Staff Software Engineer, Data at Intuitive — Sunnyvale, CA

Primary Function of Position

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build services and APIs that support our robotic platforms and other mission-critical operations, including file and event ingestion, real-time data processing, and APIs for critical business operations. The successful candidate will ensure that services and APIs are built with strong quality, automation, and operational excellence.

 Lead the architecture and development of services and APIs that support the robotic fleet with file and event ingestion and processing.

 Design and implement APIs that expose high-value system data to business operation stakeholders in secure, scalable, and well-governed ways.

 Define service interfaces, data contracts, and integration patterns that are clear, testable, and backward compatible.

 Implement comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end testing within CI pipelines.

 Drive CI/CD, observability, and operational practices that support small, frequent, and high-confidence releases.

 Ensure services and APIs include first-class documentation, health endpoints, and uptime monitoring.

 Partner with embedded, infrastructure, and product teams to deliver solutions that are useful and broadly adoptable.

 Collaborate with security and quality teams to ensure solutions meet compliance and operational requirements.

 Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, helping guide architecture, implementation, and engineering best practices

 Strong experience building data-intensive services and APIs in one or more languages such as Java, Go, Python, or similar.

 Strong experience designing and operating data ingestion and processing systems for high-volume files, events, or telemetry in production environments.

 Experience with stream and batch data processing frameworks such as Apache Flink, Apache Spark, or similar technologies.

 Experience orchestrating data pipelines and scheduled workflows using Apache Airflow or similar workflow orchestration platforms.

 Strong experience designing REST or GRPC APIs with clear contracts, documentation, versioning, and backward compatibility.

 Strong experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as Postgres, DynamoDB, or similar, service-side data modeling, and transactional system design.

 Strong experience with automated testing, Gitlab CI/CD, and AWS-based deployment practices for backend services.

 Experience with containerized deployment and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, or Amazon EKS.

 Solid understanding of distributed systems concerns such as reliability, failure handling, observability, and operational support.

 Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.

 Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset.

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in computer science or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience in software engineering related to data-intensive services and APIs.

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• Experience working with medical devices or other regulated industries.
• Experience with defining and implementing data privacy requirements.

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