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Principal Software Engineer (Cloud)

MedAcuity
Westford, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 10/22/2025 CLOSED ON 12/21/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Software Engineer (Cloud) position at MedAcuity?

At MedAcuity, we work at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and innovation in partnership with MedTech companies and innovators to develop software-driven medical devices, robotic technology, embedded systems, and computer vision solutions. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer (Cloud) who has the ability to apply expertise in the design of cloud-scale systems using one or more major cloud providers who wants to apply their strong technical acumen and leadership skills to support those who develop innovative, secure, safe, and reliable software to support the product development needs of our MedTech clients.

In this role, you will be a critical team member for the design, development, and testing of medical device software products.  You will define software requirements for complex systems, evaluate new frameworks, and collaborate with the team to help lead the project’s technical vision.  We are most excited about candidates who bring a breadth of programming experience to the table, or those who enjoy flexing in different languages when needed.  Our work is collaborative and our team is focused as well as driven to meet deadlines.  If continuous learning is your thing, in addition to the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, and if making a lasting impact excites you, we’d love to hear from you.
RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Architect, design, and lead the implementation of large-scale, secure, and resilient cloud-based systems.
  • Define and drive cloud strategy, including microservices, containerization, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and CI / CD pipelines
  • Develop on applications using languages such as C# and C .
  • Follow the full SDLC process, including driving efforts in requirements specification, design activities, planning, code reviews, and creating corresponding artifacts.
  • Provide complete expert engineering solutions to impactful and high-visibility client initiatives and and projects.
  • Lead and mentor a team which may change for each project, comprised of talented Software Engineers; to promote a collaborative environment and pragmatic engineering decision-making
  • Build collaborative relationships with key leaders and peers, both internally and externally, across the organization.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • In-depth experience with cloud platforms such as Google, AWS, and Azure.
  • Deep knowledge of containers (Docker, Kubernetes), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and CI / CD pipelines.
  • Expertise in microservices, RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, and serverless computing.
  • 13 years of combined software development background with experience coding in one or more back-end centric languages, such as C# \u007C .NET, Python, C , Java, Terraform.
  • Capable of designing solutions, defining specifications, creating documentation, assessing project timelines, and reviewing code.

PREFERRED SKILLS
  • Professional background in a services or consulting environment would be helpful.
  • Expertise with configuration management and automation (Chef / AWS SSM) is beneficial.
  • Ideal candidate will have experience bringing patient-area devices to the cloud, including informatics, telemetry, service interface (service logs, over-the-air updates).
  • It would be ideal to have prior experience working in a regulated environment such as medical device, DOD, Aerospace, or automotive.
  • Professional background working in an Agile / Scrum environments, leading stand-ups and sprints, is a plus.
EDUCATION
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related major OR equivalent years of experience in similar production environments.
Applicants for employment at MedAcuity, LLC are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender-related identity/appearance, pregnancy, age, genetic information, national origin, status as a Vietnam Era or disabled veteran or membership in the uniformed services, physical or mental disability, or any other legally-protected classification.

MedAcuity is an equal opportunity employer.
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