Senior Software Engineer

Primary Function of Position:

The Senior Software Engineer will design build and evolve key components of a modern scalable Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform that supports Intuitive Digital products and serves more than 2000 engineers across the organization. This role is responsible for independently delivering significant features and services within our real-time and micro-batch data pipelines that power product development internal tools and analytics. The engineer will make sound design decisions within their area collaborate effectively across functions and contribute to the reliability performance and usability of the platform at scale.

Major work will focus on developing high-throughput low-latency data delivery through streaming pipelines dynamic transformations and APIs that enable application development AI/ML and actionable insights. You will help implement the architecture and engineering practices that support self-service analytics and operational decision-making.

Essential Job Duties

• Design and build scalable distributed systems that leverage event-based and streaming data pipelines to handle ingestion and processing of robot manufacturing and clinical data

• Develop self-service APIs and applications that enable users to access and interact with data

• Partner with core engineering teams to evolve data models in response to changing business needs

• Apply software development best practices CI/CD automated testing infrastructure-as-code and microservice architectures in your day-to-day work

• Actively participate in team planning code reviews KPI reviews and design discussions offering constructive input and driving decisions to closure within your area

• Serve as a mentor to junior engineers and new team members sharing knowledge and helping accelerate their ramp-up and growth

• May lead moderately complex projects within the data domain coordinating with cross-functional partners to deliver successful outcomes

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Experience

• Fluent coding in at least two major programming languages

• Hands-on experience building data pipelines and working with distributed systems using technologies such as Apache Spark Kafka Elasticsearch Snowflake and Airflow

• Working technical knowledge and experience with Data Platform components / design patterns:Event-Driven Pipelines (e.g. AWS Lambda)Message Queues (e.g. Kafka)Container Orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes)Stream Processing (e.g. Flink Spark)Relational Databases (e.g. Postgres)Data Warehouses (e.g. Snowflake)Analytics Engineering (e.g. DBT)Workflow Orchestration (e.g. Airflow)Search Engines (e.g. Elasticsearch)

• Solid understanding of CI/CD workflows unit testing and integration testing and deployment patterns

• Experience with AWS and/or GCP

• Experience with SQL and relational databases

• Ability and enthusiasm to work collaboratively and cross-functionally take ownership of your deliverables and drive your own progress while knowing when to escalate

Required Education and Training

Solid quantitative background in Computer Science Engineering Physics Math or a related field. Minimum a bachelors or masters degree in computer science information technology or a related field with a typical minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience on a Platform team

• Experience with Gitlab CI/CD or other CI tooling

• Experience with Terraform Ansible Packer general IaC best practices

• Familiarity with CNCF projects and successful use of them in past projects

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

U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer:  In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR 743.13(b)) some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employeeswho are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the governments licensing process can take 3 to 6 months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (TCP) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employeesstart date which may or may not be flexible and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

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.

This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidates experience knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidates qualifications consistent with applicable law.

Accommodation & Accessibility Notice:

Intuitive is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or an accommodation during any part of the application or interview process please contact People Services at

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