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uMed

Senior Software Engineer – Application Engineering

uMed

Senior Software Engineer building and improving features on healthcare data platform using Python and Django. Collaborating with teams to integrate effectively and maintain platform stability.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AirflowAWSDjangoJavaScriptPythonReactSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • 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

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

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Private Health Insurance to keep you covered
  • Pension Plan to help you secure your future
  • Plenty of Paid Time Off for your well-deserved breaks
  • Work From Home equipment budget for a comfortable working space
  • Flexible Benefits platform tailored to your needs
  • Enjoy your Birthday Day Off on us!
  • Eye-test vouchers for Specsavers to look after your eyesight
  • Coworking policy – catch up with the team as regularly as once a week

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonDjangoREST API designSQL database modellingrelational databasesAWScontainersserverless technologiesmessage queuingstream processing
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingdocumentationquality assuranceindependencetechnical discussionsbacklog refinementincident managementdebugging
Certifications
degree in computing