Senior Staff SWE

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite **Who we want:** **Vocera, now part of Stryker,** is seeking an experienced **Senior Staff Software Engineer** with **10–14 years of software development experience** to architect, design, and develop scalable cloud-native applications and platform services. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader with deep expertise in **Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, Confluent Kafka, and AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure**. This individual will drive architecture, influence technical strategy, mentor engineers, and lead the delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing enterprise solutions. The successful candidate demonstrates a passion for engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous learning while adapting to evolving technologies and business needs. **What you will do:** **Technical Responsibilities** ------------------------------ * Lead the architecture, design, and development of scalable cloud-native applications and platform services. * Design and develop distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven solutions using Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, and Confluent Kafka. * Apply advanced software engineering principles, architecture patterns, and design best practices to solve complex technical problems. * Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, code reviews, and technical decision-making across teams. * Design secure, resilient, and high-performing backend services and enterprise APIs. * Evaluate, recommend, and adopt new technologies, frameworks, and cloud capabilities to improve engineering outcomes. * Lead technical investigations, proof of concepts, and platform modernization initiatives. * Mentor engineers and promote engineering excellence through technical guidance and knowledge sharing. * Produce and review technical artifacts including architecture, design, implementation, and operational documentation. **General Responsibilities** ------------------------------- * Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Architecture, DevOps, Quality, and Program Management teams to deliver high-quality software. * Lead complex engineering initiatives from design through production deployment. * Drive engineering best practices, software quality, security, automation, and operational excellence. * Mentor and develop engineers while fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement. * Lead architecture reviews and code reviews while promoting engineering standards and best practices. **Minimum Qualifications (Required):** • Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science or related discipline & 10 + years of work experience **Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):** * Experience designing and building highly available, cloud-native SaaS or enterprise platforms. * Experience with platform engineering, multi-tenant architectures, and enterprise integration patterns. * Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as **Datadog**, **Prometheus**, **Grafana**, or **OpenTelemetry**. * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and modern CI/CD practices. * Exposure to AI-assisted software development, developer productivity tools, or GenAI technologies is an added advantage. * Experience in Healthcare or other regulated industries is preferred. Travel Percentage: 10%