Senior Staff Software Engineer

Who we want:
Vocera now part of Stryker is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer with 1014 years of software development experience to architect design and develop scalable cloud-native applications and platform services. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in Java Kotlin Spring Boot Confluent Kafka and AWS Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Microsoft Azure. This individual will drive architecture influence technical strategy mentor engineers and lead the delivery of secure scalable and high-performing enterprise solutions. The successful candidate demonstrates a passion for engineering excellence innovation and continuous learning while adapting to evolving technologies and business needs.

What you will do:

• Lead the architecture design and development of scalable cloud-native applications and platform services.

• Design and develop distributed systems microservices and event-driven solutions using Java Kotlin Spring Boot and Confluent Kafka.

• Apply advanced software engineering principles architecture patterns and design best practices to solve complex technical problems.

• Lead architecture reviews design discussions code reviews and technical decision-making across teams.

• Design secure resilient and high-performing backend services and enterprise APIs.

• Evaluate recommend and adopt new technologies frameworks and cloud capabilities to improve engineering outcomes.

• Lead technical investigations proof of concepts and platform modernization initiatives.

• Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through technical guidance and knowledge sharing.

• Produce and review technical artifacts including architecture design implementation and operational documentation.

• Collaborate with Engineering Product Architecture DevOps Quality and Program Management teams to deliver high-quality software.

• Lead complex engineering initiatives from design through production deployment.

• Drive engineering best practices software quality security automation and operational excellence.

• Mentor and develop engineers while fostering a culture of ownership innovation and continuous improvement.

• Lead architecture reviews and code reviews while promoting engineering standards and best practices.

Minimum Qualifications (Required):
Bachelors degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science or related discipline & 10 years of work experience

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):

• Experience designing and building highly available cloud-native SaaS or enterprise platforms.

• Experience with platform engineering multi-tenant architectures and enterprise integration patterns.

• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog Prometheus Grafana or OpenTelemetry.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and modern CI/CD practices.

• Exposure to AI-assisted software development developer productivity tools or GenAI technologies is an added advantage.

• Experience in Healthcare or other regulated industries is preferred.