Principal Software Engineer – Integration

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

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 Cach 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 certificationsor advanced testing/system planning experience.
  • Experience with Microsoft Server, enterprise storage, virtualisation and DevOps technologies
  • Certified Scrum Professional or other Agile/Scrum certifications

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters level qualification or equivalent experience/knowledge

Desirable

  • Education or qualifications relative to clinical or operational management within an acute healthcare environment
  • Certified enhanced DevOps qualifications
  • Certified Scrum Professional or other Scrum alliance qualifications
  • Managing Intersystems servers/Developing with Intersystems Objects and SQL

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Experience producing long term technically resilient software plans to support digital service objectives and product lifecycle, including: planning, development, testing, integration, deployment
  • Specialist knowledge and advanced understanding of a variety of development techniques and methodologies, specifically integration development and with extensive experience in the application in a commercial or healthcare environment
  • Demonstrated at least significant experience managing a team of multi skilled developers with a strong understanding of the practical application of the Agile software development cycle and its principles
  • Experience with Internet security technologies and enterprise level storage systems
  • Experience of Continuous Delivery (CD) methodologies inside product development teams

Desirable

  • Experience in server and software management and maintenance required to maximise service efficiently to avoid organisational distress
  • Senior Management experience within the NHS
  • Specialist knowledge and experience in multiple database architecture, management and handling technologies and techniques

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 19 July 2026

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