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Principal Software Engineer - Mobile (iOS)

Tandem Diabetes Care
San Diego, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 Feb 2025
💰 $220,000/yr($190,000/yr$220,000/yr)

About the role

GROW WITH US:

Tandem Diabetes Care creates new possibilities for people living with diabetes, their loved ones, and their healthcare providers through a positively different experience. We’d love for you to team up with us to “innovate every day,” put “people first,” and take a “no-shortcuts” approach that has propelled us to become a leader in the diabetes technology industry.

STAY AWESOME:

Tandem Diabetes Care is proud to manufacture and sell the t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ technology. We’re also so much more than that. Our company’s human-centered approach to design, development, and support delivers innovative products and services for people who use insulin. Since many of our own team members live with type 1 diabetes, or have a loved one impacted by diabetes, the work is personal, and we are committed to the cause. Learn more at tandemdiabetes.com.

A DAY IN THE LIFE:

This highly skilled engineer on the mobile team will leverage cutting-edge technology in a highly regulated industry to deliver life-sustaining systems to our customers. This role will operate as both an individual contributor and technical leader through mentorship, technical direction, and by modeling Tandem’s values.

  • Architects and designs mobile apps that communicate with remote pumps to deliver critical insulin therapy.
  • Breaks down and organizes complex features into solitary, incremental areas of concern that can be worked on by multiple engineers or multiple teams of engineers.
  • Embarks on a design-first mentality by documenting concepts, design decisions and patterns, and impact for other engineers to utilize.
  • Embraces the challenges of a regulatory environment and can build technical solutions that optimize building software to meet regulatory requirements without compromising efficiency.
  • Contributes to platform best practices and collaborates on when to incorporate cutting edge technology into the stack.
  • Proactively designs for optimization and performance to ensure users have consistent access to their therapy and data.
  • Guides mobile engineers programmatically by implementing readable, efficient, straightforward solutions built for the long term.
  • Serves as an architectural expert for the Tandem mobile apps and can facilitate cross-functional communication on technical feasibility of product roadmaps.
  • Explores new architectural concepts and integrations that revolutionize diabetes management.
  • Incorporates test methodologies and best practices to the codebase. Appreciates the importance of testing and serves as an example for other engineers.
  • Ensures compliance with company policies, including Privacy/HIPAA, and other legal and regulatory requirements.

YOU’RE AWESOME AT:

  • Ability to take ownership and drive technology strategy to influence technical direction amongst the team.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to lead cross-team collaboration in the engineering organization.
  • A hands-on focus on execution interspersed with actively mentoring and fostering talent among the team.
  • Produce creative solutions to difficult problems that balance both design and delivery.
  • Commitment to trust and transparency within the working team to cultivate collaboration and continuous improvement.
  • Understands incremental improvement and champions technical and process initiatives to improve quality and ensure a best-in-class product.
  • Effectively translates regulatory requirements and system risks into the software design.
  • Expert in mobile development for iOS using Swift.
  • Knowledge of both native cross-platform mobile frameworks.
  • Knowledge of basic Bluetooth Low Energy architecture and principles.

EXTRA AWESOME:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer sciences, Engineering or Mathematics or related field or equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience.
  • 10+ years of software development experience.
  • 4+ years of mobile application design and development experience.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

In addition to innovative technology, we have a culture that fosters the idea that the happiest people are the most productive people. Not only do we hire forward-thinking achievers to join our workforce; we reward, develop, and retain them too. Just one of the many reasons of how we #StayAwesome! To learn more about our culture and benefits please visit https://www.tandemdiabetes.com/careers.

BE YOU, WITH US!

Tandem is firmly committed to being an equal opportunity employer and maintaining a diver

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