Engineering Lead, Software Architect, Backend Developer

Dose

Engineering Lead

Full-time
· Stockport office every Thursday; remote the rest of the week
· Salary dependent on experience

Naturecan Group is a fast‑growing, multi‑entity health and wellness business operating across e‑commerce, regulated pharmacy, and clinical healthcare. We run operations across the UK, Germany, and beyond — brands include Naturecan (D2C, ~50 Shopify stores), Mycannabis and Nowomed (German medical cannabis pharmacy), WMG Pharma (wholesale pharmaceutical distribution), and Dose (our CQC‑registered UK medical cannabis clinic).

Our technology team sits at the heart of that growth. We build and maintain the platforms that underpin every entity in the group — and we’re scaling fast.

Dose is our UK medical cannabis clinic — CQC‑registered and GPhC‑registered pharmacy — built to deliver a full end‑to‑end digital treatment pathway: from initial consultation and prescribing through to dispensing, fulfilment, and ongoing patient care.

We have built this platform from the ground up — a greenfield build, designed to be scalable, secure, and extensible across EU and global markets. We are now entering the next phase: stabilising and launching the platform, delivering the V2 feature roadmap, and beginning the migration of our German pharmacy operations onto the same infrastructure.

This role sits at the centre of that work.

We are looking for an Engineering Lead to own delivery across the Dose engineering team. This is a hybrid role that combines technical credibility with delivery leadership — you are equally capable of understanding what is being built and making sure it is being built to the right standard, in the right order, with the right people assigned.

You will report to the Engineering Manager and work closely with the IT Director, clinical operations, and the wider delivery team. You will be the person who owns the Dose Jira board, drives sprint governance, translates operational and clinical requirements into well‑scoped tickets, and keeps the team and stakeholders aligned.

This is not a pure coding role, and it is not a pure management role. The balance tilts toward delivery ownership and planning — and the right candidate will be energised by that, not reluctant about it.

• Own the Dose Jira board — ticket creation, scoping, refinement, prioritisation, and sprint integrity
• Write and maintain well‑scoped, developer‑ready tickets from clinical and operational requirements — not just assigning work but defining it clearly enough that it can be picked up without back‑and‑forth
• Run sprint ceremonies — planning, stand‑up rhythm, retrospectives — with purpose and pace
• Track delivery against sprint commitments; flag risks early and escalate where needed
• Keep the backlog clean, current, and prioritised alongside the Engineering Manager

• Act as the primary technical point of contact between clinical operations and the engineering team — translating requirements in both directions
• Keep clinical and operational stakeholders informed on delivery progress, timelines, and blockers without requiring Engineering Manager involvement in routine updates
• Attend and lead cross‑functional meetings on behalf of the engineering team — representing what is being built and what it will take

• Maintain close oversight of the Dose codebase — understanding what is being built and where the technical risks sit, without necessarily writing the most code
• Review pull requests and provide technical direction, particularly in compliance‑sensitive areas of the platform
• Work with the Engineering Manager and Principal Developer on architecture decisions, CQC and GDPR compliance requirements, and cross‑platform technical decisions
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines, testing coverage, and engineering standards across the Dose team
• Support the onboarding and development of contractors and permanent team members — setting the standard for how good work looks

• Lead the delivery workstream for the migration of legacy pharmacy systems into the Dose platform — scoping,…