Senior Data Engineer - Lead Client Delivery in Healthcare

Edge Health UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days annual leave

Vitality Private health insurance

Two days training per quarter

Cycle2Work scheme

Job summary

Edge Health UK is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to lead client delivery in the healthcare sector. You will guide project teams, coach junior engineers face to face, and work directly with public and private organisations, adopting a forward‑deployed mindset.

You’ll stay hands‑on with pipelines and architecture, while shaping how Edge delivers value to clients, bids, and ongoing engagements, across NHS and related health data projects.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years delivering data work in client-facing settings.
• Experience mentoring and coaching others.
• Proven ability to plan and manage delivery for small to mid-size teams.
• Strong SQL and cloud/data engineering fundamentals; Databricks and Terraform preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage client projects and technical workstreams with senior support.
• Produce client-ready output: pipelines, models, reports and presentations.
• Maintain active client relationships and handle challenging conversations.
• Develop junior engineers on projects and coach them through client interactions.
• Handle sensitive data responsibly following security practices.
• Share knowledge with the team and support new joiners.
• Apply senior judgment to technical work and improve delivery quality.
• Identify opportunities for expanding work and contribute to bids and proposals.

Skills

Client-facing leadership

Mentoring

Delivery planning

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Azure

AWS

Databricks

Terraform

SQL

Job description

Edge Health UK is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to lead client delivery in the healthcare sector. You will guide project teams, coach junior engineers face to face, and work directly with public and private organisations, adopting a forward‑deployed mindset.

You’ll stay hands‑on with pipelines and architecture, while shaping how Edge delivers value to clients, bids, and ongoing engagements, across NHS and related health data projects.