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Manager, Engineering (Belfast)

NantHealthBelfast, United KingdomOnsite
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At NantHealth, we build technology that simplifies healthcare. We manage the data and decisions that help the healthcare industry deliver better patient care.NantHealth’s products target specific pain points that inhibit healthcare from reaching its full potential. Our payer-provider collaboration solutions increase operational efficiency, unlock savings, and enhance communications. Our treatment plan validation capabilities help payers better manage costs for oncology and autoimmune conditions.

We’re seeking innovative thinkers who love doing meaningful work. If you’re looking to bring your skills and expertise to a growing technology company, it’s time for you to join us!To ensure we can provide the best in healthcare tech, we focus on building the best team. Through holding true to our core values – clarity, empathy, collaboration, integrity, a sense of community, and a pioneering approach – we are creating a vibrant culture where ideas can blossom, people can thrive, and success can flourish. We’re seeking an experienced, self-motivated, passionate, highly productive Engineering Manager to join the NantHealth Engineering Team in Belfast.

As an Engineering Manager, you will work collaboratively across multiple departments and multiple sites, being a strong quality advocate and having a proven ability to initiate innovative ideas and concepts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of all Engineers.As an Engineering Manager you will also lead and manage software engineers responsible for the development and testing of NantHealth products and take responsibility for their career development. Strong technical skills are a requirement coupled with an innovative approach regarding maximization of quality.

Role & Responsibilities:


  • Provide quality leadership to cross-functional engineering teams, mentoring, guidance to coach, support and recruitment
  • Ensure the team execute in line with NantHealth’s software development processes and enables team compliance with internal standards
  • Strategically identify new tools, processes, and techniques for increasing quality and eliminating waste and work closely with other leaders across departments to gain buy-in and implement them; share and spread knowledge of trends and innovations
  • Provide technical leadership while instilling department standards and generally accepted architectural qualities
  • Provide thought leadership with respect to the role of NantHealth’s software engineers in the lean development methodology; remove obstacles and foster continuous improvement and encourage the team to foster creative thinking
  • Influence the options for 'building in' testability during design and development phases
  • Ensure features achieve the desired level of functional flow and quality - including reliability, security, and performance
  • Clarify how features should work to eliminate ambiguous requirements
  • Foster clear and effective communication, promoting seamless collaboration, and actively steering the achievement of technical milestones
  • Coordinate harmoniously with various NantHealth groups to ensure synchronized activities and shared success
  • Maintain an environment of strong engineering leadership implementing best practices with a continued focus on innovation

Essential Criteria:


  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • 8+ years software engineering experience in addition to a minimum of 3 years of software management/leadership experience
  • 5+ years’ experience in implementing application and programs developed in C# .NET or Java, SQL Server or Oracle, JavaScript Frameworks
  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in an Agile/Lean environment
  • Technical leader and coach with awareness of the applicability of modern technologies
  • Demonstrable experience in overall architecture and software design for products and solutions
  • Advanced understanding and experience working in a Lean or Agile environment, continuous integration/continuous deployment, and other Dev Ops best practices
  • Demonstrable experience with web application development
  • Demonstrable experience with distributed environments

Desirable Criteria:

  • Experience with working in a Cloud Environment (e.g., Azure) 
  • Experience with software quality assurance tools and processes, including test automation tools/techniques/frameworks
  • Strong understanding of Behavior/Test Driven development
  • Previous experience with UI technologies and frameworks such as JavaScript, Angular, Vue.js  
  • Containerization frameworks experience such as Docker, Kubernetes 
  • Exposure to database development

Person Specification:


  • Lead by example, and keep current with industry trends and best practices
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
  • Ability to assess and articulate risk when evaluating a situation
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to motivate and mentor junior and senior staff
  • Capacity to lead multiple projects requiring software applications development
  • Ability to drive design innovation
  • Technical leader and coach, aware of applicability of new technologies
  • Strong attention to detail and being able to think outside of the box 
  • Ability to report and work accurately and according to agreed timelines

The salary range for remote Belfast-based applicants for this position is below.  The specific rate will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications and prior experience. 

  • £70000 - £80,000 base salary, plus bonus potential.

We value each of our employee’s total wellness


. From robust medical and dental insurance,to physical and mental wellness discounts, including an optional annual subscription to the Headspace app and unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, we understand that our company succeeds when our employees succeed as individuals.

Additional notable benefits include:



  • Private medical insurance – individual/family

  • Dental insurance – individual/family

  • Annual bonus – discretionary 

  • Pension – matched up to 6%

  • Life cover 4x salary 

  • Income protection 

  • 26 days annual leave + 11 bank holidays + option to buy/sell up to 5 days 

  • Employee assistanceprogramme

  • Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

  • Free onsite car parking 


  • Subsidised on-site gym membership 

  • Education Assistance programme

  • Tech scheme – salary sacrifice 

  • Cycle to work scheme – salary sacrifice 

  • GP 24/7 service 

  • Generous ‘Refer a Friend’ scheme 

  • Social events 

  • And much more!

NantHealth is a mandatory vaccination employer in the US and Canada for COVID-19 and its variants. At NantHealth the health and safety of our employees and their families is our top priority. In line with our corporate core value of community, doing our part to ensure our workplace is fully vaccinated is a pioneering step we can take to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The Company requires that its employees in the US and Canada be fully vaccinated, and proof of vaccination will be required prior to start. If we make you an offer and you are not yet vaccinated, we will accommodate a delay in start date.

If you require a medical or religious accommodation, we will engage in the interactive process with you. 

NantHealth provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.


This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.


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Life at NantHealth

NANTHEALTH is a transformational healthcare company converging science and technology through an integrated clinical platform that’s empowering physicians, patients, payers, and researchers to transcend the traditional barriers of today’s healthcare system. NANTHEALTH solutions are advancing diagnostics to better identify and target specific disease characteristics; transforming clinical delivery with clinical data and promoting wellness for a healthier, happier world. We are building an integrated, evidence-based, genomically-informed, personalized approach to the delivery of care and the development of next generation healthcare solutions. - See more at: http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nanthealth#sthash.EvBSYs4P.dpuf
Thrive Here & What We Value1. Clarity2. Empathy3. Collaboration4. Integrity5. Sense of Community6. Pioneering Approach7. Vibrant Culture (Ideas, People, Success)8. Compreran Insured Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Wellness Discounts, LinkedIn Learning Access)9. Flexible Time Off Programs (Paid Hourly/Salaried)10. Growth and Development Opportunities (401(k), Company Match, Paid Holidays, Parental Leave, Return-to-Work Program, Employee Assistance)11. Travel & Education Assistance12. Open Source Commitment13. Total Wellness Benefits (Insurance, Financial Planning, Mental Health Support)14. Mandatory Vaccination Policy
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