Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

The Principal Software Engineer Mobile Applications will serve as a technical leader and hands-on developer responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining advanced Android and cross-platform mobile applications development.

This role blends hands-on technical expertise with team leadership, ensuring delivery of secure, high-quality, and compliant medical software solutions in accordance with FDA and ISO 13485 standards.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of mobile applications for implantable medical devices using Kotlin Multiplatform and Core Java.
• Ensure secure communication between devices and cloud systems via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and AWS-based APIs.
• Develop and maintain libraries and SDKs for cross-platform mobile applications.
• Integrate mobile applications with AWS cloud infrastructure (KMS, S3, DynamoDB, Cognito, API Gateway, EC2, CloudWatch).
• Author and review key design documentation: architecture specs, DFMEA, cybersecurity reports, threat models, etc.
• Conduct peer reviews and maintain code integrity, ensuring traceability and compliance per med device process.
• Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies, mentoring distributed teams (U.S., Costa Rica, India, China, Ukraine) across time zones.
• Estimate timelines, propose plans, review milestones and lead app development from concept through commercialization.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Android mobile app development, with at least 3+ years in medical device application.
• Experience of architecting, designing and developing of mobile applications.
• Strong command of Kotlin, Kotlin Multiplatform, Java and Android Jetpack architectures (MVVM, Rx, XML data binding).
• 3 + years' experience with AWS services and secure communication protocols (BLE, Wi-Fi, HTTPS, OAuth).
• Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins, Git), SonarQube, and Atlassian Agile tools.
• Good understanding of IEC 62304, ISO 13485, and FDA design controls for medical device software.
• Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional R&D environments and distributed global teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across global teams AND documentation for regulatory deliverables.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in Developing Mobile apps for Neuromodulation devices.
• Prior experience with medical device connectivity.
• Prior experience on secure BLE communication, data encryption, and integration with AWS cloud services (S3, DynamoDB, Cognito, API Gateway)
• Experience in cybersecurity techniques (sandboxing, code obfuscation, penetration testing).
• Exposure to data science or machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, Pandas, NumPy, R).

Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.