Senior Software Engineer
Intuitive Surgical · Sunnyvale, CA
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Role summary
Intuitive Surgical seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop backend services and APIs supporting robotic fleet operations. The role focuses on building scalable, testable systems with strong emphasis on CI/CD practices, observability, and cross-team collaboration in a regulated medical device environment.
What they're looking for
- 6+ years software engineering experience, including backend services or API development
- Strong proficiency in Java, Go, Python, or similar backend languages
- Experience designing REST or GRPC APIs with versioning and backward compatibility
- Proven expertise with relational databases, Postgres, and transactional system design
- Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS/EKS, and AWS deployment
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, reliability, failure handling, and observability
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or related field
What you'll be doing
- Develop backend services and APIs supporting robotic fleet and application workflows
- Build service capabilities including configuration management and telemetry data ingestion
- Implement comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end testing within CI pipelines
- Contribute to CI/CD practices and operational excellence for frequent, confident releases
- Partner with embedded, infrastructure, product, security, and quality teams on solutions
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