Lead Software Engineer

Company: FRESH.
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Location: London
Job Description:

Job Description

Lead Engineer – Python/JavaScript – AI MedTech – Salary + Equity – Hybrid, 1 day a week

FRESH has partnered with an exciting start-up that is leveraging Artificial Intelligence to improve healthcare services. Through the use of advanced AI, this software can identify potential non-attendance patients, giving healthcare providers time to proactively reach out and find solutions.

As a Lead Engineer, you will play a key role in shaping backend architecture, ensuring scalability, and driving technical excellence. This position offers the chance to take ownership, influence critical decisions, and contribute to the engineering culture.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development of backend services and applications, ensuring they are scalable, efficient, and aligned with business needs.
  • Build and maintain backend services and APIs using Python and TypeScript, writing clean, well-structured, and maintainable code.
  • Design and implement high-performance solutions for processing large datasets using tools like NumPy and Pandas.
  • Assess and select the best tools, frameworks, and technologies to support evolving business and technical requirements.
  • Develop and maintain cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to the engineering team, fostering a culture of excellence.

Requirements:

  • Proven experience in designing and implementing cloud-native backend services and applications.
  • Strong expertise in Python and TypeScript for building scalable backend systems and APIs.
  • Deep understanding of database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL) and experience in designing efficient data models.
  • Ability to make critical architectural decisions and effectively communicate trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • A proactive, problem-solving mindset with a strong sense of ownership and the ability to navigate complex challenges.

If you're interested in hearing more, drop me a connection or hit the apply button!

Posted: April 30th, 2025