Staff Software Engineer

C&d Talent Advisory
Oxford, United Kingdom
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 75K

Job location

Remote
Oxford, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Application Performance Management
Azure
Cloud Computing
Code Review
Distributed Systems
Python
Systems Architecture
AI Infrastructure
Reinforcement Learning
Google Cloud Platform
Enterprise Software Applications
Large Language Models
Backend
Information Technology
Free and Open-Source Software
Virtual Agents

Job description

We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to design, build, and scale the distributed systems powering autonomous AI clinicians.

This is a highly hands-on, Python-first engineering role focused on production systems, AI infrastructure, and large-scale backend architecture. You'll help shape technical direction while remaining deeply involved in implementation, partnering closely with founders and engineering teammates to solve complex, real-world healthcare challenges., * Build distributed backend systems supporting AI-driven clinical workflows

  • Develop secure healthcare infrastructure for enterprise customers
  • Work on LLM, reinforcement learning, and agent-based architectures

System Architecture;

  • Design scalable production architectures
  • Improve reliability, scalability, and system performance
  • Own critical engineering decisions across distributed systems
  • Continuously optimize infrastructure and application performance

Technical Leadership;

  • Support engineers through code reviews and technical mentorship
  • Drive engineering best practices and architecture discussions
  • Collaborate closely with founders and product teams
  • Help maintain a high engineering bar across the organization

Product Development;

  • Translate ambiguous product requirements into production systems
  • Ship features rapidly while maintaining engineering quality
  • Collaborate across engineering, product, and customer teams

Requirements

  • Work Authorization: Must have existing work authorization in an EU country. Employment is available across Europe through an Employer of Record (EOR) where applicable., * 7+ years building production software systems

  • Strong Python engineering experience

  • Experience designing distributed systems at scale

  • Excellent system design and architecture skills

  • Proven experience turning ambiguity into scalable solutions

  • Strong backend engineering fundamentals

  • Startup or high-growth company experience

  • Experience mentoring engineers through technical leadership

  • High ownership and builder mindset

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Based in Europe

  • Healthcare technology experience

  • AI, LLM, or Agentic AI experience

  • Reinforcement Learning

  • Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)

  • Enterprise software experience

  • Open-source contributions

  • Experience building products from zero to production

  • Background in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics

Benefits & conditions

  • Competitive salary
  • Meaningful equity package
  • Fully remote across Europe
  • Flexible employment (Permanent or B2B)
  • High ownership from day one
  • Direct collaboration with founders
  • Small, elite engineering team
  • Opportunity to shape core technical architecture
  • Mission-driven work solving one of healthcare's biggest challenges

If you're passionate about building production AI systems that can transform healthcare and want to help shape the future of autonomous clinical intelligence, we'd love to hear from you...

About the company

When you apply, our AI-powered matching platform considers you not only for this opportunity, but also for other relevant roles across our network, so one application can unlock multiple career opportunities. We only work with real companies hiring for live positions. Every opportunity on our platform is an active search. If there's a strong match, we'll guide you through the process. If not, we won't ignore you., Our client is an ambitious healthcare AI startup building autonomous AI clinicians capable of transforming the future of healthcare. Their mission is to automate clinical workflows through advanced AI agents, enabling healthcare providers to deliver faster, more accessible, and higher-quality patient care at scale.

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