Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer | HealthTech | London (Hybrid)

A UK HealthTech company supporting 500+ GP practices and 4.5M patients is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join their growing engineering team. Their software helps clinical teams identify at-risk patients earlier and manage them more efficiently, used in real practices, every day

The Ro le

You'll join a cross-functional squad, initially reporting into a Squad Lead, shipping features that directly improve how primary care is delivered. This is a senior IC role for now, but the team is growing quickly and the expectation is clear: the right person will move into a leadership position as that happens. If you want a defined path to lead without waiting years for someone to move on, this is worth a look.

What You'll Do

• Own delivery end-to-end: technical planning, execution, and shipping reliable software
• Work closely with Product and Design as genuine partners
• Champion code quality, testing, and pragmatic trade-offs between speed and debt
• Mentor teammates and help shape engineering culture as the team scales

What They're Looking For

• Proven experience in a senior engineering role with some leadership exposure
• 5+ years experience with Python is essential
• Hands-on technical skills across, TypeScript, React, AWS, and DevOps
• Pragmatic approach to balancing speed, quality, and technical debt
• Ownership mindset, comfortable with ambiguity and end-to-end responsibility
• Strong communicator who can simplify complexity
• 6+ years in relevant technologies
• Healthcare or B2B SaaS experience a bonus
• Early stage experience would be highly desirable