Sr Software Systems Engineer (hybrid)

Insulet Corporation•San Diego, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled Software Systems Engineer to drive the definition, architecture, and validation of Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs) for our cloud-based platform. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams—including cloud engineering, cybersecurity, SRE, product management, and QA—to ensure the platform meets stringent expectations for performance, reliability, scalability, security, interoperability, and regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate has deep experience with large-scale distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and formal systems engineering processes. You will serve as the technical owner of NFRs across the platform lifecycle—from concept and requirements definition through verification, validation, and release. Please note that this is not a DEV OPS role

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field preferred.
5+ years of experience in systems engineering or cloud platform engineering.
Highly skilled in requirements writing and analysis for functional and non-functional software requirements, documentation and traceability, including system and/or software requirements, and data analysis for complex systems in a multidisciplinary team environment
Strong technical understanding of AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud-native services
Experience in Microservices architecture, REST/gRPC APIs, event streaming
Domain expertise in one of more associated domains; preferably Software Engineering, with prior experience working in Cloud based Systems
Demonstrate understanding of performance engineering, observability, telemetry, high-availability and resilience patterns
Experience working in regulated or high reliability industries preferred (e.g., medical devices, aerospace, automotive, fintech).
Demonstrated understanding of database concepts and usage
Demonstrated understanding of Systems Engineering practices, such as requirements management, risk analyses, and system and / or software architecture
Excellent project team and collaboration skills; experience and capability working collaboratively under a Quality Management System (QMS), as part of a cross-functional team, including software developers, systems engineers, Product Owners, and design quality experts
Experience working in Agile development environments
Effectively manage stakeholders' expectations and drive team decisions.
Facilitate technical review meetings and explain content to technical and non-technical audience members including but not limited to software, analytics, Site reliability engineers, Cloud Operations, Clinical, Medical, Marketing, Data engineering, Privacy, Regulatory, Product owners and Product Managers
Communicate effectively to multiple levels in the organization and provide status reports to management
Organize and judge priorities in a dynamic environment. Flexible to change
Build and maintain strong working relationships with colleagues in a hybrid and remote work environment with resources spread across different time zones
Demonstrated skills with managing multiple tasks, highly adaptive mindset with ability to judge and set priorities

Nice To Haves

Certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security, Azure Architect, CISSP, or INCOSE ASE/PSE).
Formal training in established Systems Engineering concepts
Any Formal training or requirement development related certification
Knowledge of diabetes management products
Experience with Medical Device regulations (ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, 21 CFR part 820.30-Design Controls)
Experience with change orders within a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool
Knowledge of introducing innovative FDA regulated medical devices to market
General understanding of communication, data analytics, mobile technology, IoT (Internet of Things), GDPR; a strong plus
Very detail oriented, ability to work independently with minimal supervision, self-motivated and ability to carry out impact assessment across sub systems

Responsibilities

Define, document, and manage Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs) encompassing, performance, latency, scalability, reliability, availability, security and interoperability
Drive traceability of NFRs across architecture, design, test, and release documentation in accordance with (FDA, SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, etc.)
Translate user needs, use cases, and product requirements into detailed system-level NFRs.
Collaborate with Cloud Architecture and SRE teams to align NFRs with platform design tradeoffs.
Model system behaviors and constraints using diagrams, performance models, load projections, and architectural documentation.
Ensure NFRs guide architectural decisions and design patterns (e.g., microservices, event-driven architectures, serverless components).
Partner with Cloud Engineering to ensure NFRs are technically feasible and implemented correctly.
Contribute to Cybersecurity to embed security controls and threat-modeling outputs.
Partner with QA/Validation to define NFR acceptance criteria and test strategies (e.g., load tests, chaos testing, penetration testing).
Collaborate with Product Management to ensure NFRs are aligned with business priorities.
Communicate platform-level constraints to internal teams and stakeholders.
Define validation strategies for NFRs—including performance benchmarks, failover scenarios, HA/DR testing, API stress tests, and cloud scaling experiments.
Review test results and partner with engineering teams to resolve gaps.
Champion continuous improvement in NFR validation frameworks and tools.