Data Engineer

Person Centred Software
Guildford
1 month ago
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At Person Centred Software were transforming the care sector through innovative data‑driven digital solutions. Were looking for a Data Engineer with a passion for ethical AI healthcare impact and scalable this role youll help build the pipelines analytics foundations and data products that power intelligent care solutions across the UK and beyond.


You will join a highly collaborative team working at the intersection of advanced analytics cloud engineering and compassionate innovation helping shape the future of care intelligence.


What Youll Do

  • Develop and maintain data pipelines across Azure services including Azure Data Factory Synapse Analytics Fabric and Data Lake
  • Support the design and implementation of benchmarking methodologies using data from hundreds of care homes
  • Contribute to the development and deployment of predictive models (e.g. fall prediction infection risk) using Azure Machine Learning
  • Work with developers and product teams to integrate ML outputs into dashboards APIs and customer‑facing tools
  • Perform data exploration cleaning and statistical analysis to support product innovation and business decisions
  • Help ensure models and data systems comply with healthcare privacy regulations (GDPR NHS DSP Toolkit)
  • Implement processes for data quality monitoring pipeline optimisation and ongoing reliability
  • Collaborate closely with senior data scientists / engineers contributing to a culture of responsible ethical data use

What Youll Bring

  • Solid experience as a Data Engineer (or similar role) working with production data workflows
  • Practical experience with Azure cloud data services Data Factory Fabric Synapse Databricks Data Lake / Blob
  • Strong Python skills for data processing and automation
  • Proficient SQL skills for data modelling manipulation and optimisation
  • Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows
  • Clear confident communication skills
  • Has a strong appreciation for privacy and compliance and associated regulations when working with sensitive health and social care data
  • Exposure to SaaS products multi‑tenant systems or high‑availability cloud environments
  • Use of Azure DevOps for planning tracking and deployment pipelines
  • Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary product engineering team working collaboratively with software engineers test engineers and product managers
  • As a bonus : Understanding of model interpretability responsible AI principles or privacy‑first data design

What We Offer

  • Up to 45000 base salary bonus
  • Modern Guildford office with flexible ad hoc home working
  • 25 days holiday
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Additional benefits : cycle to work scheme staff discounts portal and Employee Assistance Programme

At Person Centred Software were leading the digital revolution in social care. Our technology is reshaping an industry that impacts millionsdriving efficiency improving outcomes and setting new standards. Every day your work will help modernise and future‑prove social care.


Tech That Transformsautomation real‑time dataour solutions are redefining how social care operates


Join the Market Leader Trusted by thousands we set the benchmark for digital transformation in social care


Drive Meaningful Innovation Work at the forefront of a sector ready for change where your skills fuel real‑world impact


Challenge Yourself Make a Difference If you love tech and solving big challenges we want to hear from you


Work with the Best Join a team of top‑tier professionals passionate about using technology to drive change


Required Experience :


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Key Skills

  • Apache Hive
  • S3
  • Hadoop
  • Redshift
  • Spark
  • AWS
  • Apache Pig
  • NoSQL
  • Big Data
  • Data Warehouse
  • Kafka
  • Scala

Employment Type : Full‑Time


Experience : years


Vacancy : 1


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