Principal Software Engineer, R&D (Remote or Hybrid)

Location

Kalamazoo, MI | United States

Job description

Why engineering at Stryker?

At Stryker we are dedicated to improving lives, with a passion for researching and developing new medical device products. As an engineer at Stryker, you will be proud of the work that you will be doing, using cutting-edge technologies to make healthcare better. Here, you will work in a supportive culture with other incredibly talented and intelligent people, creating industry-leading medical technology products.  You will also have growth opportunities as we have a culture that supports your personal and professional development.

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Who We Are

Stryker is seeking to hire a dedicated, hands-on Principal Software Engineer in R&D to support Vocera.

This role is remote, hybrid, or onsite. If hybrid or on-site, this role will be located in Fort Wayne, Indiana or Kalamazoo, MI.

Who We Want

• Motivated developers. Software Engineers who bring strategic direction and drive for execution to ensure software is developed and released with excellence .
• Dedicated achievers. Relentless about quality, developers who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will passionately work to ensure a project and product is excellent and delights customers.
• Curious learners. Software Engineers who seek out the latest emerging tools, techniques, and ideas to expand and enhance their ability.
• Collaborative partners. Developers who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use-cases, and industry analyses toward continual improvement.

What You Will Do

You will be responsible for the architecture, design and implementation of the Stryker “Holodeck” hospital simulation platform that provides clinical communication and collaboration voice and messaging workflows to exercise and analyze Stryker enterprise software systems. You will also be designing and implementing other advanced software tools to enhance Stryker software products. This lead position includes:

• Designing and developing innovative complex enterprise systems/solutions, including cloud and hybrid-cloud based, as well as delivering features with quality and within project timelines.
• Helping translate user needs to generate and review system/architectural-level layouts, platform designs, and necessary documentation (e.g., capabilities, features, stories, bugs, tests, risks, and objectives).
• Following software engineering clean architecture practices and Agile development processes.
• Collaborating with other development teams to ensure features and enablers are effective.
• Leading in the troubleshooting and resolution of “Holodeck” platform (and other advanced tools software) issues.
• Applying and mentoring advanced engineering theories, principles, and concepts across various products within the business unit (BU).
• Assessing and integrating new/game-changing technologies and capabilities (prototyping, testing, etc.).
• Contributing to invention disclosures, patents, or trade secrets.

What You Need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline.
• 8+ years of work experience in software engineering.
• 3+ years of experience in data modeling, networking, and messaging protocols.

Preferred

• Strong proficiency with OOP methodologies, design patterns, and clean architecture (Kotlin Coroutines and Flows, Java, Dagger2, RxJava a plus).
• Solid understanding and experience with Linux, BASH, Postgres, MSSQL, Git, Wireshark, and Jira, along with code review processes and Agile software development methodologies.
• Strong proficiency with thread, memory, and connection management, troubleshooting, and software performance.
• Advanced experience with networking and messaging protocols including the ability to analyze traffic/packets.

$126,500 – $279,500 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Actual minimum and maximum may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

About Stryker

Our benefits:

• 12 paid holidays annually

• Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.

• Financial benefits include Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

For a more detailed overview of our benefits or time off, please follow this link to learn more:  US Stryker employee benefits

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 130 million patients annually. More information is available at  stryker.com.

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Stryker is driven to work together with our customers to make healthcare better. Employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required, depending on customer requirements, to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

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