice
• £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
• Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family
• A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements
• You may work remotely from anywhere within the UK, with occasional travel to London.