Be a part of something bigger...
Radar Healthcare is dedicated to improving patient safety by bringing together the expertise of healthcare professionals and the power of intuitive software. Our innovative platform has been developed in partnership with industry experts to ensure organisations always meet regulatory standards – making it easier than ever for healthcare providers to deliver top-quality care to their patients.
We’re on a mission to become a world-leading health-tech pioneer, and we know that we can only achieve this with the help of talented individuals like you. If you’re passionate about improving healthcare outcomes and want to work in a team of like-minded individuals, we invite you to join us on our journey.
So if you’re up for an exciting challenge and want to be part of a team that’s making a real impact, we’d love to hear from you!
At Radar Healthcare, we are all proud of our values-led, open, supportive and inclusive culture. It's just as important that anyone joining our friendly team share the same values as us, to ensure we're all on the same page from day one, so we're looking for people who feel aligned to the following:
Customer focused with a partnership approach
Open, honest and transparent
Innovative
Ethical, trustworthy and caring
At Radar Healthcare, we understand and celebrate the fact that our people are our best assets! We are proud to showcase our diverse and passionate talent that encapsulates our vision, purpose and values in our shared mission of innovation in healthcare. We’re an ambitious but caring team, and so supporting our colleagues and partners is always a top priority. Not to mention, we’re not all work and no play – we love getting together to celebrate our achievements together in various settings, whether it be our winter and summer socials, our people-led full company days, team get togethers or simply just interacting and supporting one another over coffee breaks either remotely or in person at our amazing Leeds office.
"We're also super proud to be Great Place to Work-Certified, based on outstanding feedback directly from our team earlier this year, with 91% of the team agreeing that they "would strongly endorse my company to friends and family as a great place to work" Not to mention Radar Healthcare has been named one of the UK’s Top 100 Companies to Work For 2025, one of the Top 20 Tech Companies to Work For, and has received a Two Star Accreditation from Best Companies, recognising ‘Outstanding’ levels of workplace engagement.""
The Opportunity
The Head of Engineering is a senior technical leadership role responsible for driving delivery excellence, engineering quality, and modern ways of working across all Radar delivery teams. This role has a strong emphasis on hands-on technical leadership, SDLC modernisation, and cross-team productivity improvement. The Head of Engineering will lead all Tech Leads (who report directly into this role) and act as a key bridge between Product, Platform, and Engineering to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery at scale. This is not a purely managerial role — it requires strong hands-on technical capability, with the ability to own and influence design, architecture, and engineering practices directly, building on an established modernisation foundation and accelerating progress through consistent oversight and action.
Engineering Leadership & Delivery
Lead and manage all Tech Leads across Radar delivery teams
Establish clear, consistent engineering standards across teams
Drive predictable, high-quality delivery outcomes across the SDLC
Ensure alignment between Product, Delivery, and Engineering priorities
Technical Leadership (Hands-On)
Act as a senior technical authority across backend, frontend, and architecture
Lead design reviews, architecture critiques, and technical decision-making
Work closely with Product Owners and Tech Leads to break down initiatives into well-structured, deliverable work
Prototype and validate new technical approaches where appropriate
Maintain a strong understanding of system design and code quality across teams
SDLC Modernisation
Lead the transformation of engineering ways of working across CI/CD, testing, release processes and observability
Drive adoption of AI-first approaches to software development
Identify bottlenecks and improve flow, quality, and speed
Experience leading Tech Leads
Experience with .NET, React, SQL Server (or similar)
Strong hands-on web stack experience
Cloud native architecture (ideally Azure)
Modern SDLC practices
Whilst we value professional experiences and qualifications, we’re committed to maintaining a culture of growth and development here at Radar Healthcare. We take into account each candidates demonstrable skillset, drive and ethos so even if you don’t feel 100% qualified for the role – we welcome you to connect with us. We’d love to hear from passionate candidates from all backgrounds that align themselves with our company values and are excited to make a difference in healthcare!
What we offer in return...
A competitive salary dependent on experience
Values-led culture - we’re extremely proud of our culture. Learn more about what makes it special here
Learning & development budget to drive your own professional development
Flexible working – We believe in empowering our team to work in a way that suits them best. Whether you’re an early bird or prefer working from home most of the time, we trust you to get the job done around our core hours. We have a base expectation of 1 day per month in the office but outside of this, although we have a fantastic office in the heart of Leeds (complete with a rooftop bar for the summer months), the choice is yours!
️ 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) continually increasing with service, plus the option to buy up to a week to suit whatever exotic adventures or big life events you have planned for the year ahead
Birthdays off and a surprise through the letterbox - we love to make a song and dance about every year around the sun!
Charity leave – giving back is important to us, so we empower all our team members to support charity every year on company time
Mental healthcare - Face to face counselling support, an app, and an Employee Assistance Program and many colleagues trained in mental health first aid
️ Healthcare - Cover with Medicash, you get money back when you spend on health appointments e.g. physio, dental, optician, prescriptions, private GP + more
Life cover – a pay-out of 3x your salary to support your beneficiaries if the worst happened
Compassionate leave of up to 5 days time off if you lose a loved one
Paid sick leave - Enhanced sick pay after 6 months (increasing with service)
Enhanced family leave - Primary caregivers (maternity/adoption); 16 weeks full pay, 10 weeks half pay & secondary caregivers (paternity); 2 weeks full pay and another 2 weeks full pay to take in your new arrivals first year of life (once you have been with us for 1 year)
Pension - We’re invested in your future, we contribute 3% of your salary to your pension pot, helping you save up for those golden years!
Technology – Rest assured, we'll have a laptop all set up and ready for you on your first day. Additionally, in your first week, we’ll conduct a WFH risk assessment to ensure you have everything you need, including a second screen, keyboard, mouse, and any other goodies!
Dog friendly office
Socials – we get together as a full company at least four times per year, plus at least once a quarter in individual teams, too. Not including all the fun activities being planned by our newly formed social committee.
Discounts on cinema, vouchers, gym memberships, days out and much much more
PLUS a monthly £ allowance on our flexible benefits platform to spend on whatever else you might be after (private medical insurance, dental insurance, critical illness cover, or upgrade any of the covers above) with the ability to top up from salary if desired. We’re all different, after all!
Accessibility
If you require any special considerations or adjustments to our application and interviewing process, please don't hesitate to let us know. We understand and celebrate the fact that every person that we connect with is different and therefore requires different starting points on their journey with us. If you have a medical condition or disability we are committed to ensuring that our process is inclusive and accessible for all, let us know how we can best support you.
Connect with us!
We'd love to hear from you! If this role isn't quite right for you but you feel like Radar Healthcare could be, click the Connect button on our careers site and we'll keep you in the loop of new opportunities as they arise. You can also find out more about our mission, values and culture by checking out our various channels:
Listen to Our What the HealthTech podcast
Connect with us on Linkedin
Discover why Radar Healthcare is a fantastic place to work from our very own people on Glassdoor!
Connect with us on our journey and get to know the people who make us shine!
