Senior Data Engineer
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Job description
Senior Data Engineer at Accurx, sitting between Analytics Engineering, Product and ML teams to design and scale the pipelines and data architecture underpinning the platform. The role builds the foundations that turn data into a strategic asset for NHS healthcare communication.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Pay
- GBP 85,000 – 105,000 / year
What you'll do
- Design and scale a robust data architecture that handles massive event-driven communication flows across nearly every GP practice in the UK
- Build and own ingestion and ELT pipelines end-to-end, from source systems through to the Snowflake data warehouse, using Python and SQL in production
- Make and own architectural decisions that support analytics, experimentation and machine learning at scale
- Partner closely with Analytics Engineering, Product and ML teams to turn raw healthcare communication data into reliable, high-performance datasets
- Set and uphold standards for data integrity, security and reliability
- Lay the data foundations for AI and ML work, helping take models from experimentation into production
- Take on greenfield problems, shaping how data works at Accurx from the ground up
- Mentor teammates and contribute to a strong engineering culture through rigorous code reviews, sprint planning and open collaboration
What we're looking for
- Strong, proven experience as a Data Engineer, designing and building ingestion and ETL/ELT pipelines from scratch using Python and SQL in production environments
- Deep understanding of modern cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery or Redshift, and transformation tools like dbt, with a focus on creating clean, reliable and reusable datasets
- Comfortable owning decisions around data architecture, and working with cloud environments and software engineering best practices like Git and CI/CD
- Experience, or a strong interest, in building and operationalising machine learning models, and understanding how strong data foundations enable better AI outcomes
- Think beyond pipelines: care about how data drives real-world outcomes, especially in healthcare, and can work cross-functionally to shape problems and deliver solutions
- Actively leverage AI tools to automate routine tasks and continuously explore ways to integrate AI into workflows
Your team
Engineering
A mission-driven team of 80 engineers based in London and the surrounding areas, highly cross-functional with engineering, product, data and security collaborating as true peers; teams operate with high autonomy, owning everything from initial system design to long-term service stability.
Benefits
£85,000 - £105,000 base salary, plus a discretionary recognition bonus for exceptional performance and impact, nominated by managers and awarded by our leadership team
- Equity: £30,000 in equal share options
- Benefits to suit you: adjust your healthcare cover, your pension or life insurance
- Office-first culture with a minimum of 3 days a week in the dog-friendly Shoreditch office
- Regular hackathons, plus dedicated time to visit GP practices and other healthcare settings
- 28 days of holiday (plus bank holidays) and up to 4 weeks to work from anywhere per year
- Enhanced parental leave, fertility support and parental loss support
- Free healthy breakfasts, snacks and lunches, plus a weekly sweet treat
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About Accurx
Accurx is where conversations happen with and about patients.
Accurx builds a single, system-wide platform that connects everyone through communication. What started as a way for GPs to text a patient has evolved into an all-in-one digital toolkit used by 98% of GP practices. The platform powers Total Triage to manage patient demand, and Self-Book, which lets patients schedule their own appointments in seconds. Routine care is automated with Patient Questionnaires for long-term conditions, while Accumail allows staff-to-staff communication to happen instantly across different care settings. Accurx Scribe is an AI-powered note-taker that drafts medical notes in real-time.
Mission
Fixing healthcare communication for the NHS by building a single, system-wide platform that connects everyone through communication.
Key facts
- 80 engineers
- London, United Kingdom
- Healthcare technology
- Platform used by 98% of GP practices
- Used by around 300k NHS staff every week
- Supports the care of over 50 million NHS patients every year
- Office-first culture in Shoreditch, London
What they value
- Low-ego, high-impact
- High standards
- Autonomy and ownership
- Open collaboration