Sr Principal Software Engineer, Android

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your Role at Baxter

A Sr. Principal Engineer for software acts as the software lead or major contributor on projects for feature improvements, sustaining efforts, and new product development efforts.  This individual will be responsible for the development of products and providing creative solutions associated with the design and development of our new product portfolio. The successful candidate will possess solid “hands-on” technical abilities, an excitement and energy for product development, and a passion for their work and the impact it has on meeting the needs of patients.
 

What You'll be Doing

• Responsible for providing cross project technical mentorship, and leadership within the teams to facilitate the completion and delivery of software.
• Apply and exemplify strong software engineering expertise to design and implement robust software architectures, while influencing the processes and methodologies used by the team to build quality software.
• Develop software components in an Android environment, using design patterns, strong object-oriented principles, unit testing and automated testing tools that will be deployed in medical products.
• Own and control the design of software architecture, ensuring that work done in those areas is crafted in a modular fashion, testable, reusable, and maintainable.
• Participate in the formal documentation processes for requirements generation, software architecture, and detailed designs.
• Responsible for analyzing and understanding the product requirements and deriving the Software requirements.
• Identifies key product level technical risks and assists project manager in developing mitigation and recovery plan.
• Review work products and ensure the quality of deliverables.
• Lead and mentor the team members and plays an active role in their development.
• Assess and identify actions to improve the proficiency (technical/product) of the team.
• Drive the application of principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, Software and Product Security, Scalability, Documentation Practices, refactoring and testing techniques.
• Owns and drives continuous improvement activities by identifying and appropriately raising process and product quality gaps.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in software development, with at least 3 years in medical device development strongly preferred.
• Experience in technically leading project teams involving SW architects and SW design engineers.
• Proven success in delivering results on technical challenges.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams (e.g., engineering, quality, regulatory).
• Proficient with Java and/or Kotlin for Android application development.
• Experience with Android SDK, NDK, and Android Studio.
• Knowledge of Android architecture, components, and standard methodologies.
• Familiarity with Android security features and guidelines.
• Knowledge of IoT protocols (e.g., Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee)
• Proven understanding of object-oriented designs applying design patterns, SOLID design principles, and test-driven development.
• Excellent software architecture, design and implementation skills.
• Strong Object-Oriented development and design knowledge and experience.
• Familiarity with Agile project management tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Jira).
• Experience with Agile methodologies and ceremonies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git, SVN).
• Knowledge of security best practices for medical devices preferred.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance and quality management systems (e.g., ISO 9001).
• Good understanding of medical software development process including
• IEC13485 and IEC62304 desired.
   

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