Lead Software Engineer / Tech Lead - Fitness & Wellbeing Technology

Nuffield Health Group; Epsom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Job summary

Nuffield Health is transforming its Fitness & Wellbeing technology ecosystem from Barbican to Epsom, with hybrid working (1 office day per week). We seek a Lead Software Engineer/Tech Lead to drive architectural direction and scalable solutions across Digital, Integrations, Salesforce and Data Engineering.

You will own low-level designs, mentor teams, and ensure engineering quality while collaborating with product owners, partners and Delivery Managers to deliver impactful member experiences.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical design and delivery, owning engineering quality.
• Ability to define technical direction and produce high-quality low-level designs.
• Broad experience across mobile & web development, API integrations, data engineering, and Salesforce.
• Hands-on cloud deployments (Azure) and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across Digital, Integrations, Salesforce and Data Engineering.
• Own and define low-level designs, including integration with third-party systems.
• Act as the accountable lead for engineering quality, consistency and delivery pace across multiple workstreams.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Delivery Managers and third-party partners to align technical approaches and manage dependencies.
• Ensure all solutions adhere to enterprise architecture and engineering standards, with end-to-end design across platforms.
• Provide technical guidance and feedback to engineering teams, promoting best practices without line management responsibilities.
• Identify and mitigate cross-workstream technical risks.
• Support service management transition, ensuring solutions are stable and operationally ready.

Skills

Technical leadership

Low-level design

Cloud/DevOps

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Tools

Salesforce

Azure

React Native

Node.js

AdobeExperienceManager

Adyen

Job description

Lead Software Engineer / Tech Lead - Fitness & Wellbeing Technology

Barbican & Epsom | Hybrid Working (1 office day per week) | Permanent | Full-Time

Competitive salary available, depending on experience

37.5 hours per week

At Nuffield Health, everything we give our patients, members and customers starts with our people. Your passion, your expertise and your drive to make a difference enable us to deliver exceptional connected healthcare and fitness experiences.

We’re looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer / Tech Lead - Fitness & Wellbeing Technology to play a pivotal role in re-platforming our Fitness & Wellbeing technology ecosystem. This is a high‑impact role in which you’ll shape technical direction, uphold engineering standards and deliver scalable solutions that support millions of member interactions.

We’re transforming the entire digital experience for members and employees across our Fitness & Wellbeing estate. We’re working towards a best‑in‑class member app that offers a personalised experience, where new joiners sign up through a fully paperless journey, members book, buy and pay for every service digitally, manage their whole account themselves and receive relevant, well‑timed recommendations. Behind the scenes, employees will be able to work entirely digitally, with member management and payments automated end to end.

Could you play a key role in that?

As our Lead Software Engineer / Tech Lead - Fitness & Wellbeing Technology, you’ll:

• Provide technical leadership across the workstream, spanning Digital, Integrations, Salesforce and Data Engineering.
• Own and define low‑level solution designs, including integration with third‑party systems.
• Act as the accountable lead for engineering quality, consistency and delivery pace across multiple workstreams.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Delivery Managers and third‑party partners to align technical approaches and manage dependencies.
• Ensure all solutions adhere to Nuffield Health’s enterprise architecture and software engineering standards, with clear end‑to‑end design across platforms.
• Provide technical guidance and constructive feedback to engineering teams, promoting best practice and high standards, without line management responsibility.
• Identify and mitigate cross‑workstream technical risks.
• Support with service management transition, ensuring solutions are stable, maintainable and operationally ready.

To succeed as Lead Software Engineer / Tech Lead - Fitness & Wellbeing Technology you’ll bring:

• Strong experience leading technical design and delivery, taking ownership of engineering quality and outcomes.
• Proven ability to define technical direction and produce high‑quality low‑level designs.
• Broad technical experience across mobile & web development, API integrations, data engineering and Salesforce ecosystems.
• Hands‑on experience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments (preferably Microsoft Azure) using DevOps practices.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience working in multi‑supplier or partner environments.

Desirable:

• Deep technical expertise in one or more of: cross‑platform mobile app development (ideally React Native with Expo); web development (React.js, Node.js, HTML, CSS/Sass); Java API integrations; Data Engineering; Salesforce.
• Knowledge of CMS platforms such as Adobe Experience Manager.
• Experience integrating payment services (e.g. Adyen).
• Knowledge of the fitness & wellbeing industry.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options.

At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.