Design and build complex, business-critical data pipelines and tooling; expand Deep Learning and LLM extraction for clinical insights; collaborate with clinicians, product, and scientists; shape team roadmaps and grow European engineering; iterate rapidly while maintaining quality, security, and compliance with healthcare data requirements.
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us accomplish our mission to improve and extend lives by learning from the experience of every person with cancer. Are you ready to be the next changemaker in cancer care?
Flatiron Health is a healthtech company using data for good to power smarter care for every person with cancer, around the world. Flatiron partners with cancer centers in the US, Europe and Asia to transform patients' real-life experiences into real-world evidence and create a more modern, connected oncology ecosystem. Our multidisciplinary teams include oncologists, data scientists, software engineers, epidemiologists, product experts and more. Flatiron Health is an independent affiliate of the Roche Group.
What You'll Do
This role will design and develop technology in partnership with other software engineers in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan. Additionally, this role will collaborate day-to-day with oncologists, clinicians, product leaders, quantitative scientists, and customers to understand their challenges and how technology can help solve them.
Who You Are
You're a kind, passionate and collaborative problem-solver who values the opportunity to think beyond the way things are. You're excited by the prospect of working on difficult and meaningful problems each day. You seek and give candid feedback, and value the chance to make an important impact on cancer patients and society.
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Who We Are
Our people are at the centre of everything we do. We strive to foster a culture where our teammates feel equipped and empowered to make meaningful contributions with confidence, compassion, and clarity.
Preferred Primary Location: Berlin office
The annual pay range reflected above for this position is based on the preferred primary location of the role which is listed in the job description. Salary ranges for other locations vary from the range reflected above. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. An annual bonus and equity may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.
Flatiron Health is a healthtech company using data for good to power smarter care for every person with cancer, around the world. Flatiron partners with cancer centers in the US, Europe and Asia to transform patients' real-life experiences into real-world evidence and create a more modern, connected oncology ecosystem. Our multidisciplinary teams include oncologists, data scientists, software engineers, epidemiologists, product experts and more. Flatiron Health is an independent affiliate of the Roche Group.
What You'll Do
This role will design and develop technology in partnership with other software engineers in the US, UK, Germany, and Japan. Additionally, this role will collaborate day-to-day with oncologists, clinicians, product leaders, quantitative scientists, and customers to understand their challenges and how technology can help solve them.
- Create new or enhance existing business critical, complex data pipelines using a variety of data processing tools and automation
- Expand our capabilities in Deep Learning and LLM-powered extraction of clinical insights from global datasets
- Devise creative solutions for technical and business challenges to help the team scale
- Contribute to shaping the direction of team roadmaps and technology development
- Help build our European engineering teams and company culture as we grow
- Rapidly iterate on products while maintaining engineering practices that ensure quality and security
- Bring or develop a deep knowledge of healthcare in Germany, including data sources, security, privacy, information governance requirements, and emerging trends
Who You Are
You're a kind, passionate and collaborative problem-solver who values the opportunity to think beyond the way things are. You're excited by the prospect of working on difficult and meaningful problems each day. You seek and give candid feedback, and value the chance to make an important impact on cancer patients and society.
- You're a data engineer with 4-8 years of relevant professional experience
- You are excited to work in a startup environment, think creatively and be scrappy to get the job done
- You are excited about working in a passionate, fast-paced, technology-driven culture
- You have a nose for value and empathy for your customers
- You have experience with agile development environments using object-oriented programming languages (e.g. Python, C#, SQL), but are also language agnostic and willing to pick up new programming languages as needed
- You have experience working with cloud platforms like AWS and data warehouse solutions like Snowflake
- You have experience with data processing and orchestration tools such as Databricks, Spark, Ray, DBT, Prefect, and/or Airflow
- You act as an expert in your domain area, and as a partner with product teams
- You understand the purpose of "boring" technology (as described in this blog post) and are willing to use the right tools to get the job done
- You can collaborate and easily explain technical terms to a non-technical, highly sophisticated audience; you have superior communication skills
- You are comfortable with ambiguity and always willing to teach and learn
- You are fluent in English
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- You have experience working in healthcare in Germany or exposure to healthcare-related standards like HL7
- You hold a Bachelors, Masters, and/or Ph.D. in computer science or a related field
- You have experience in infrastructure, devops, or security engineering
- You are conversational in German
Who We Are
Our people are at the centre of everything we do. We strive to foster a culture where our teammates feel equipped and empowered to make meaningful contributions with confidence, compassion, and clarity.
Preferred Primary Location: Berlin office
The annual pay range reflected above for this position is based on the preferred primary location of the role which is listed in the job description. Salary ranges for other locations vary from the range reflected above. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. An annual bonus and equity may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.
Flatiron Health London, England Office
Flatiron Health London Office Office
Our London office at High Holborn House offers modern, dedicated workspaces designed for both focused, heads down work and collaboration. Just a five-minute walk from Holborn Tube Station, it’s easily accessible and surrounded by a variety of cafes, restaurants, and green spaces.
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