Senior Software Engineer - Developer Productivity

Company: Intuitive
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: June 24, 2022

Job Description:

Company DescriptionAt Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints. -As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible. -Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere-we strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves. -Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture-our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential. -Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care. -Job DescriptionThe Core Technologies Engineering (CTE) group within Intuitive has an immediate opening in Sunnyvale, CA, for a Senior Software Engineer with an -expertise in a variety of areas ranging from: platform software, middleware, bazel/nix build systems, data, streaming, and other tools.
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A successful candidate must excel in a high-energy focused team environment, must have excellent communication skills, and must be able to balance independent production of results with the need to collaborate during planning, development, integration, and evaluation of research concepts and minimum viable products. The ability to learn existing systems rapidly and drive to creative-yet practical-solutions from rough requirements are essential in this position. -
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Responsibilities: -

• Build and integrate software for all Intuitive products (Xi, X, SP, Ion, and all future products).
• Create high impact distributed services and systems that improve the efficiency of our internal development teams and in turn the reliability of the robotic platforms we build (examples: improved robotic data streaming/processing; effective remote caching and execution for the build/automation system; improvements to our simulation platform, etc.).
• Contribute -to our new build architecture for the current and next generation robotic surgery and digital platforms across the whole organization -- we have an ambitious plan to replace our legacy CMake system with a highly performant Bazel/Nix replacement to improve build times by an order of magnitude or more.
• Partner with our simulation, software, robotics, and data teams to ensure that the solution you build can encompass all of their needs and make this solution the gold standard for data streaming at Intuitive.
• Ensure your work has good forward and backward compatibility and -robust cross-product testing and validation through deep integration into our CI/CD systems. -
• Make decisions and respond to problems based on data by creating effective telemetry, monitoring and observability in the systems you design and manage to reduce developer cycle time and improve incident response.
• Educate developers and evangelize best practices on how to use and extend your work.QualificationsSkill/Job Requirements:
  • 7+ years of software development experience and a Bachelor's or Post-Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering or related field or its equivalent.
  • Comfortable and capable in C++ and Python, some JavaScript/Node.js experience would also be great but is not required.
  • Familiarity and experience with various data serialization libraries and techniques -- we use Protobuf and gRPC but are interested in your experience with other serialization libraries.
  • Some familiarity with Bazel, Buck or Pants and/or Nix packaging is desired.
  • Comfortable working in Linux based environments.
  • Experience deploying and supporting your work in services in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. - Details can vary by role.Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws. Shift : Day Travel : NoneTravel Requirements:None Shift:Day

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