Senior Software Engineer

Flatiron Health; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthtech company is looking for a data-oriented Software Engineer to design and develop technology for cancer care. The ideal candidate has 4-8 years of experience and is proficient in programming languages. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to solve meaningful problems in cancer care, working in a dynamic environment that encourages innovation.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of relevant professional experience as a software engineer.
• Experience in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop technology with global software engineering teams.
• Contribute to shaping team roadmaps and technology development.
• Work with complex data pipelines using various tools.

Skills

Object-oriented programming languages (Python, Java, C#, SQL)

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Data warehouse solutions (Snowflake)

Agile development environments

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Job description

We’re looking for a data-oriented Software Engineer to help us accomplish our mission to improve and extend lives by learning from the experience of every person with cancer. Are you ready to be the next changemaker in cancer care?

Flatiron Health is a healthtech company using data for good to power smarter care for every person with cancer, around the world. Flatiron partners with cancer centers in the US, Europe and Asia to transform patients’ real-life experiences into real-world evidence and create a more modern, connected oncology ecosystem. Our multidisciplinary teams include oncologists, data scientists, software engineers, epidemiologists, product experts and more. Flatiron Health is an independent affiliate of the Roche Group.

What You’ll Do

This role will design and develop technology in partnership with our global software engineering teams in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan. Additionally, this role will work day-to-day with oncologists, clinicians, product leaders, quantitative scientists, and customers to understand their challenges and how technology can help solve them.

• Contribute to shaping the direction of team roadmaps and technology development
• Help build our European engineering teams and company culture as we grow
• Devise creative solutions for technical and business challenges
• Rapidly iterate on products while maintaining engineering practices that ensure quality and security
• Work with complex data pipelines using a variety of data processing tools
• Bring or develop a deep knowledge of healthcare in UK, including data sources, security, privacy, information governance requirements, and emerging trends

Who You Are

You're a kind, passionate and collaborative problem-solver who values the opportunity to think beyond the way things are. You're excited by the prospect of working on difficult and meaningful problems each day. You seek and give candid feedback, and value the chance to make an important impact on cancer patients and society.

• You’re a software engineer with 4-8 years of relevant professional experience
• You are excited to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, think creatively and are comfortable being scrappy to get the job done
• You are excited about working in a passionate, technology-driven culture that encourages both innovation and business impact
• You have a nose for value and empathy for your customers
• You have experience with agile development environments using object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, Java, C#, SQL), but are also language agnostic and willing to pick up new programming languages as needed
• You have experience working with cloud platforms like AWS and data warehouse solutions like Snowflake
• You act as an expert in your domain area, and as a partner with product teams
• You understand the purpose of “boring” technology (as described in this blog post) and are willing to use the right tools to get the job done
• You can collaborate and easily explain technical terms to a non-technical, highly sophisticated audience; you have superior communication skills
• You are comfortable with ambiguity and always willing to teach and learn
• You are fluent in English

Optional

• You have experience working in healthcare in the UK
• You hold a bachelors, masters, and/or Ph.D. in computer science or a related field
• You have experience in machine learning, data engineering, infrastructure, devops, or security engineering

Who We Are

Our people are at the centre of everything we do. We strive to foster a culture where our teammates feel equipped and empowered to make meaningful contributions with confidence, compassion, and clarity.