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Senior Software Engineer

uMedCambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Application Engineering team, a hands-on builder who takes real ownership of what they ship. You'll work end-to-end on features and initiatives, from design through to production, collaborating closely with our Data Engineering team who own the health data pipelines that power our platform. This is a dynamic, broad-reaching role for someone who thrives with autonomy. You'll be expected to lead initiatives technically, scoping, designing, building, and iterating, in a team where every contribution matters.


Responsibilities

  • Building and improving features across the platform, with Python and Django at the core of our stack, while picking up other technologies as the platform and your work demands
  • Writing well-structured, testable, production-ready code and holding yourself to a high standard of quality
  • Collaborating with Data Engineering to understand platform capabilities and integrate effectively
  • Working closely with Product and Design in scrum ceremonies, backlog refinement, and technical discussions, contributing your perspective, not just your code
  • Participating in production support and incident management, debugging and resolving issues to keep our platform stable and performant
  • Documenting what you build, clearly and consistently
  • Helping define and evolve our backend engineering standards, staying current with the Python and Django ecosystem and bringing good ideas back to the team

Requirements

  • Strong Python and Django skills (or comparable Python web framework experience)
  • Solid grasp of REST API design and SQL database modelling
  • Comfort with relational databases and a good instinct for data modelling
  • Solid experience with AWS, including containers and serverless technologies
  • Working knowledge of message queuing and stream processing
  • Experience with observability and CI/CD tooling such as Sentry, Datadog, or CircleCI
  • A track record of delivering well-designed backend features end-to-end, independently
  • Degree in computing or equivalent experience - we care more about what you've built than where you studied

Ideally You Will Have

  • Experience with React and JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Experience working with or alongside data engineering workflows, including tools like Airflow
  • Experience with clinical or healthcare systems

About You

  • A self-starter who doesn't wait to be told what to do next
  • Genuinely care about code quality, reusability, maintainability, and scalability
  • Excited by working in a small team where you wear several hats
  • Someone who empathises with users and keeps their needs at the centre of every technical decision
  • Motivated by the idea that the software you create could directly improve patient outcomes

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Is the Senior Software Engineer position at uMed remote?
Yes. This role was posted on Remote Frontend Jobs, a job board that lists exclusively fully remote positions.
When was this Senior Software Engineer job posted?
This listing was posted on June 5, 2026 and is still open for applications.
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