Principal Software Engineer - Integration

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.

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

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: David Knowles Job title: Head of Systems and Integrations Development Email address: ***email_hidden***