Data Engineer

We’re supporting a growing healthcare technology company that is expanding its data engineering capability across both AI-driven scientific platforms and clinical trial delivery systems. The business operates at the intersection of healthcare, clinical research, imaging, and machine learning, helping accelerate clinical trials and improve patient outcomes through advanced data and AI technology. This is an opportunity to join a highly collaborative multidisciplinary environment, working alongside software engineers, machine learning scientists, infrastructure teams, and clinical operations specialists.

The Opportunity We are looking to speak with experienced Python-focused Data Engineers who enjoy working within complex, data-rich environments and are motivated by solving meaningful technical challenges. The role combines elements of: • scalable data infrastructure • machine learning data preparation • production-grade pipeline engineering • healthcare and imaging datasets • regulated clinical data delivery Depending on background and strengths, there is flexibility to align individuals more closely to either: • AI / scientific data engineering or • operational clinical pipeline engineering Key Responsibilities • Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure • Work with large-scale healthcare, imaging, and clinical datasets • Improve data quality, automation, reproducibility, and operational efficiency • Support machine learning and AI-driven workflows • Collaborate across engineering, scientific, infrastructure, and operations teams • Contribute to scalable cloud-based data platforms • Help improve and automate complex data processing workflows Technology Environment • Python • AWS • Kubernetes & Docker • Dagster / orchestration tooling • Cloud-native infrastructure • CI/CD pipelines • Large-scale healthcare and scientific datasets What We’re Looking For • Strong commercial Python engineering experience • Experience building and maintaining production data pipelines • Strong understanding of scalable infrastructure and data processing • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills • Ability to understand wider business and healthcare context, not just pipeline delivery • Experience operating within complex or regulated environments Highly Desirable • Healthcare, biotech, medtech, or scientific platform experience • Imaging data exposure (CT, HRCT, DICOM) • Machine learning or AI infrastructure exposure • Kubernetes and infrastructure tooling experience • Experience with reproducibility, data quality, and operational scalability • Bioinformatics, genomics, or scientific computing backgrounds The Environment • Hybrid working model • Collaborative engineering and science culture • Greenfield and scaling platform challenges • Strong mission-driven healthcare focus • Opportunity to contribute to technology that directly impacts clinical trial acceleration and patient outcomes At Stockford Recruitment, we help startups and SMEs grow by connecting them with exceptional tech talent. We are committed to the growth of our candidates and clients.

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