Head of Engineering
This is a rare opportunity to lead engineering on one of the world s most ambitious open platforms for secure health data research - . You ll work on problems with genuine national and global importance, where software engineering can directly improve healthcare and medical research. We care deeply about openness, transparency and public trust. You ll collaborate closely with unusually thoughtful colleagues across engineering, clinical medicine, research, operations and information governance. In the role, you ll work closely with our CTO and Head of Product to run the engineering team. You ll enjoy high trust, substantial autonomy and real influence over both technical direction and engineering culture. This is a role for somebody who enjoys making difficult things work in the real world, balancing technical ambition with pragmatism, persuasion and sound judgement. Success in this role depends on more than technical leadership; credibility, communication, and institutional empathy are also essential. It s best suited to somebody excited by hard problems, meaningful impact, and working with exceptional people. Applications close on Wednesday 8th June at midday. Who are we? We are the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science, at the University of Oxford, led by Professor Ben Goldacre. We built OpenSAFELY, a revolutionary open source platform for secure clinical research. Conceived at the start of the COVID-19 crisis, it has been used extensively to produce ground-breaking ..... full job details .....
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