Senior Software Engineer - Python

About the role

Medtronic's Surgical Operating Unit (SOU) is developing high-performance systems that enable edge computing and connectivity, and its Surgical AI Centre of Excellence uses data science and computer vision to improve surgical care. As a Senior Software Engineer in the AI and Data Science Platform team, you will help design, build and maintain the software that Machine Learning Engineers and Data Scientists use to develop new products.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development and maintenance of the SaaS tool (Python codebase) for project, data and annotation management used by internal stakeholders.
• Work with data and platform engineers to develop efficient processes for accessing and handling growing volumes of data.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define software requirements and validate features in a fast-paced, iterative environment driven by quality.

Required profile

• BSc or MSc in a relevant academic field.
• Experience delivering and maintaining production-quality code in an industry setting.
• Willingness to commute to London two days per week.
• Preferred: experience with Kanban and/or Scrum, and familiarity with LLM agents, machine learning or infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.

Required skills

• Strong Python and best practices for high-quality code.
• Version control (Git).
• Awareness of DevOps tools and practices (CI/CD, Docker).
• Awareness of cloud infrastructure and development (AWS, GCP, etc.).

What we offer

• Salary range in the UK of 76,800 to 115,200 GBP, depending on experience, skills and qualifications.
• Flexible benefits package.
• Eligibility for the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).