Principal Engineer - Digital Health Products

Overview

We are hiring a Principal Engineer to join the new team working on initiatives and projects which will use the Our Future Health resource to provide personalised, actionable health insights to participants and enable a large increase in the UK’s ability to run clinical trials as part of the government’s 10-year NHS plan. This role will be pivotal in delivering key technologies that impact participant health on a national scale.Responsibilities

Provide technical direction and expertise to design, architect, integrate, operate, and govern internal and third-party digital health technologies.Lead technology oversight, architecture, product development, and clinical software delivery at scale, processing sensitive health data, sharing health insights, enabling third-party research studies, and building participant engagement.Help define regulatory strategy, contribute to medical risk management, ensure standards compliance, and establish procedures with a focus on Information Security, Health Information, and Medical Device standards.Engage with regulatory specialists to understand applicable standards and ensure compliance.Support initiatives to meet targets for clinical trial recruitment, returning health insights to participants, and developing necessary regulated software where applicable.Qualifications

Extensive knowledge and experience of digital health applications, clinical trials, genomics, and associated regulatory requirements.Experience leading the technical design, development, and delivery of precision medicine/personalised health software products or devices.Knowledge and experience of large-scale processing and management of sensitive health data, focused on healthcare delivery and clinical trials.Experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS or GCP acceptable).Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).Strong data modelling skills; in-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL) and familiarity with other data stores (blob, document, graph).Experience in technical leadership within agile teams, promoting practices such as code review, TDD, CI/CD, and pairing using Git/GitHub.Experience operating software components post-launch (observability, logging, metrics, error reporting, debugging, and incident management).Experience working in cross-functional teams with engineers, product, UX, and non-technical stakeholders; ability to lead multiple cross-functional teams.Ability to facilitate complex technical discussions with organization-wide impact and provide clear direction.Proven ability to communicate with stakeholders at various levels, including executive audiences (CTO, CPO, etc.).Experience developing Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) in compliance with UK MDR 2002 and applicable international standards (ISO 14971, ISO 13485, IEC 62304, IEC 62366, etc.).Experience producing and maintaining software lifecycle documentation required under IEC 62304 (software development plans, architecture and design specs, test protocols/reports, traceability matrices, etc.).Experience with quality management systems (ISO 13485), including internal audits, CAPA processes, and ensuring software lifecycle documentation is inspection-ready for regulatory review.Strong understanding of risk management per ISO 14971 and usability engineering per IEC 62366.Familiarity with clinical safety and health software standards relevant in the UK (e.g., DCB0129/0160) and regulatory expectations for safe deployment of clinical software.Experience supporting regulatory submissions (Technical Files, Design Dossiers, or equivalent) and responding to regulator queries on software documentation.Experience working in small, growing organisations with ambiguity where flexibility is valued.Expert understanding of software quality and experience leading quality improvement across cross-functional teams.Track record of mentoring both senior and early-career engineers.This advert will close on Wednesday 10th September at 4pm.Benefits

Generous Pension Scheme – employer contributions of up to 12%.30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays – flexible holiday allowance.Enhanced Parental Leave – supporting you during life’s biggest moments.Cycle to Work Scheme – save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories.Home and Tech Savings – up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products via salary sacrifice.£1,000 Employee Referral Bonus.Wellbeing Support – Mental Health First Aiders, 24/7 online GP services, and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.A Great Place to Work – Central London office in Holborn with flexible and remote working arrangements.Join us – let’s prevent disease together.At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of a diverse workforce and equitable access to our application process. We encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to request reasonable adjustments as part of the application process. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email ..... full job details .....