Principal Software Engineer - Integration

Job overview

As our Principal Software Engineer, you will take a senior leadership role within the Digital Services Directorate, responsible for architecting, developing, integrating, and supporting the digital systems critical to our EPR rollout and wider organisational strategy.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and mentor a team of highly skilled developers and integration specialists.
• Oversee development of high‑quality, resilient, secure software and data integrations supporting clinical safety and operational efficiency.
• Act as technical authority across backend systems, interfaces, data architecture and code quality, providing expert leadership to development teams.
• Work with clinical and non‑clinical colleagues to ensure EPR data is accurate, validated, trusted and available for real‑time and strategic clinical needs.
• Champion Agile methodologies, serving as Scrum Master and driving continuous improvement.
• Drive interface development using HL7, FHIR, RESTful APIs, SOAP, and modern standards across multiple Trust systems.
• Advise senior management, digital leaders and clinical stakeholders on technical strategy, data usage, integration approaches and system enhancements.

Main duties of the job

This is a senior, highly influential role where you will shape the Group’s approach to clinical system integration, resilience, and integration standards. Your work will be used by thousands of clinical and operational users and will directly support safer, faster and more informed patient care.

Essential experience includes:

• Extensive software development experience, including:
• Intersystems Caché ObjectScript, SQL (SSIS/SSRS), REST APIs, REACTJS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS.
• Strong knowledge of interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR) and experience integrating complex clinical systems.
• Extensive experience with Integration Engines.
• Senior management experience within the NHS or similarly complex environments.
• Expertise in database design, server/platform configuration, DevOps/CI tooling, cybersecurity considerations, and disaster recovery planning.
• Significant experience leading multi‑skilled development teams using Agile Scrum.
• Proven ability to design, test, deploy, and maintain technically resilient software in safety‑critical settings.

Desirable experience:

• Experience working directly with NHS clinical systems or previous EPR experience
• Knowledge of clinical workflows and NHS operational structures.
• DevOps certifications or advanced testing/system planning experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Server, enterprise storage, virtualisation and DevOps technologies
• Certified Scrum Professional or other Agile/Scrum certifications

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Group we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

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