We are looking for an Principal Engineer to join a company within the healthcare sector, who are growing fast: they have a varied portfolio of clients across the NHS and beyond, flagship projects with national recognition, and a respected brand which is associated with solutions centered on open standards.

Their culture is one of empowerment. They measure themselves by the outcomes that they create and they encourage their employees to do the same. They give their employees space to stand-out as individuals making a difference to their clients.

Some of the responsibilities:

• Create strategic objectives for interoperability at local, regional and national levels

• Work with customers at a senior level to architect solutions to complex interoperability needs

• Produce quality design documentation

• Lead teams in delivering the solutions which MAY also include developing parts of the solution yourself (as exemplars or proofs-of-concept).

• Mentor staff and appraise staff performance.

• Schedule resources, manage project risks, quality and timeframes, and be accountable for project profitability.

• Design for non-functional requirements such as availability, reliability, security, etc.

• Identify opportunities for business development.

Some of the requirements:

• Evidence of applying interoperability products and/or standards to solve real-world problems.

• Proven ability to design solutions that achieve desired business outcomes.

• At least 3 years’ leadership experience of team leader

• Membership of standards setting bodies/technical design authorities.

• Understanding of and experience with healthcare standards (e.g. FHIR, IHE, ITK, OpenEHR, Hl7v2/v3)

• At least 2 years’ experience in Agile methodologies (e.g. SCRUM/Kanban) • Knowledge of cloud platforms and architectures

• Evidence of deep expertise and hands-on experience across multiple technical disciplines including:

•  modern user interface frameworks (e.g. React, Angular), integration (e.g. InterSystems Ensemble, Orion Rhapsody, Mirth, Biztalk, GraphNet)

• OO/Scripting environments (e.g. NodeJS, Python, Java, .NET) 

• persistence technologies (e.g. SQL, NoSQL) 

• security (e.g. PKI, OIDC, OAuth)

Apply now to find out more!