We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join the small team designing and building the platforms and systems to support a number of vital functions across Our Future Health.
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).
If you have prior experience building a public cloud-based platform from the ground up, we’d be keen to see your application. We’re looking for candidates who are passionate who can recommend modern technologies and practices that have a track record of being used successfully in the platform we are looking to build.
At Our Future Health, our mission is to transform the prevention, detection and treatment of conditions such as dementia, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. We’re looking for people to join us on our journey. If you’re looking for a new challenge where you can contribute to helping future generations live in good health for longer, then we’re keen to speak with you.
What you’ll be doing
- Be part of our growing technology team to help create the cloud platforms to support Our Future Health as we scale
- Work with the engineering and operations teams to define platform requirements
- Use an iterative approach to building the platform, starting simple and increasing complexity as we go
- Support defining development processes as part of a new, growing team
- Own solutions from conception to deployment and beyond, taking part in on-call rotas where necessary
- Integrate and deploy third-party tools required by other teams
- Devise innovative ideas for solving hard technical problems involving distributed systems, scale and security and translate these ideas into designs and implementation
- Implement best practices when it comes to availability, scalability, operational excellence, and efficiency
What you won’t be doing
- Working in a siloed environment with no freedom to make decisions.
- Working in a place where you can’t see the impact your expertise makes.
Requirements
Experience
- 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.
- Strong 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
In addition, experience in a commercial regulated domain would be a bonus (could be clinical, wearables, consumer apps, genomics, pharma etc).
Benefits
- Generous Pension Scheme – We invest in your future with employer contributions of up to 12%.
- 30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays – Enjoy a generous holiday allowance with the flexibility to take bank holidays when it suits you.
- Enhanced Parental Leave – Supporting you during life’s biggest moments.
- Career Growth & Development – £500 per year to spend on Learnerbly, our learning platform, plus regular appraisals and development opportunities.
- Cycle to Work Scheme – Save 25-39% on a new bike and accessories through salary sacrifice.
- Home & Tech Savings – Get up to 8% off on IKEA and Currys products, spreading the cost over 12 months through salary sacrifice
- £1,000 Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone amazing? Get rewarded for bringing them on board!
- Wellbeing Support – Access to Mental Health First Aiders, plus 24/7 online GP services and an Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family.
- A Great Place to Work – We have a lovely Central London office in Holborn, and offer flexible and remote working arrangements.
Join us - let’s prevent disease together.
At Our Future Health, we recognise the importance of having a diverse workforce and ensuring that all candidates, regardless of their background, have equitable access to our application process. We proactively encourage applicants who identify as having a disability, neurodiversity, or long-term health conditions to let us know if they require any reasonable adjustments as part of their application process.
If you do require any reasonable adjustments, please email us at [email protected]
Skills Required
- High proficiency in cloud DevOps or platform engineering and large-scale live services using Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Hands-on infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform, OpenTofu, Terragrunt, or Pulumi, following GitOps practices
- Strong experience coding and automating tasks in a high-level language, preferably Python
- Experience with unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, debugging, and troubleshooting
- Experience building or deploying tools related to data pipelines and ETL processes
- Experience with cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience deploying Python, Node.js, Ruby, PostgreSQL, and related CI/CD pipelines
- 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 through applications
- Experience working with agile methodologies, code reviews, and pairing
- Experience in a commercial regulated domain such as clinical, wearables, consumer apps, genomics, or pharma
What We Do
Our Future Health is the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases. Our mission is to create an incredibly detailed picture of the UK population’s health, by recruiting up to five million adult volunteers from across the UK. Each volunteer will be asked to fill out a questionnaire and provide a blood sample that can be linked to their health records. Taken together, the data will present health researchers with a powerful tool to identify new ways of tackling diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and dementia. It's an unprecedented challenge that involves answering questions that have never been asked before – ethical, practical, and technological. And by getting these answers right, we believe Our Future Health will allow future generations to live in good health for longer. We are currently expanding our team and looking for specialists across various fields – people who are motivated by the opportunity of creating something new that will make a difference to society. Click on the Jobs tab above to start exploring our current opportunities. Our Future Health is a registered charity in England, Wales and Scotland.
