Sr Principal Eng Software

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

 To thrive in this role, you will bring

Driving Best Practices: Implement and champion best practices in software systems development and product lifecycles, utilizing Agile PDLC/SDLC and Systems Engineering methodologies in collaboration with development and verification teams.

Technical Leadership: Provide guidance, mentorship, and technical leadership to a distributed R&D team, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Complex Problem Solving: Develop innovative technical solutions to complex software system challenges, delivering high-quality results within tight deadlines.

Architectural Contributions: Assist in establishing robust software architectures for digital applications, ensuring alignment with established design inputs and platform alignment.

Documentation and Compliance: Write, maintain, and own software-level design system design, component designs and workflow diagrams ensuring compliance with established Quality Management Systems (QMS) and regulatory frameworks.

Hands-On Testing: Conduct ad-hoc testing of in-development and developed software systems to ensure ongoing product quality.

Agile Execution: Enforce and support teams in executing Agile/Scrum planning, including estimating, scheduling, and completing committed tasks.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Drive collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to enhance processes, practices, and technical mentorship.
  
• Issue Resolution: Ensure that product complaints and issues are addressed promptly, with appropriate impact assessments on requirements and risks.
  
• Compliance Assurance: Uphold compliance with the product development process and quality system standards.
  
  
  

What Youll Bring

To thrive in this role, you should possess:

• A bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent with 12+ years of experience,
  
• Proven experience with regulated products and connected systems in the medical devices/regulated industry.
  
• Expertise in Kubernetes, Linux, Front end frameworks (React/Angular/Vue), Backend and database layers, Distributed systems
  
• Champion DevOps practices, automated testing, and observability.
  
• Knowledge of implementing and enforcing medical device cybersecurity design paradigms is a plus.
  
• Experience with cloud-based digital applications is preferred.
  
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
  
• Experience with mobile applications is a plus.
  
  
  

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

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