Platform engineer in health data

Our Future Health UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous Pension Scheme

30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Enhanced Parental Leave

Career Growth & Development £500/year

Cycle to Work Scheme

Home & Tech Savings

Employee Referral Bonus

Wellbeing Support

Great Place to Work – Central London

Zusammenfassung

Our Future Health UK is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design and build cloud platforms that support participant websites, data processing, and sharing into TREs. You will join a small team delivering scalable, secure, cloud-native infrastructure with IaC and modern tooling.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in cloud DevOps, Terraform/OpenTofu/Terragrunt/Pulumi, Python automation, Kubernetes, and secure production systems. Flexible, hybrid work options offered in London.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience in cloud DevOps/platform engineering for large-scale services.
• Hands-on IaC with Terraform/OpenTofu/Terragrunt/Pulumi and GitOps.
• Strong Python coding and automation skills; CI/CD pipelines knowledge.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and security best practices.
• Familiarity with data pipelines, ETL, and production system design.

Aufgaben

• Be part of a growing tech team to build cloud platforms for scale.
• Define platform requirements with engineering and operations.
• Iteratively build the platform, starting simple and expanding.
• Define development processes for a new, growing team.
• Own solutions from conception to deployment and on-call.
• Deploy third-party tools as needed by other teams.
• Ideate solutions for distributed systems, scale and security.
• Apply best practices for availability, scalability, efficiency.

Kenntnisse

Cloud platforms

Python

Agile methodology

Unit testing

Code reviews

Tools

Terraform

OpenTofu

Terragrunt

Pulumi

Kubernetes

Docker

Postgres

Jobbeschreibung

Описание:

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join the small team designing and building the platforms and systems to support a number of vital functions across Our Future Health. These systems will include but not limited to the participant-facing websites, import and processing of high-volume health, NHS and genetic datasets to the de-identification/sharing of data into accredited Trusted Research Environments (TREs). If you have prior experience building a public cloud-based platform from the ground up, we'd be keen to see your application. We're looking for candidates who are passionate who can recommend modern technologies and practices that have a track record of being used successfully in the platform we are looking to build.

Задачи:

• Be part of our growing technology team to help create the cloud platforms to support Our Future Health as we scale
• Work with the engineering and operations teams to define platform requirements
• Use an iterative approach to building the platform, starting simple and increasing complexity as we go
• Support defining development processes as part of a new, growing team
• Own solutions from conception to deployment and beyond, taking part in on-call rotas where necessary
• Integrate and deploy third-party tools required by other teams
• Devise innovative ideas for solving hard technical problems involving distributed systems, scale and security and translate these ideas into designs and implementation
• Implement best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and efficiency

Требования:

• High proficiency in cloud DevOps/platform engineering and large-scale live services
• Azure, AWS or GCP
• Hands‑on experience developing infrastructure‑as‑code with tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, Pulumi following GitOps practices
• Strong experience coding and automating tasks in a high‑level language, preferably Python
• Hands‑on experience working directly with software engineering best practices: unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, excellent debugging, troubleshooting skills
• Experience in building/deploying tools related to data pipelines, ETL processes
• Confident with cloud‑native technologies like Kubernetes, Docker
• Experience deploying open‑source technologies such as Python, Node.JS, Ruby, Postgres and related CI/CD pipelines
• Good understanding of cloud security best practices and security compliance
• Experience designing, supporting and troubleshooting production systems at scale
• Good understanding of technology stacks from networks up to applications
• Experience of working in an agile methodology; used to code reviews and pairing
• Будет плюсом: In addition, experience in a commercial regulated domain would be a bonus (could be clinical, wearables, consumer apps, genomics, pharma etc)

Условия:

• Generous Pension Scheme - We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%
• 30 Days Holiday + 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
• Career Growth & Development - £500 per year to spend on Learnerbly, our learning platform, plus regular appraisals and development opportunities
• 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
• £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