Senior System Engineer

About the company

Our client develops technology that enables safer, more proactive care by turning complex physical environments into systems that can be monitored and understood without relying on wearables or cameras. The product combines specialised hardware, backend services, and large‑scale data processing to detect events, monitor behaviour, and generate actionable insights in real time. These systems are deployed in production in healthcare and assisted‑living settings, where reliability, privacy, and correctness are non‑negotiable.

About the role

This role is part of the core engineering team and has direct impact on the company’s success. You will operate in a startup environment, take ownership, make key technical decisions, and follow through from design to production. It is a hands‑on senior role for someone who wants real influence on how complex systems are built, run, and scaled.

What you’ll do

• Design, develop, and evolve system‑level and backend software, primarily in Python and additional languages as needed.
• Build and operate complex end‑to‑end systems that combine low‑level components, backend services, and large‑scale integrations, running continuously in production.
• Ensure systems meet high standards for reliability, correctness, and privacy in real‑world environments.
• Lead and contribute to the full development cycle, using modern tools to accelerate implementation and prototyping.
• Design system integrations and define technical requirements for new features across backend and connected platforms.
• Take part in architecture and design decisions, balancing trade‑offs between scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams to deliver robust, well‑designed solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues and continuously improve overall architecture and operating practices.

Requirements

• Strong system‑level understanding with hands‑on experience in integrations and distributed systems.
• Proven ability to define feature requirements and reason through architectural and design trade‑offs.
• A proactive, independent problem‑solver with a broad technical perspective.
• Comfortable operating across multiple domains and technologies, with the ability to adapt quickly.

What the company is offering

The company is offering the chance to join a core engineering team working on real‑world, high‑impact systems in a grown‑up startup environment. You will have broad technical ownership, influence architecture and ways of working, and see your work run in production every day. The overall compensation and benefits package is competitive on the market, with full details to be discussed individually with candidates