Software Engineer (Data & AI Enablement)

three technical staff: set priorities, conduct appraisals, identify training needs, and foster an open, inclusive working environment. o Mentor and develop colleagues technically, ensuring the team's overall standard of work improves over time. o Lead the adoption of software engineering practices across the information services teams at UCLH: automated testing, code review, CI/CD, performance profiling, and documentation., For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff** UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH? Job description

• Masters degree level or equivalent professional experience within a healthcare information environment
• Understanding of healthcare data
• Understanding of data retrieval, data processing, information analysis and interpretation within acute hospitals

Experience Essential

• Well-versed in use of version control, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices
• Experience of mentoring or leading others, either through line management or guiding work of more junior colleagues
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Desirable

• Substantial experience in senior information role in an NHS or other healthcare information environment
• Experience with modern data engineering tools and frameworks (e.g. Airflow, Spark, Snowflake etc.)
• Proven track record of staff management, change management, and performance management, * Knowledge of information analysis and the use of information across the NHS acquired through degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to interrogate databases, data warehouses and solve complex problems
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and architectural patterns (design patterns, SOLID principles)
• Proven ability to acquire knowledge of new technologies
• Project management skills, track record of working closely with engineering teams
• Experience with at least two programming languages used for research (At least one from Python or R, and optionally Java, TypeScript, or C++) at a level and breadth commensurate with seniority
• Ability to independently interpret the requirements of information users and present detailed, complex reports that can be understood by a wide audience.
• Substantial experience architecting and building data systems (including data modelling and processing)
• Understanding of data quality issues and how these relate to the organisation as a whole
• Understanding of the Healthcare business environment

Desirable

• Experience with agile methodologies, such as Scrum and Kanban, * Ability to communicate effectively with staff at all levels
• Excellent Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Ability to train information staff in the use of information systems
• Ability to communicate on issues which can be complex and multi-stranded.
• Effective leadership of staff

Planning and Organisation Skills Essential

• Ability to delegate work
• Ability to plan, prioritise and meet deadlines

UCLH is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of secure, high-quality data pipelines. This will ultimately lead to AI-ready platforms that let clinicians and researchers move faster from hypothesis to patient impact. You'll join the SAFEHR team that turns routinely-collected NHS data into research-grade assets. The stack is modern (R, Python and moving to a data platform) and the problems are hard (clinical data at scale, governance, real-world messiness). This role would also be suitable for a research software engineer or data engineer as there are considerable overlaps in skills and abilities. This is a leadership role. You'll line-manage up to three engineers, develop our technical roadmap, and make architecture and technology decisions. You'll drive best practices in software engineering and data quality, and champion practices across the Trust's data environment. This position is classified as Grade 8a, offering a competitive salary, £66,274 -

Software and Data Engineering o Architect and deliver scalable data pipelines that extract, transform, and load clinical data from UCLH's data sources. o Design and maintain data models that support reporting, advanced analytics, and research use cases -- balancing normalisation, performance, and usability. o Implement continuous improvements to the existing data warehouse, business intelligence, and analytical products, including identifying and reducing technical debt (e.g. duplication, fragile dependencies). Architecture and Documentation o Evolve the technical roadmap for SAFEHR's data engineering products, making architecture and technology decisions with key stakeholders. o Produce and maintain documentation covering UCLH data and analytics systems, in collaboration with key stakeholders. o Lead the development of documentation that enables the scalable, correct use of clinical datasets by reporting teams, clinical users, and research projects. Leadership o Line-manage up to, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites: o University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) o National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery o Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals o University College Hospital Grafton Way Building o Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine o University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre o The Hospital for Tropical Diseases o University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.