W Talent, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Senior Software Engineer
A fantastic opportunity for a suitably experienced Senior Backend Engineer seeking to make a real difference. You will help define how AI is safely used in front-line healthcare.
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll play a key role in building and scaling the core infrastructure that powers our clients' platform. This hands‑on role requires deep experience in backend engineering, cloud systems, and architectural thinking.
Location: Belfast - Hybrid
Salary
£80,000 - £110,000 + Stock Options + Benefits
Cloud-native platform. Experience with the following will be highly desirable:
* AWS – Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, S3 and OpenSearch
* Node.js / TypeScript and Python
* DynamoDB and PostgreSQL
* Serverless Architecture and microservices patterns.
* Infrastructure tools like Terraform, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
* Security and compliance practices, especially relevant in healthcare.
Responsibilities
* Design and build robust, scalable cloud‑first backend systems.
* Contribute to infrastructure‑as‑code practices and DevOps tooling.
* Build and maintain LLM‑powered features such as RAG pipelines for clinical information.
* Develop and optimise agentic document extraction workflows to process clinical PDFs, policies, and handbooks into structured formats.
* Collaborate closely with our product and frontend teams to deliver high‑impact features.
* Write clean, well‑tested code and guide best practices across the engineering team.
* Take ownership of system reliability, performance, and security in a healthcare context.
Key Skills
* 5+ years of backend engineering experience in production environments.
* Strong AWS proficiency – hands‑on experience building and deploying systems in the cloud.
* Familiarity with embedding models, chunking strategies, and semantic search.
* Experience working in a small team or startup environment.
* A pragmatic problem‑solver who balances speed with sustainability.
* Passion for writing maintainable, scalable code.
* Knowledge of security and compliance best practices (e.g. HIPAA/GDPR, NHS DTAC, SOC 2).
* Bonus: experience in healthcare, medtech, or regulated environments.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Staffing and Recruiting
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