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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).\nOur 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.\nAbout the Dose Platform\nDose 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.\nWe 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.\nThis role sits at the centre of that work.\nThe Role\nWe 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.\nYou 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.\nThis 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.\nWhat You'll Do\nDelivery & Sprint Governance\nOwn the Dose Jira board - ticket creation, scoping, refinement, prioritisation, and sprint integrity\nWrite 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\nRun sprint ceremonies - planning, stand-up rhythm, retrospectives - with purpose and pace\nTrack delivery against sprint commitments; flag risks early and escalate where needed\nKeep the backlog clean, current, and prioritised alongside the Engineering Manager\nStakeholder Communication\nAct as the primary technical point of contact between clinical operations and the engineering team - translating requirements in both directions\nKeep clinical and operational stakeholders informed on delivery progress, timelines, and blockers without requiring Engineering Manager involvement in routine updates\nAttend and lead cross-functional meetings on behalf of the engineering team - representing what is being built and what it will take\nTechnical Oversight\nMaintain close oversight of the Dose codebase - understanding what is being built and where the technical risks sit, without necessarily writing the most code\nReview pull requests and provide technical direction, particularly in compliance-sensitive areas of the platform\nWork with the Engineering Manager and Principal Developer on architecture decisions, CQC and GDPR compliance requirements, and cross-platform technical decisions\nMaintain and improve CI/CD pipelines, testing coverage, and engineering standards across the Dose team\nSupport the onboarding and development of contractors and permanent team members - setting the standard for how good work looks\nPlatform Migration & Scaling\nLead the delivery workstream for the migration of legacy pharmacy systems into the Dose platform - scoping, sequencing, and tracking progress from first spike through to completion\nOwn the roadmap for scaling Dose beyond MVP - feature development, V2 delivery, and the technical groundwork for EU market expansion\nWork closely with the Principal Developer and Engineering Manager to ensure migration decisions are architecturally sound and compliant with regulatory requirements\nAI & Developer Productivity\nCo-lead the AI automation programme with the Engineering Manager - including meeting-to-Jira pipelines, AI-assisted ticket creation, and shared developer tooling\nChampion the use of Claude Enterprise and AI-assisted development workflows across the team to reduce low-value overhead and increase output quality\nWhat We're Looking For\nWe're looking for someone with most of the following - you don't need to tick every box:\nDelivery & Leadership\nProven track record of owning sprint delivery in a fast-moving engineering team - not just as a contributor, but as the person accountable for the board\nExperience writing high-quality, developer-ready tickets from business, clinical, or operational requirements - you understand that good tickets are the job, not an afterthought\nStrong stakeholder management skills - comfortable working with non-technical stakeholders and translating between what they need and what the team can build\nA clear, calm communicator who can run a sprint ceremony, give a status update, and manage competing priorities without creating noise\nComfortable operating at the edge of what is defined - making pragmatic decisions under uncertainty rather than waiting for everything to be clear before moving\nTechnical Credibility\n5+ years of professional software development experience, with solid backend skills - TypeScript, Node.js / Bun.js, and familiarity with React or comparable front-end\nSolid understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar) and API design - able to review code and architecture meaningfully\nFamiliarity with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS) and CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions or similar)\nStrong understanding of security best practices in a regulated environment - authentication, authorisation, sensitive data handling\nExperience working in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated environments is a strong plus - CQC familiarity is a bonus, not a requirement\nComfortable using AI-assisted development tools and curious about how they can improve team output\nThe Right Person\nEnergised by delivery ownership - sprint governance, ticket quality, and keeping a team aligned is what they want to be doing, not a tax on their time\nHigh standards for what goes onto the board - won't let vague requirements become someone else's problem\nCollaborative and direct - gives honest feedback and receives it well\nInterested in growing into broader engineering leadership over time - this role has a natural path as the team and business scale\nAbout the Team\nThe engineering team is small, direct, and high-trust. The Engineering Manager leads delivery across Dose and MedCan. The Dose team is a mix of permanent engineers and senior contractors, all focused on the clinical platform. MedCan has a core senior developer and a growing clinic operation. Naturecan Core has two developers supporting ~50 Shopify stores.\nYou will report to the Engineering Manager, work closely with the IT Director and Principal Developer, and have direct visibility into every significant delivery decision on the Dose platform. This role was created to take genuine ownership - of the board, the backlog, and the delivery rhythm - not to assist someone else who owns it.\nInterview Process\nInitial call (30 mins) - role overview and mutual fit\nDelivery and technical review (1 hour) - sprint governance, requirements translation, prior work walkthrough\nTeam meet - working practices, Q&A with the Engineering Manager and IT Director\nOffer\nEngineering Lead · Dose · Naturecan Group Technology · 2026\nDose is part of the Naturecan Group. 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