Lead Software Engineer
FRESH.
leeds, west yorkshire, yorkshire and the humber
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!