Medtronic

Healthcare Technology

PrincipalSoftwareEngineer-DataServices(PatientCareSystems)

€84–125k Galway, County Galway, Ireland FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Principal candidates.

The Brief

“Principal Software Engineer - Data Services (Patient Care Systems) at Medtronic. Skills: Data Platform, Cloud-native, Serverless, Data Engineering. Lead design of ingestion pipelines. Lead coding of ingestion pipelines”

Industry & Context.

Healthcare Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving skills; Troubleshoot production issues

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field, Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with 5 years of experience, Data Architecture knowledge, Data Engineering principles, AWS and AWS native tools, AWS Observability, SQL (SQLServer, Trino), Apache Spark (PySpark) and Iceberg, Schema design and implementation (JSON/Avro), GitHub Actions, Terraform, Containerization of commonly-used modules (Python, Docker), problem-solving skills, written and verbal communication & presentation skills, Experience leveraging LLM’s in coding and testing

Nice to Have

AWS certifications a plus

What You'll Do.

Lead design of ingestion pipelines

Lead coding of ingestion pipelines

Lead testing of ingestion pipelines

Follow CI/CD patterns

Extend IaC architecture

Understand end-user access requirements

Design user-facing structures

Establish understanding of data

Influence semantic understanding of data

Extend data catalogue

Setup proactive monitoring

Enable self-service model

Troubleshoot production issues

Lead efforts to reestablish services

Use metrics for cost reduction

Use metrics for service improvement

Work with IT partners

Work with business partners

Identify opportunities to improve processes

Mentor junior engineers

Guide junior engineers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

IT and business partners

Communication Scope

Presentation skills

Process & Methodology

IaC architecture

Full Job Description

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** At Medtronic Patient Care Systems (PCS), we power the digital heartbeat behind life-saving cardiac therapies. We build the connected ecosystem that enables clinicians to monitor, manage, and protect millions of patients living with implantable cardiac devices around the world. From secure device connectivity and real-time data platforms to intelligent clinical tools and patient-facing experiences, PCS transforms complex cardiac data into clarity — helping physicians make faster decisions, improving outcomes, and giving patients greater confidence in their care. Every line of code we write supports someone’s parent, spouse, child, or friend. Our work ensures that life-saving therapies are not only delivered safely and reliably, but continuously improved through innovation, insight, and global scale. If you want to build technology that truly matters — where uptime means peace of mind and innovation means more birthdays — join us. Together, we are shaping the future of connected cardiac care and changing lives every single day ## ** _Come for a job, stay for a career!_** ## ## **A Day in The Life Of:** Responsibilities for the Principal Software engineer role includes, but is not limited to the following: * Lead the design, coding, testing of ingestion pipelines in the development and extension of the data platform leveraging cloud-native, serverless technologies. * Follow/extend existing CI/CD patterns in following our IaC architecture tenet. * Understand end-user access requirements, and use these insights in the design of user-facing structures. * Establish intimate understanding of our data and influence the semantic understanding of our data by extending our data catalogue. * Setup proactive monitorin

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