Sr. Embedded Software Engineer - Build Systems

Company Description

At 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 Description

Primary Function of the Role:

The Core Technologies Engineering (CTE) group within Intuitive has an immediate opening for a Senior Software Engineer with a focus on next generation build systems. In this role, you will be leading the development of new build architecture for the current and next generation robotic surgery and digital platforms across the entire organization. A successful candidate will excel in a high-energy focused team environment, must have excellent communication skills and 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, as well as to drive to creative—yet practical—solutions from rough requirements are essential in this position. 

Responsibilities:

• Improve the functionality, performance, and reliability of core build architecture and corresponding build infrastructure services including remote execution and remote caching, and build analytics
• Identify and lead internal and cross-team projects end-to-end with a keen eye for simplicity, reliability, and low-friction developer experience
• Feature and app development to streamline developer workflows, spanning on-premises workstations, cloud workstations, backend services and other development productivity improvements
• Educate developers and evangelize best practices on code quality, development workflows and test

Qualifications

Skill/Job Requirements:

• Preferred 8 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years of experience and a Master's degree; or equivalent experience
• Significant experience organizing and refactoring complex C/C++, Python and Rust projects with multiple embedded toolchains
• Familiarity with Nix/NixOS packaging is highly preferred
• Experience with modern build systems such as: Bazel, Buck or Pants
• Strong knowledge of Software Engineering and Computer Science fundamentals
• Experience deploying and scaling applications on cloud services like AWS or on-premises clusters
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with a diverse range of talented engineers

Additional Information

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.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.