Lead Data Engineer

Engineering
Written By Tim Closs

myrecovery (formerly msk.ai) is part of the HOPCo group. We are transforming orthopaedic care with our innovative healthcare platform, designed to meet the needs and unlock value for patients, providers and payers.

Our technology connects the global orthopaedic community and we work with patients, hospitals, surgeons, universities and leading medical device companies. Through shared learning, we can accelerate research and develop smart tools to advance patient outcomes.

For patients, our mission is to improve the lives of people living with joint pain by providing seamless access to digital tools and resources that support their treatment journey.

For providers and payers, we connect clinicians, healthcare providers, payers, universities, and medical device companies to drive innovation, accelerate research, and advance patient outcomes. Through data-driven insights and collaboration, we support more efficient, effective, and value-based musculoskeletal care.


We have a Research & Development team with deep experience of LLMs, Computer Vision and Machine Learning, generating patented technology being productised within the platform. We are experiencing exponential growth in patient and clinician users globally; the NHS, state-wide US hospital networks and global medical device companies.

We are now seeking a Lead Data Engineer to take ownership of our data engineering team, data pipelines and warehouses. This is a key role within the company, mixing technical and team leadership, to deliver the backbone of the company’s product offerings to prestigious healthcare clients.

We are building something big together. As growing company we like to roll our sleeves up, whilst at the same time nurturing your individual goals and ambitions. We are looking for problem-solvers who are analytical, proactive, and delivery-focused. If you're a self-starter who thrives on collaboration and is passionate about improving patient care. Above all we want to hire high-energy people that we’ll love working with every day. What we need:

The Lead Data Engineer will have the following responsibilities:

  • Owner and lead developer of the company data pipelines and warehouses, based around Snowflake

  • Completing the process to move legacy ETL pipelines from Python, SQL, PostgreSQL, Airflow to Snowflake ELT

  • Owning data quality, availability and security

  • Proactively analysing and improving the quality of our data products - including performance, scalability, maintainability, test coverage and documentation

  • Striving to implement best practices for data development, establishing and documenting standards across UK and US data teams

  • Working with internal and external teams around raw data ingestion (e.g. from EMRs)

  • Leading on all hiring into the data team

  • Mentoring other Data Engineers

  • Leading technical discussions to the right decisions (democracy of ideas)

  • Reporting to the Head of Engineering

The following skills/experience are required:

  • Successful academic background in your specialist discipline

  • 8+ years' experience in architecting, developing, scaling and monitoring complex data pipelines

  • Expert in cloud data platforms e.g. Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift

  • Expert in SQL and Python

  • Strong understanding of data development best practices

  • Strong understanding of design patterns and architectural best practices

  • Ability to see the big picture and break it down into manageable chunks

  • Experience of mentoring other data engineers and analysts

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced agile environment

  • Humility and desire to learn from anyone

Salary: Very competitive, depending on experience.


Benefits:

  • 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays 

  • Enhanced Pension scheme

  • Private healthcare scheme

  • Annual training budget

  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Flexible hybrid working, and home-working set-up allowance

  • Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses

  • Generous family friendly policies

  • Company socials

  • A dog-friendly office!

Our office is based in Central London. We are working in a hybrid set up and you will be required to work in the office at least weekly (usually Wednesday). You can work at the office on any additional days. We are unlikely to consider candidates who are more than 2 hours from London.


PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CAN ONLY CONSIDER APPLICANTS RESIDENT IN THE UK WITH A WORK VISA VALID FOR A MINIMUM OF 2 YEARS

IF YOU ARE NOT RESIDENT IN THE UK OR DO NOT HAVE A VALID WORK UK VISA, YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED

To apply, please send your full CV and covering email to careers@myrecovery.com with subject “Lead Data Engineer”, and also complete this short application form (takes no more than 30 mins): https://forms.gle/24onJhiMTEbJty2MA

Tim Closs
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