Sr. Software Engineer - Core Infrastructure (Python/C++)
About The Position
At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. As a Sr. Software Engineer – Core Infrastructure (Python/C++) you will own significant pieces of the platform that the entire Prism Mapping system is built on — process orchestration, IPC, device interface layers, system services, build and runtime infrastructure on Linux. A typical week mixes deep technical work (designing a new IPC pattern, hardening a data pipeline, debugging a timing issue that only appears under load in the cath lab) with cross-team collaboration with the hardware, signals, visualization, and UI engineers who depend on what you build. You'll drive root cause on the hardest infrastructure-level bugs, set the standard for reliability and observability in your area, mentor newer engineers, and shape the architecture of the platform as it evolves. About the Affera Prism Mapping System The Affera Prism Mapping System is an advanced electrophysiology mapping platform used by physicians to diagnose and guide the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. It captures and processes signals from inside the beating heart, builds detailed real-time three-dimensional maps of cardiac anatomy and electrical activity, and presents that information to clinicians and mapping specialists during live procedures. Engineers on this team build the software that makes that possible — from the runtime and data pipelines that move signals in milliseconds, to the algorithms that turn raw signals into clinically meaningful information, to the visualization and UI surfaces clinicians rely on in the lab.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience OR PhD with 0 years relevant experience
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on experience with IPC, networking, multi-process systems, and device-connected software in production.
- Track record of debugging hard issues in IPC, networking, or hardware-coupled systems.
- Experience with ROS, real-time operating systems, or comparable middleware preferred.
- Strong Python and/or C++ expertise, with a track record of delivering production software.
- Experience building large, complex software applications or subsystems.
- Experience with Linux, networking, and multi-device or distributed systems.
- Experience with Docker, CI/CD, and automated testing.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, including the ability to work effectively with ambiguity and incomplete information.
- Experience contributing to architecture, design standards, or technical direction within a team or subsystem.
- Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams in a regulated or quality-driven environment.
- Sets standards and best practices for effective use of AI development tools on the team.
Responsibilities
- Own significant components of the platform infrastructure — services, IPC, device communication, system runtime, data pipelines.
- Design and evolve the infrastructure-level APIs and contracts that the signals, visualization, and UI teams build on.
- Drive observability, reliability, and performance improvements across the platform; lead root cause when infrastructure is implicated in clinical or hardware-test failures.
- Own features, components, or subsystems end-to-end.
- Determine the technical approach for complex component- and subsystem-level problems with limited supervision.
- Lead development across design, implementation, integration, and support for assigned areas.
- Contribute to software architecture, design improvements, engineering practices, and development processes.
- Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, and guidance.
- Collaborate effectively across software, systems, hardware, and quality in a regulated environment.
- Communicate technical issues, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to team members and stakeholders.
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
