We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 10 Mar 2025
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in our engineering team, responsible for architecting, developing, and owning the backend services of our data management platform for Affera case data. You will lead complex projects and mentor junior engineers while collaborating closely with front-end developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver innovative and scalable solutions. Your day-to-day activities will include writing high-quality, maintainable code, driving database migrations, and ensuring the reliability and performance of our systems deployed on AWS infrastructure.
About the Affera Mapping and Ablation System
The Affera Mapping and Ablation System is an innovative medical technology designed to treat patients with cardiac arrhythmias. The system involves advanced mapping techniques to create detailed images of the heart's electrical activity, helping physicians identify abnormal areas causing arrhythmias. Once identified, the Affera Ablation System delivers targeted energy to disrupt these abnormal signals, restoring normal heart rhythm.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Lead the development and maintenance of RESTful APIs using FastAPI, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the frontend.
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Architect and manage database schemas and migrations using SQLAlchemy and Alembic, taking ownership of data integrity and optimization processes.
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Design, deploy, and oversee infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, making strategic decisions to enhance system scalability and security.
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features, acting as a technical advisor to align solutions with business objectives.
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Write and maintain comprehensive unit and integration tests, ensuring robust test coverage and system reliability.
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Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems, proactively identifying areas for improvement and driving enhancements.
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Conduct and lead code reviews to maintain high code quality standards, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and excellence.
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Mentor and guide junior developers, providing technical leadership and sharing best practices to elevate team capabilities.
Required Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
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Proven experience as a Backend Engineer or similar role.
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Strong proficiency with Python.
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Proficiency in deploying and managing services on AWS.
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Experience using infrastructure as code tools, particularly Terraform.
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Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles.
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Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
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Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
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Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
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Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or similar database.
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Experience in data management platforms or similar domains.
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Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and containerization technologies like Docker.
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Experience with other AWS services and DevOps practices.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$120,000.00 - $180,000.00
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
Further details are available at the link below:
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.
It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Top Skills
What We Do
Medtronic is a global healthcare solutions company operating in approximately 160 countries. We are committed to improving lives through our medical technologies, services, and solutions.
Since our beginning, 60 years ago, our Mission has remained the same: to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for people around the world. The Mission is our ethical framework and inspirational goal guiding our day-to-day work. It reminds us that our efforts are transforming millions of lives each year.
To meet the needs of patients and healthcare professionals around the globe, we operate from more than 370 locations in approximately 160 countries.
