Senior Android Developer

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

Are you passionate about leveraging your engineering skills to create innovative software solutions that can change the face of healthcare? Do you thrive on complex technical challenges and are eager to lead multi-disciplinary software projects? We are looking for professionals with a rich software development background who thrive when working independently. At Digital Technologies, we’re not just shaping the future, we’re revolutionizing the present. We are transforming operating room experiences with our surgical analysis systems, all powered by cutting-edge artificial intelligence.

As a Senior Android Developer your expertise will be crucial in driving the success of our advanced software projects for hospitals and surgeons.
The first product area you will be working on is our live surgical streaming solution, working on a native app in kiosk mode for use in the operating room, and the stream participation experience in the Touch Surgery app. You will be working alongside a team of cross functional capabilities, with experienced Android engineers who can help your grow your skills further.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and optimize native Android solutions using Jetpack Compose 
• Work in collaboration with a cross functional team to establish project objectives and goals 
• Participate in all phases of the software development life cycle, from requirement gathering and design to deployment and maintenance 
• Utilize advanced Kotlin features to deliver high-quality, clean, and readable code 
• Conduct system tests to ensure software application functionality and performance 
• Document technical specifications, user guides, and process manuals 
• Maintain continuous integration with high unit and UI test coverage to get fast, verified feedback 
• Release the app to our users on a rota 
• Teach and learn from your fellow team members 
• Training budget for conferences and learning materials – normally DroidCon London which is held a short walk from our office 

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Proven experience in Android development using Kotlin using Views and/or Compose 
• Ability to establish priorities, identify and solve complex problems, challenge the status quo 
• Ability to effectively communicate abstract concepts to the team 
• Familiarity in code versioning tools such as Git 
• Strong unit testing and debugging skills 

Proficiency in Coroutines and experience with Jenkins CI, along with a strong understanding of software architecture design patterns, is preferred. Familiarity with Agile methodologies and knowledge of UI testing using Espresso, with an understanding of its critical role in the development process, is desirable.

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. 

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.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

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