Platform Engineer, Our Future Health

£60-69k

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Node.js

Postgres

Ruby

Terraform

Azure

Pulumi

DevOps

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

Office located in Holborn, London

Health research programme

Be an early applicant

Health research programme

201-500 employees

HealthcareB2CB2BCharitySocial ImpactMedTech

Be an early applicant

£60-69k

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Node.js

Postgres

Ruby

Terraform

Azure

Pulumi

DevOps

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

Office located in Holborn, London

201-500 employees

HealthcareB2CB2BCharitySocial ImpactMedTech

Company mission

To bring together 5 million volunteers from right across the UK who will be asked to contribute information to help build one of the most detailed pictures we have ever had of people’s health. Researchers will be able to use this information to make new discoveries about human health and diseases. So future generations can live in good health for longer.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You're someone who loves solving complex problems, writing clean code, and building scalable systems that make a real-world impact
We’re looking for passionate technologists with a solid grounding in infrastructure and a strong bias toward software engineering best practices. If you’ve worked with containerisation (Kubernetes), cloud platforms (any flavour), and tools like Go, Ruby, Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt or Pulumi, we want to hear from you
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
Excellent 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

What the job involves

We are looking for a Platform Engineer who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure and software engineering
You’ll be enhancing and maturing one of the largest health data platforms in the world, driving improvements, fixing bugs, and supporting a system that truly matters
You’ll be hands-on with infrastructure-as-code, GitOps workflows, and engineering best practices like unit testing, code reviews, and design documentation
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)
Working across cross-functional teams launching new services and integrating complex systems with partners
Working closely with product managers to shape solutions from idea to implementation
Day to day support of feature development, tech debt removal, and platform improvements, all while supporting a culture of high standards through pairing, peer reviews, and coaching
Contributing to architectural planning, retrospectives, and incident reviews, helping drive meaningful change. You’ll also take part in support rotations, including out-of-hours on-call, ensuring our systems stay reliable and responsive
Being a part of wider engineering initiatives that shape how we work and grow as a community

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Millions of people spend too much of their life with poor health, with medical professionals only able to treat diseases when symptoms start to present. But what if later-life diseases could be prevented earlier through a better understanding of public health? Our Future Health is a ground-breaking new study, aiming to collect a blood sample and a short questionnaire from 5 million members of the British public.

One of the two major strands of genomic study in the UK (the other is the Newborn Genomes Program which will be running in parallel), Our Future Health is set to become the largest health research program in the world. With funding from government and the private sector (with particular interest from pharmaceutical investors) it will cement Britain's reputation as a world leader in genomics, and is expected to lead to major advances in the fight against obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other causes of poor health.

Aside from looking for volunteers for the study, Our Future Health is also seeking engineering talent to help build the infrastructure that will gather, analyse and protect the research data. It will be exciting to see how this charity develops and what discoveries emerge from its data in the future.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

131% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Company

Company benefits

Generous company pension package with employer contributions of up to 12%
30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
We have a lovely new office in Holborn, Central London and we offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
We offer all employees a life assurance policy.
Training support to help you achieve your potential.
All employees are covered by a group income protection scheme to support them in the event of long term sickness.

Company HQ

Holborn, London, UK

Leadership

Raghib Ali

(CEO, CMO & Chief Investigator)

Also a Clinical Epidemiologist at the University of Cambridge, an Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, and a Research Professor at New York University Abu Dhabi.

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