Principal Software Engineer - Tech Lead

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions are personal.Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.Learn more at As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: R&D Product Development Job Sub Function: R&D Software/Systems Engineering Job Category: Scientific/Technology All Job Posting Locations: Santa Clara, California, United States of America Job Description: Johnson & Johnson MedTech is focused on shaping the future of digital surgery and expanding its robotics and digital solutions offerings across the entire portfolio, with multi-specialty, end-to-end solutions in endoluminal intervention, general surgery and a comprehensive digital portfolio. This includes the Polyphonicu00ae platform, a first-of-its-kind digital platform that advances patient empowerment, surgical performance, operating room (OR) collaboration and operational efficiency by synchronizing devices, data and AI driven insights in one place to simplify access, build confidence and unify a non-linear care experience. We are recruiting for a Principal Software Engineer u2013 Technical Lead , within the Polyphonicu00ae Product Engineering team located in Santa Clara, CA. Johnson & Johnson is building the next generation of intelligence infrastructure and platforms to capture, extract, and apply intelligence from the OR and surgical workflows. This is an opportunity to work with a multi-disciplinary team of product managers, applied scientists, software engineers, and clinical experts who will push the boundaries for surgical AI and make it widely accessible. ML Platform is central to scaling training and inference across millions of video frames and images and drives core AI functionality for the developer workflows. We build primitives and foundational capabilities that would let internal and external teams train, evaluate, deploy, operate and monitor models quickly and compliantly, essentially automating experimentation to production workflows. Weu2019re looking for a Principal Engineer who treats _platform as a product_ and can turn complex ML/AI workflows into clear, durable APIs and easy-to-use CLIs/UIs that data scientists and developers would love. This role blends product thinking, developer experience, backend engineering, and fluid user experience combining deep code vs no-code. Hands on ML experience is a plus. You Will + Bring technical ownership of a platform as a product and ship scalable APIs, SDKs, CLIs, and UIs that make ML platform easy to adopt and cater specifically to accelerate surgical AI. + Build shared ML infra with the platform infrastructure team and principal engineers for the infrastructure team to develop/extend core components: Serving Layer, Model Registry, Pipeline Orchestrator, and Training/Inference control planes. + Design great developer experiences with defined templates, golden paths, opinionated defaults, and clear documentation to reduce timeto firstproduction. + Develop instrumentation to measure adoption, friction, reliability, and cost; use data to prioritize roadmap and validate outcomes. + Partner across organizations (ML Engineering, Data Science, Infra/SRE, Security, Finance) to optimize performance, safety, and spend, especially for GPUintensive training and highQPS inference. + Stay upto date with industry trends in machine learning and infrastructure to ensure the adoption of groundbreakingtechnologies and practices. You Have + Bacheloru2019s or MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or a similar technical field. + 5+ years of system design experience upon which to draw to build a scalable, reliable ML platform. + Proficiency in API design and developer experienceu2014gRPC/REST APIs, SDKs, CLIs, and simple UIs that developers love to use. + Experience with the end-to-end ML model lifecycle such as model serving, training, model CI/CD, and GPU resources management, and have built ML platform features that are delightful to use. You Are + Seasoned coder; you love not only to design and communicate ideas but also to actually ship product. You obsess about refining developer experience and reducing friction + Passionate about supporting ML engineers to meet and understand their needs, and translating them into clean, durable platform abstractions. + You're passionate about infrastructureascode and automating painful manual processes. You advocate for platform solutions that donu2019t leave on-call teams guessing. + A clear communicator who excels at both written and verbal communication across differing levels of technical details. Other + Location: Santa Clara, CA + Up to 15% travel required, in the US and internationally Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. At Johnson & Johnson, we believe good health is the foundation of vibrant lives, thriving communities and forward progress. That is why for 140 years, we have striven to keep people well at every age and every stage of life. Today, as the worldu2019s largest and most broadly-based healthcare company, we are committed to using our reach and size for good. We strive to improve access and affordability, build healthier communities, and put a healthy mind, body, and environment within reach of everyone, everywhere. Every day, our more than 130,000 employees across the world are blending heart, science, and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity. Required Skills: Preferred Skills: Innovation, Mentorship, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Project Management, Report Writing, Requirements Analysis, Research and Development, Researching, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Scripting Languages, Software Acquisitions, Software Development Management, Software Engineering Practices, Software Quality Assurance (SQA), Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility, Technologically Savvy The anticipated base pay range for this position is : $157,000.00 - $271,400.00 Additional Description for Pay Transparency: Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Companyu2019s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). This position is eligible to participate in the Companyu2019s long-term incentive program. Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation u2013120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado u201348 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington u201356 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays u201313 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave u2013 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Bereavement Leave u2013 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year Caregiver Leave u2013 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days Volunteer Leave u2013 32 hours per calendar year Military Spouse Time-Off u2013 80 hours per calendar year

Created: 2026-04-09