Senior Data Engineer
Our Future HealthLondon, England, United Kingdom
Posted October 29, 2025
74000 - 74000 GBP year
Full Time
About the Company
Our Future Health is the UK’s largest ever health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases. Our mission is to create an incredibly detailed picture of the UK population’s health, by recruiting up to five million adult volunteers from across the UK. Each volunteer will be asked to fill out a questionnaire and provide a blood sample that can be linked to their health records. Taken together, the data will present health researchers with a powerful tool to identify new ways of tackling diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and dementia. It's an unprecedented challenge that involves answering questions that have never been asked before – ethical, practical, and technological. And by getting these answers right, we believe Our Future Health will allow future generations to live in good health for longer. We are currently expanding our team and looking for specialists across various fields – people who are motivated by the opportunity of creating something new that will make a difference to society. Click on the Jobs tab above to start exploring our current opportunities. Our Future Health is a registered charity in England, Wales and Scotland.
Job Description
Future Health is a UK-based health research program focused on developing methods to detect, prevent, and treat diseases like cancer, dementia, and diabetes. They are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build and maintain data pipelines, process large datasets, and ensure data quality for research projects. The role involves collaboration with scientists, engineers, and other data specialists, and requires experience in large-scale data projects.
Requirements
- Experience building and maintaining robust, scalable, and efficient data pipelines.
- Ability to work with health data (ideally NHS or survey/questionnaire data).
- Proficiency in Python, Unix skills, and cloud environments like Azure.
- Understanding of common data transformation formats like Apache Parquet, Delta tables and Docker.
- Experience in Agile development and version control using Git/GitHub.
Benefits
- Salary
- Pension Scheme
- Holiday Allowance
- Parental Leave
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Home & Tech Savings
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Wellbeing Support
- Great Place to Work
