Senior Software Engineer — HealthTech Impact, Remote UK

HireQ Talent; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote (UK)

Learning & development

HealthTech growth

Job summary

HireQ Talent is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a fast-growing HealthTech platform, fully remote within the UK. You will design and build scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud-native applications while shaping architecture and technical direction.

You will collaborate across product, engineering and DevOps to deliver high-quality software, drive performance, and reduce technical debt. Strong Python, FastAPI, and cloud experience are essential, with a bias toward scalable, secure

Qualifications

• Python software engineering in production environments.
• Designing and developing robust APIs.
• FastAPI expertise.
• PostgreSQL and database optimisation.
• Docker and containerised deployment.
• API integrations and third-party services.
• Automated testing and quality-focused development.
• Agile software delivery.
• Building software products that serve real customers at scale.

Responsibilities

• Designing & Building
• Develop scalable backend services and high-performance APIs
• Deliver features from concept through to production
• Build and enhance cloud-native applications
• Integrate external healthcare and third-party systems
• Write clean, secure, thoroughly tested code
• Contribute across the full software development lifecycle
• Driving Technical Excellence
• Influence platform architecture and long-term technical strategy
• Improve scalability, resilience and system performance
• Help reduce technical debt and simplify complex systems
• Establish and promote engineering best practices
• Contribute to critical technology and architectural decisions
• Supporting the Engineering Team
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA and DevOps teams
• Participate in design reviews and technical discussions
• Mentor engineers and share knowledge across the team
• Champion continuous improvement and engineering quality
• Help create a culture of innovation, ownership and excellence

Tools

Docker

OpenAPI

CI/CD Pipelines

Microsoft Azure

Pydantic

SQLAlchemy

Alembic

Job description

HireQ Talent is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a fast-growing HealthTech platform, fully remote within the UK. You will design and build scalable backend services, APIs, and cloud-native applications while shaping architecture and technical direction.

You will collaborate across product, engineering and DevOps to deliver high-quality software, drive performance, and reduce technical debt. Strong Python, FastAPI, and cloud experience are essential, with a bias toward scalable, secure