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About the Role

Genomics England is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize data pipelines and processing systems. This role involves working with complex clinical and genomic data at scale, contributing to the development of machine learning and visualization capabilities, and enabling high-quality, trustworthy data products to improve patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and optimising data pipelines and processing systems
• Working with clinical and genomic data at scale, from acquisition through to transformation, lineage, metadata capture and de-identification
• Confidently using tools like Tableau, Semarchy, Prefect, Aspera and Globus for orchestration, visualisation and secure data transfer
• Supporting teams with robust, well-documented data models and infrastructure
• Building in AWS (cloud-first), and using best practices across storage, compute and orchestration
• Enabling standards in data quality, observability, testing and automation
• Collaborating with product, QA, architecture and engineering teams to build cleanly integrated data services
• Contributing to the development of machine learning and visualisation capabilities
• Helping raise data engineering capability across the chapter and wider organisation

Requirements

• Strong experience building data pipelines and large-scale processing systems (ETL/ELT)
• Solid hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-first data engineering
• Background in life sciences, healthcare or public sector tech delivery
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards (e.g. OMOP, FHIR, SNOMED, ICD-10)
• Excellent knowledge of tools like Tableau, Aspera, Semarchy, Prefect and/or Globus
• Strong coding skills (Python preferred), plus experience with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code
• Proven skills in data visualisation and statistical analysis, with the ability to communicate insights clearly and effectively
• A good understanding of data governance, data modelling and working in regulated environments
• Solid grasp of security, performance and compliance considerations in sensitive data systems
• Experience working with genomic or bioinformatics data
• Knowledge of machine learning pipelines and productionising ML models

Skills

• Python
• CI/CD
• Infrastructure-as-code
• Data visualisation
• Statistical analysis
• Data governance
• Data modelling
• AWS
• ETL/ELT
• Tableau
• Semarchy
• Prefect
• Aspera
• Globus
• OMOP
• FHIR
• SNOMED
• ICD-10
• Machine learning pipelines

Location

• London

Work Type

• Blended working model
• Hybrid working

Experience Level

• Experienced
• Hands-on

Education Level

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

• £73,200

Benefits

• Generous Leave: 30 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays, plus additional leave for long service
• Option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually
• Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements, flexible working, enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave benefits
• Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10%), Life Assurance (3x salary), an Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme and a Give As You Earn scheme
• Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets, support for training and certifications, and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription
• Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme
• Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership, a free Headspace account, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu jabs

About the Company

• Genomics England is a global leader in enabling genomic medicine and research, focused on creating a world where everyone benefits from genomic healthcare.
• Building on the 100,000 Genomes Project, we support the NHS’s world-first national whole genome sequencing service and run the growing National Genomic Research Library, alongside delivering numerous major genomics initiatives.
• By connecting research and clinical care at national scale, we enable immediate healthcare benefits and advances for the future.
• Our mission is to provide the evidence and digital systems so that by 2035 genomics could play a role in up to half of all healthcare interactions, whilst securing the UK’s position as the best place to discover, prove and benefit from genomic innovations.
• We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.
• Behind the Healthcare and Research outcomes, Genomics England delivers through designing, developing and operating complex healthcare software systems.
• We're on the cusp of big changes with the real prospect of genomics becoming the fabric of everyday healthcare through the lifetime - from birth to old age.

Equal Opportunity

• Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence.
• We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background.
• Genomics England’s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.
• Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work.
• We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes.
• Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process, we encourage you to discuss this with us.