Principal Software Engineer - Integration

As our Principal Software Engineer, you will take a senior leadership role within the Digital Services Directorate, responsible for architecting, developing, integrating, and supporting the digital systems critical to our EPR rollout and wider organisational strategy.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and mentor a team of highly skilled developers and integration specialists.
• Oversee development of high-quality, resilient, secure software and data integrations supporting clinical safety and operational efficiency.
• Act as technical authority across backend systems, interfaces, data architecture and code quality, providing expert leadership to development teams.
• Work with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to ensure EPR data is accurate, validated, trusted and available for real-time and strategic clinical needs.
• Champion Agile methodologies, serving as Scrum Master and driving continuous improvement.
• Drive interface development using HL7, FHIR, RESTful APIs, SOAP, and modern standards across multiple Trust systems.
• Advise senior management, digital leaders and clinical stakeholders on technical strategy, data usage, integration approaches and system enhancements., This is a senior, highly influential role where you will shape the Group’s approach to clinical system integration, resilience, and integration standards. Your work will be used by thousands of clinical and operational users and will directly support safer, faster and more informed patient care.

• Extensive software development experience, including:
• Intersystems Cach ObjectScript, SQL (SSIS/SSRS), REST APIs, REACTJS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Strong knowledge of interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR) and experience integrating complex clinical systems.
• Extensive experience with Integration Engines.
• Senior management experience within the NHS or similarly complex environments.
• Expertise in database design, server/platform configuration, DevOps/CI tooling, cybersecurity considerations, and disaster recovery planning.
• Significant experience leading multi-skilled development teams using Agile Scrum.
• Proven ability to design, test, deploy, and maintain technically resilient software in safety-critical settings.

Desirable experience:

• Experience working directly with NHS clinical systems or previous EPR experience
• Knowledge of clinical workflows and NHS operational structures.
• DevOps certificationsor advanced testing/system planning experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Server, enterprise storage, virtualisation and DevOps technologies
• Certified Scrum Professional or other Agile/Scrum certifications, * Masters level qualification or equivalent experience/knowledge, * Education or qualifications relative to clinical or operational management within an acute healthcare environment
• Certified enhanced DevOps qualifications
• Certified Scrum Professional or other Scrum alliance qualifications
• Managing Intersystems servers/Developing with Intersystems Objects and SQL, * Experience producing long term technically resilient software plans to support digital service objectives and product lifecycle, including: planning, development, testing, integration, deployment
• Specialist knowledge and advanced understanding of a variety of development techniques and methodologies, specifically integration development and with extensive experience in the application in a commercial or healthcare environment
• Demonstrated at least significant experience managing a team of multi skilled developers with a strong understanding of the practical application of the Agile software development cycle and its principles
• Experience with Internet security technologies and enterprise level storage systems
• Experience of Continuous Delivery (CD) methodologies inside product development teams

Desirable

• Experience in server and software management and maintenance required to maximise service efficiently to avoid organisational distress
• Senior Management experience within the NHS
• Specialist knowledge and experience in multiple database architecture, management and handling technologies and techniques

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Masters level qualification or equivalent experience/knowledge

Desirable

• Education or qualifications relative to clinical or operational management within an acute healthcare environment
• Certified enhanced DevOps qualifications
• Certified Scrum Professional or other Scrum alliance qualifications
• Managing Intersystems servers/Developing with Intersystems Objects and SQL, * Experience producing long term technically resilient software plans to support digital service objectives and product lifecycle, including: planning, development, testing, integration, deployment
• Specialist knowledge and advanced understanding of a variety of development techniques and methodologies, specifically integration development and with extensive experience in the application in a commercial or healthcare environment
• Demonstrated at least significant experience managing a team of multi skilled developers with a strong understanding of the practical application of the Agile software development cycle and its principles
• Experience with Internet security technologies and enterprise level storage systems
• Experience of Continuous Delivery (CD) methodologies inside product development teams

Desirable

• Experience in server and software management and maintenance required to maximise service efficiently to avoid organisational distress
• Senior Management experience within the NHS
• Specialist knowledge and experience in multiple database architecture, management and handling technologies and techniques

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

As a Group we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we’ll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.