Senior Data Engineer

We are hiring a data engineer to lead client delivery and build the next generation of engineers at Edge. This is a client-facing leadership role. You will spend most of your time working directly with both public.

Produce client-ready output: pipelines, models, reports and presentations that can go in front of a client as they stand.

Play an active part in client relationships: presenting, updating and handling harder conversations, with coaching from senior staff as you take on more.

Develop the junior engineers on your projects, coaching them through client interactions and managing their delivery as well as the technical work.

Handle sensitive data the way it should be handled, following our quality and information security practices, because being trusted with patient data is the foundation of everything we do.

Help the junior engineers around you get better, sharing what you know with the team and supporting new joiners as they find their feet.

Apply senior judgement to the technical work itself: noticing when a build is drifting away from good practice and doing something about it.

Look for the moments where good delivery opens the door to more work, and flag them to the senior colleague leading the account as well as contribute to bids and proposals.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

We greatly value diversity and would welcome applicants from a range of academic and professional backgrounds. While meeting all the stated job requirements can be beneficial, at Edge, we understand that diverse experiences and perspectives can bring great value to our work. So, if you're passionate about the work we do and share our values, we encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet every single criterion.

• You have delivered data work in a client-facing setting, such as consulting, an agency or an embedded role for 2-4 years, and are comfortable presenting your work and being challenged on it.
• You have started developing others, whether through mentoring, onboarding or day-to-day coaching, and can give us an example of someone who is better at their job because of you.
• You manage your own delivery well against deadlines and can plan and delegate work for a small team.
• You have solid engineering foundations: strong SQL, plus experience with some of Azure or AWS, Databricks and Terraform. Gaps in the stack are fine, and we will train them.
• You care about healthcare. Experience with the NHS or health data is a real advantage, and a passion for the sector is essential.
• You take your own development seriously, come to your one-to-ones ready to work on something, and act on the feedback you get.
• You are the kind of colleague people want on a project: straight with clients, considerate of the team, and someone who takes pride in working in the health.

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical discipline (computer Science, Engineering, mathematics or similar) expected.

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus (typically averaging ~10% of base).
• 25 days annual leave per year, including the option of buying up to 5 additional days.
• Vitality Private health insurance and/or Bupa Cashplan.
• Two days training per quarter to support professional development.
• Cycle2Work scheme.

We review applications on a rolling basis and invite candidates to interview as we go, so encourage you to apply early. If we receive a high number of strong applications, we may close the role before the advertised deadline.