Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

As a Senior Software Engineer on Intuitives Platform Engineering team you will design and build automation infrastructure that bridges our digital products with robotic systems. Youll implement and improve automated pipelinesspanning simulation cloud data ingestion and secure software deliveryto drive improved reliability faster iteration and stronger security posture across our web mobile and embedded applications. This role requires hands-on engineering depth security-mindedness and close collaboration with software SDET DevOps and security teams.

Key Responsibilities

1. CI/CD Automation & Security

• Design implement and maintain end-to-end build test and deployment pipelines for digital products integrated with robotic platforms.
• Embed security practices into CI/CD workflows: integrate static analysis (SAST) dependency scanning (SCA) container image scanning and secret detection as automated quality gates.
• Develop reusable automation frameworks and scripts (Python shell etc.) to reduce manual effort minimize errors and accelerate delivery.
• Extend Jenkins GitLab CI or similar tooling to enforce consistent quality and security gates before every release.
• Collaborate with security analysts to translate security requirements and policies into automated scalable pipeline controlsbridging the gap between security strategy and engineering execution.

2. Integration & Reliability

• Build processes to ingest test results and telemetry data into scalable cloud data pipelines (AWS/GCP) for real-time analysis and visualization of software reliability metrics.
• Collaborate with embedded and digital teams to ensure consistent secure interfaces between edge devices cloud services and client-facing applications.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure-level security controls including container hardening network segmentation for build environments and least-privilege IAM policies across CI/CD and cloud infrastructure.

3. Developer Experience & Adoption

• Serve as the primary interface between the Platform Engineering team and product development teamsunderstand their workflows pain points and requirements to ensure platform capabilities actually solve real problems.
• Provide white-glove onboarding and hands-on support for teams adopting platform tooling CI/CD pipelines and security automation while self-service capabilities mature.
• Evangelize best practices for build test deployment and secure development across the organization through documentation workshops office hours and direct pairing with product teams.
• Act as an internal advocate for the developer experience: pressure-test the platform our core platform team is building by representing the voice of the user surfacing usability gaps and ensuring the tools we ship are genuinely intuitive and meet the needs of our engineering user base.
• Provide structured feedback loops between product development teams and the core platform teamtranslating adoption friction and feature requests into actionable platform improvements.

Qualifications :

Required (Must-Have)

• 5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps platform engineering release engineering or related software development discipline.
• Proven experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines for distributed systems (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI CircleCI).
• Strong proficiency in Python (scripting automation frameworks) and comfortable authoring build/test tooling.
• Solid 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.
• Practical experience integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelinese.g. SAST SCA/dependency scanning container image scanning or secret management. You dont need to be a security researcher but you should be comfortable implementing and tuning security automation and partnering with security teams to operationalize their requirements.
• Working knowledge of supply chain security concepts: signed artifacts provenance tracking SBOM generation or similar practices.
• Solid knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu RHEL) and familiarity with Windows server environments.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Google Cloud) for deploying build servers data pipelines or test infrastructure including practical understanding of IAM network security groups and least-privilege principles.
• Strong communication skillsable to contribute to technical discussions document standards clearly and mentor peers.
• Proven ability to learn complex systems quickly and drive 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

• Experience with compliance-as-code or automated evidence collection for regulated environments (SOX FDA SOC2).
• Familiarity with medical device software standards or FDA validation requirements.
• Experience with AI/ML pipeline tooling (model training deployment) or applying ML concepts to CI/CD optimization and reliability engineering.
• Hands-on experience with HashiCorp tools (Terraform Vault Consul) or other configuration management suites (Ansible Chef Puppet).
• Experience building or interfacing with large-scale data pipelines and visualizing reliability metrics via cloud-native dashboards.
• Familiarity with security frameworks (NIST CIS Benchmarks) or threat modeling practices as applied to build and deployment infrastructure.
• Prior exposure to robotics integration (real-time constraints device drivers communication protocols).
• Contributions to open-source DevOps/CI/CD projects or active participation in DevOps-focused communities.

Why Youll Love This Role

• Innovation: Work at the intersection of automation security and roboticsbuilding the infrastructure that delivers safe reliable software for cutting-edge surgical 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 software for robotic platforms.
• Security That Ships: Rather than writing policies that sit on a shelf youll implement real security controls that run in every pipeline every day.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with embedded engineers security analysts SDET teams and product owners to break down silos and accelerate delivery.
• Growth & Learning: Gain exposure to regulated-industry security practices large-scale cloud data pipelines and robotics integration broadening your expertise across platform engineering.

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

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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 compensation ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time