Principal Software Engineer - Mobile Applications
Boston Scientific1 day ago
San Jose, CA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$107k - $203k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, technical design, development, integration, and evolution of Android and iOS applications, including native and Kotlin Multiplatform solutions.
- Design mobile-to-backend and mobile-to-cloud integrations covering API contracts, data models, authentication, authorization, secure data exchange, synchronization, error handling, and resilient connectivity.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, architectural direction, code reviews, and resolution of complex engineering challenges.
- Establish coding standards, design patterns, automated testing, CI/CD practices, and software quality processes.
- Ensure adherence to Apple and Android platform standards, accessibility, performance, security, and user experience requirements.
- Own regulated software deliverables including architecture and design documentation, risk assessments, traceability, and verification evidence.
- Oversee secure connectivity among mobile applications, implantable medical devices, Bluetooth Low Energy devices, cloud infrastructure, and supporting platforms.
- Coordinate with backend, cloud, firmware, systems engineering, UX/UI, quality, regulatory, product management, and program management teams.
- Drive technical planning, estimates, risk mitigation, design reviews, integration readiness, delivery milestones, commercialization, and post-market maintenance.
- Remain hands-on with design decisions, prototyping, troubleshooting, code reviews, and technical integration work.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 8+ years of Android and/or iOS mobile application development.
- 3+ years of technical leadership experience as a Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, Software Architect, or equivalent.
- Deep hands-on expertise in Android with Kotlin or Java, or iOS with Swift, plus strong architectural knowledge of both platforms and cross-platform mobile development experience.
- Experience with mobile architecture, MVVM, Clean Architecture, modularization, SDK development, and application lifecycle management.
- Experience architecting mobile-to-backend integrations and cloud-connected applications, including authentication, authorization, secure data transmission, synchronization, error handling, performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Experience collaborating with backend and cloud engineering teams to define service interfaces and solve system-level integration challenges.
- Demonstrated ability to lead code reviews, establish engineering practices, mentor engineers, and drive technical quality.
- Experience integrating mobile applications with BLE-enabled devices, cloud services, and secure communication protocols.
- 2+ years of experience in medical device software or another regulated industry, with knowledge of IEC 62304, ISO 13485, FDA design controls, and software development lifecycle documentation.
- Excellent communication, technical leadership, collaboration, and cross-functional influence skills.
- Preferred experience includes implantable medical device or neuromodulation applications, Kotlin Multiplatform, Android Jetpack, Jetpack Compose, SwiftUI, UIKit, AWS services, OAuth 2.0, mobile cybersecurity, encryption, secure storage, threat modeling, vulnerability management, CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Git, SonarQube, and automated mobile and API integration testing.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model requiring at least three days per week in the local office.
- Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
- Boston Scientific offers access to tools, information, training, and employee benefits; compensation may also include annual bonus targets and long-term incentives for eligible exempt employees.
Categories
Mobile
About Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific designs and manufactures implantable and minimally invasive medical devices used by physicians to diagnose and treat cardiovascular, endoscopic, urological, neurological, and other conditions. It sells these products and related therapies to hospitals and health systems worldwide through a direct sales model and distributors. Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, it is publicly traded on the NYSE (BSX) with offerings spanning stents, catheters, electrophysiology, and neuromodulation systems.