Senior Data Engineer

Description

The company is a global healthcare technology business that develops medical technologies to improve patients' lives.

You would join the AI and Algorithm team in Edinburgh, which works on early sensor research and on established products already deployed in the field.

The team sits within the Acute Care and Monitoring (ACM) Operating Unit, whose headquarters is in Lafayette, Colorado.

This R&D role focuses on building research data pipelines for projects that range from early exploration to patient monitoring technology.

Expect a changing pace and regular work with colleagues from other disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of data from clinical study collection through to clinical validation trials.
• Build and run scalable data infrastructure for clinical trials, sensor platforms and HPC environments.
• Look after data storage, access, security and backup.
• Create tools that manipulate, process and test data so it stays accurate and dependable.
• Set the data architecture, engineering practices and standards across R&D.
• Work with AI engineers, researchers and other teams to keep data systems aligned with project goals.
• Make data reliable and efficient to use for AI, machine learning and signal processing work.
• Help make architecture decisions and keep improving systems as R&D needs change.

Requirements

• Hold a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, engineering, physics, biomedical engineering or a closely related technical field.
• Have professional experience in data engineering, software engineering or a similar field.
• Have deep knowledge of database architecture, design and management.
• Have a track record of building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines and scalable data workflows.
• Be strong in Python and SQL, or another relevant programming language.
• Have experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation and configuration management.
• Preferred: background in medical devices, sensor technology or algorithm development.
• Preferred: understanding of signal processing techniques.
• Preferred: familiarity with machine learning and AI frameworks.
• Preferred: exposure to computer vision and image processing.
• Preferred: knowledge of healthcare industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Preferred: working proficiency in C++, C or MATLAB.

Conditions

This role is based in the Edinburgh office, working on-site.

UK salary range: 76,800.00 GBP to 115,200.00 GBP.

The final salary within this range is set using objective, job-related criteria such as relevant experience, skills and qualifications, under the company's compensation framework.

Benefits

• A competitive salary and a flexible benefits package.
• A wide range of benefits, resources and compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
• Eligibility for the company's short-term incentive, the Incentive Plan (MIP).