Staff Software Engineer (Applications), Full Stack

Edwards Lifesciences • Irvine, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

At Edwards Lifesciences, the Implantable Heart Failure Management (IHFM) AI, Product and Platforms organization designs and builds software and data products used by clinicians and patients. The Staff Software Engineer sets web application architecture across the front end, the BFF, and supporting services; drives modernization across teams; and builds reusable patterns and tooling. The role is based in Irvine, California, and involves in-person collaboration with cross-functional teams.

The engineer defines application architecture and reference implementations, leads Angular-to-React and BFF-to-Platform-API migrations, and makes monorepo and rendering-strategy decisions using working prototypes. The role partners with Platform, DevOps, and Mobile teams on APIs, gateways, cloud deployment, shared contracts, design-system parity, and cross-surface architecture. It also establishes engineering and design-control standards, mentors P3 engineers, and helps set the hiring bar.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field plus 8 years of experience, or a master's degree plus 6 years of experience.
• Recognized depth in web application architecture, with hands-on fluency in React, Angular, Platform API and gateway consumption (REST and GraphQL), and at least one server-side language.
• Working knowledge of mobile client architecture.
• Track record of setting technical standards adopted across multiple teams.
• Experience leading a large-scale frontend or API modernization, such as Angular to React or BFF to Platform APIs.
• Experience designing and operating cloud-deployed applications at scale, including containers, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
• Ability to embed quality and traceability into a secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC), including CI/CD and automated testing.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in medical device software (SaMD) or other regulated classes of device software under IEC 62304, ISO 13485, IEC 62366-1, and FDA design controls.
• Experience with experimentation, feature-flag, and modular-build infrastructure.
• Experience with UI frameworks and design systems such as Material UI, Chakra UI, Radix UI, Tailwind UI, shadcn/ui, IBM Carbon, or Ant Design.
• Experience with EMR/EHR integration (HL7, FHIR, IHE) and clinical workflows.
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK).

Responsibilities

• Set web application architecture across the front end and Platform API consumption, including design-system implementation, API contract patterns, navigation, feature flags, and modularization; build reference implementations.
• Drive Angular-to-React and BFF-to-Platform-API migrations across teams and progressively retire the BFF layer.
• Make monorepo and server-side, static, and client-side rendering strategy decisions, supported by working prototypes.
• Partner with Platform engineers on API and gateway design; contribute server-side code to Platform-owned services when it unblocks client work.
• Design integrations with third-party and EMR/EHR systems and bring client constraints into product roadmap discussions.
• Set cloud deployment patterns for web applications, including containers, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code, in partnership with Platform and DevOps; build reference pipelines.
• Partner with the Mobile track on shared API contracts, design-system parity, and cross-surface architecture.
• Set engineering standards for code quality, accessibility, performance budgets, API design, and test strategy across the web application ecosystem.
• Shape how application design outputs, verification evidence, and traceability are produced across teams, in partnership with Software Systems and Process Development.
• Mentor P3 engineers, set the hiring bar at this level, and multiply team output through architecture and tooling.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Performance-based incentives
• A wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of employees and their families

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior