Staff Software Engineer, Platform Engineering - Digital, Data and Applications

Overview

As a Staff Software Engineer on Intuitives Platform Engineering team you will architect and build a next-generation automation platform that bridges our digital products with robotic systems. Youll design and implement automated pipelinesspanning AI/ML model training and deployment simulation hardware-in-the-loop environments and cloud data ingestionto drive improved software reliability faster iteration and enhanced visibility for our web and mobile applications. This role requires a balance of hands-on engineering architectural leadership and cross-functional collaboration with software SDET and DevOps teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. CI/CD & Automation

• Architect implement and maintain end-to-end build test and deployment pipelines for digital products and AI/ML workflows all integrated with robotic platforms.
• Develop reusable automation frameworks and scripts (Python shell etc.) to reduce manual effort minimize errors and accelerate delivery.
• Design and extend Jenkins GitLab CI or similar tooling to enforce consistent quality gates (static analysis unit tests integration tests) before every release.

2. Integration & Reliability

• Act as a true systems engineer and lead efforts to integrate hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing of our edge devices with simulator-based test suites that validate edge-device interactions with robotic systems and cloud-native solutions.
• Build processes to ingest test results and telemetry data into a scalable cloud data pipeline (AWS/GCP) for real-time analysis and visualization of software reliability metrics.
• Collaborate with embedded and digital teams to ensure consistent interfaces between edge devices cloud services and client-facing applications.
• Leverage AI/ML tools data analytics and predictive modeling to enhance pipeline reliability automate anomaly detection optimize test coverage and enable data-driven decision making through real-time monitoring and actionable insights derived from pipeline and test execution data.

3. Collaboration & Enablement

• Serve as a technical mentor to DevOps engineers SDETs and SWE peersconduct design reviews share best practices and encourage incremental improvements.
• Facilitate cross-team workshops or design sessions that align hardware software and QA roadmaps; translate complex requirements into automated test strategies.
• Act as the primary point of contact for integration questionshelp unblock teams by clarifying dependencies reviewing architecture proposals and advocating for automation first.

Qualifications :

Qualifications

Required (Must-Have)

• 8 years of hands-on experience in DevOps release engineering configuration management or related software development discipline.
• Proven track record building and operating CI/CD pipelines for distributed systems (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI CircleCI).
• Expert in Python (scripting automation frameworks) and comfortable authoring build/test tooling.
• Strong experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes) and integrating containers into CI/CD workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to write and maintain infrastructure-as-code (Terraform CloudFormation or equivalent) and integrate IaC into automated pipelines.
• Solid knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu RHEL) and Windows server environments including configuration and troubleshooting.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Google Cloud) for deploying build servers data pipelines or test infrastructure.
• Excellent communication skillsable to lead technical discussions document standards clearly and mentor peers.
• Proven ability to learn complex systems quickly and drive creative yet practical solutions from high-level requirements.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field (or equivalent work experience).

Nice to Have

• Prior exposure to hardware-in-the-loop testing or robotics integration (real-time constraints device drivers communication protocols).
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts as applied to CI/CD test automation or reliability engineering.
• Experience with predictive analytics or self-healing mechanisms in CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building/interfacing to large-scale data pipelines and visualizing reliability metrics via cloud-native dashboards.
• Familiarity with medical device software standards or FDA validation requirements.
• Hands-on experience with HashiCorp tools (Terraform Vault Consul) or other configuration management suites (Ansible Chef Puppet).
• History of mentoring or leading small teams of SDETs DevOps engineers or software developers.
• Contributions to open-source DevOps/CI/CD projects or active participation in DevOps-focused communities.

Why Youll Love This Role

• Innovation: Be at the forefront of integrating AI data-driven insights and advanced automation into software delivery pipelines for cutting-edge robotic systems.
• End-to-End Impact: A true full stack experiencefrom data on our robots to local developer builds to cloud data dashboardsshaping how we deliver safe reliable software for robotic platforms.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with embedded engineers data scientists SDET teams and product owners to break down silos and accelerate feature delivery.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive incremental changes in automation practices that reduce time-to-market and lower operational risk while coaching teammates on best practices.
• Growth & Learning: Gain exposure to hardware testing frameworks and large-scale cloud data pipelines broadening your expertise in both DevOps and robotics integration.

Additional Information :

Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside or plan to reside in Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Indiana Iowa Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time