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Principal Software Cloud Engineer

Careers That Change Lives

We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.

Cardiac Management brings together all our cardiac and vascular businesses into one cross-functional, collaborative operating unit to leverage the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients worldwide.

We are looking for a talented Principal Software Cloud Engineer for our Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Software Division. This role will be responsible for developing a cloud-native, microservice-based system.

With some strong core processes already in place using AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and HBase, this role seeks to round out an already high-performing team with Platform Engineering knowledge. We are building out this team to be one of the leading full-stack development teams within CRM Software.

This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) unit. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working on-site 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

         

         

In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Principal Software Cloud Engineer role. This includes, but is not limited to the following:

• Develop software and solutions across the stack that improve product reliability and product velocity
• Collaborate with the team to design Simple, Scalable, and Reliable solutions that leverage our new target architecture.
• Troubleshoot production incidents and participate in blameless post-mortems and follow-through

Specialized Knowledge:

• 7+ years of experience delivering software using C#, Java, or similar languages
•  4+ years of experience in a public or private cloud environment
• ·4+ years of experience developing applications leveraging Kubernetes.
• ·4+ years of experience with CI/CD/CT pipelines and source code control and artifact tooling (git, JFrog, Artifactory, Azure DevOps)
• ·Ability to participate in an on-call rotation
• ·Ability to work with a globally distributed team

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Must Have - Minimum Requirements

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME

• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math and minimum of 7 years of technical work experience OR advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math, with 5 years of technical work experience 

 
Nice to Have:

• 2+ years of experience leveraging Kafka or similar streaming technologies.
• 2+ years using DevSecOps practices with systems/service engineering and release management.
• Refactoring a monolith into microservices
• Experience with monitoring stacks (ELK, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Prometheus)
• Experience with NoSQL databases (HBase, DynamoDB)
• Experience at a Medical Device company.

• Ability to work with a globally distributed team

About Medtronic

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