Software Development Engineer

Job Title

Software Development Engineer

Job Description

Software Development Engineer – Clinical Insights & AI (Cambridge, MA)

Help build the next generation of cloud-based data platforms and AI-enabled tools that transform clinical data into actionable insights that improve patient care.

Your role:

• Work as part of a collaborative, interdisciplinary Research and Development team designing and launching next-generation data acquisition, cloud storage, reporting, and Artificial Intelligence tools that support healthcare innovation.
• Partner with engineering, information technology, and data teams to architect and implement scalable cloud-based data infrastructure and pipelines that support real-time and retrospective analytics.
• Design, develop, and integrate software components and third-party libraries into existing systems, ensuring high performance, reliability, and seamless interoperability across platforms.
• Participate in software design discussions, code reviews, and regulatory processes while applying software engineering, cybersecurity, and DevOps best practices across new and existing data products.
• Analyze application performance and system efficiency, resolve bottlenecks, and contribute to continuous improvement while mentoring team members and strengthening development practices.

You're the right fit if:

• You’ve acquired 4+ years of experience developing software for medical devices or regulated environments, working as an individual contributor and leading technical initiatives involving big data pipelines, cloud architecture, debugging, testing, and integration.
• You have a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Your skills include advanced SQL and relational databases, object‑oriented programming (e.g., C# or Java), DevOps practices, and building CI/CD pipelines with tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins; experienced with microservice architectures and AWS services like Fargate, ECS, Lambda, and Amazon Kinesis.
• You’re experienced with cloud technologies and modern architectures, including Amazon Web Services services such as Simple Storage Service, Glue, Relational Database Service, and Athena, as well as microservices, serverless tools, and Infrastructure as Code.
• You’re a collaborative communicator with strong problem-solving skills, comfortable working across engineering, clinical, and data science teams while applying Agile or Scrum methodologies.
• Bonus skills: Experience with Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning platforms such as SageMaker or Databricks, and modern web development frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue.

• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. 

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office role.

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