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Principal Software Engineer - Integration

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Grimsby, Hull, Scunthorpe and Goole, DN33 2BA

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682

Contract

Fixed-Term

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

15 September 2026

11 days left

Job description

As our Principal Software Engineer, you will take a senior leadership role within the Digital Services Directorate, responsible for architecting, deve...

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

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 peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about NHS Humber Health Partnership, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website athttps://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

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

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

1 September 2026

Last checked

3 September 2026

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