Senior Principal Enterprise Software Engineer - SW Tech

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeAt Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work. As a Sr. Principal Enterprise Software Engineer specializing in Enterprise Software, Microservices Architecture, and IoT, you will lead the design, development, and implementation of advanced software systems that leverage cloud-native architectures and IoT ecosystems. Working with enterprise software teams in Cardiovascular, Neuroscience and Medical Surgical portfolio at MEIC, your role is to drive enterprise-scale software innovation, enabling scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions in Healthcare / Biomedical Engineering domain. This is a critical leadership position that requires strategic foresight, deep technical expertise, and the ability to mentor and guide teams in delivering cutting-edge solutions.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

• Collaborating with leadership and technical teams to align on the software and IoT roadmap. Review project status, assess risks, and prioritize initiatives around microservices architecture and enterprise software solutions.
• Lead or participate in architecture review sessions, to ensure compliance with microservices design principles, system scalability, and best practices for cloud-native environments.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to refine system architectures, focusing on modularity, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.
• Lead efforts to enhance software quality through rigorous code reviews, testing strategies, and compliance with security standards, maintaining the highest level of software quality.
• Present updates on progress, architecture decisions, and strategic roadmaps to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment with long-term business goals.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, assessing software maturity levels and implementing best practices to elevate product quality.

• Lead the design and development of enterprise-scale microservices architectures to support highly scalable and distributed systems.
• Drive the adoption of IoT solutions within enterprise systems, ensuring secure integration of edge devices, data streaming, and real-time analytics.
• Own cloud-native architecture strategies, ensuring system scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance through the use of containers, orchestration platforms, and serverless technologies.
• Champion software engineering best practices including CI/CD, API management, and automated testing to ensure high-quality code and efficient delivery pipelines.
• Lead technical reviews for software systems, ensuring alignment with microservices architecture, IoT frameworks, and enterprise-grade security practices.
• Ensure architecture governance by overseeing technical roadmaps, architecture compliance, and adherence to industry standards.
• Conduct technical feasibility studies, evaluating emerging technologies and their potential to add value to Medtronic’s enterprise solutions.
• Drive improvements in software maturity, implementing methodologies such as Design for Reliability and Manufacturability (DRM) to optimize the quality and efficiency of enterprise software.
• Reports to the Director of Software Technology
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams (business analysts, developers, end-users) to understand requirements and deliver solutions.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• B-Tech/BE in Computer Science, Electronics, or related field with 20+ years of experience in Software and Systems Engineering, OR
• ME/M-Tech with 18+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven track record of leading the design and implementation of enterprise-level microservices architectures and distributed systems.
• Extensive experience in IoT platforms and solutions, including device integration, data streaming, and cloud-based IoT services.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture principles, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Deep knowledge of API management, event-driven architectures, and real-time data processing for scalable and responsive enterprise systems.
• Expertise in implementing DevOps methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks.
• Experience conducting technical reviews and guiding architectural decisions, with a focus on scalability, performance, and maintainability.

• Preferred to have experience in edge computing and managing distributed systems that span both cloud and edge environments.
• Preferred to have knowledge of serverless architecture and orchestration tools for microservices, such as Istio or Linkerd.
• Preferred to have Certifications in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, particularly in areas related to IoT and microservices.
• Preferred to have experience with real-time data streaming and message brokering technologies like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Preferred to have previous experience in industries such as manufacturing, automotive, or healthcare, where IoT and enterprise software play a critical role.

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here