Staff Software Engineer, Device Software

What you’ll accomplish

• Lead the design and delivery of backend-heavy, device-adjacent software systems that power connected device experiences, clinical workflows, and supporting operational tools.
• Own complex technical initiatives from problem framing through implementation, especially across Python services, Next.js applications, APIs, and integrations that connect device, app, and backend surfaces.
• Drive architecture and technical decision-making for scalable, maintainable systems spanning mobile, backend, device-control, and telemetry flows.
• Partner closely with engineering, product, design, hardware, clinical, and regulatory stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into pragmatic execution plans with clear tradeoffs.
• Build and improve the software foundations behind major Device Software initiatives, including areas like deep link unlock, clinical research platform work, and OTA-related capabilities.
• Raise the technical bar for backend quality, observability, testability, and operational excellence in a production environment that values owner-operator accountability.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, implementation guidance, debugging, and day-to-day technical leadership, helping the team make strong technical decisions and ship with confidence.
• Proactively identify platform gaps, technical debt, and workflow improvements that increase delivery speed, reduce regressions, and improve long-term maintainability.

Basic qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production systems.
• Strong backend engineering experience, including designing APIs, building scalable services, and working in microservice-oriented architectures.
• Strong experience with Python in production systems.
• Strong experience building modern web applications with Next.js and TypeScript.
• Experience working across end-to-end systems that connect backend services, mobile or web clients, and device-adjacent software surfaces.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern backend tooling such as AWS, Docker, Postgres, Redis, GraphQL, and related systems.
• Experience debugging complex production issues, improving reliability, and strengthening observability and release confidence.
• Demonstrated technical leadership through architectural influence, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring other engineers.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working on connected devices, BLE flows, device-control experiences, or software developed in close partnership with firmware and hardware teams.
• Experience in regulated or quality-sensitive domains such as healthcare, medical devices, HIPAA, FDA-regulated products, or similar environments.
• Experience with React Native or mobile application development in support of end-to-end device experiences.
• Experience building internal tools, developer productivity workflows, simulation layers, or test infrastructure for complex systems.
• Experience operating effectively in high-ambiguity environments where a staff engineer is expected to define scope, surface risks early, and guide execution across multiple teams.