Principal Platform Engineer (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

About the role

Medtronic's Digital Technologies team is building compact, high-performance embedded systems for edge computing and connectivity, using computer vision to support surgery. This Principal Platform Engineer role develops and maintains the software engineering tools and architecture that drive engineering efficiency, reliability and continuous improvement. It is a 12-month fixed-term contract based in London.

Key responsibilities

• Enhance and maintain the Infrastructure as Code repository so all engineers get strong cloud resource support.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automate wherever possible.
• Provide observability tools so engineers can self-discover issues.
• Identify gaps in developer productivity and design and implement solutions.
• Provide technical mentorship to colleagues inside and outside the team.

Required profile

• Platform engineering, DevOps or site reliability engineering experience with infrastructure as code.
• Track record of handling ambiguity, progressing with incomplete information and adapting as requirements evolve.
• Experience designing, building and operating distributed systems in production, with a clear sense of performance, scalability and reliability trade-offs.
• Willingness to commute to London 2-3 days per week, with flexibility on the exact arrangement.

Required skills

• Infrastructure as code tools: OpenTofu, EKS and Helm.
• Cloud platforms (preferably AWS), databases, APIs and modern DevOps practice.
• Preferred: internal developer platforms and golden paths, Python, GitOps deployment platforms, GRC automation, and Agentic AI infrastructure.

What we offer

• Salary range in the UK of 95,200 to 142,800 GBP, depending on experience and skills.
• Eligibility for the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
• A wide range of benefits and resources.