Principal Software Cloud Engineer - CRM

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 Jul 2026 Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the LifePrincipal Software Cloud Engineer Careers That Change Lives We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to make tomorrow better than yesterday and that makes it an exciting and rewarding place to work. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. Cardiac Management brings together all our cardiac and vascular businesses into one cross-functional, collaborative operating unit to leverage the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients worldwide. We are looking for a talented Principal Software Cloud Engineer for our Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Software Division. This role will be responsible for developing a cloud-native, microservice-based system. With some strong core processes already in place using AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and HBase, this role seeks to round out an already high-performing team with Platform Engineering knowledge. We are building out this team to be one of the leading full-stack development teams within CRM Software. This position is in Mounds View, MN. within the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) unit. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We are working on-site 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require less than 10% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result —and everyone wins. Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive. In general, the following responsibilities apply for the Principal Software Cloud Engineer role. This includes, but is not limited to the following: Develop software and solutions across the stack that improve product reliability and product velocity Collaborate with the team to design Simple, Scalable, and Reliable solutions that leverage our new target architecture. Troubleshoot production incidents and participate in blameless post-mortems and follow-through Specialized Knowledge: 7+ years of experience delivering software using C#, Java, or similar languages 4+ years of experience in a public or private cloud environment ·4+ years of experience developing applications leveraging Kubernetes. ·4+ years of experience with CI/CD/CT pipelines and source code control and artifact tooling (git, JFrog, Artifactory, Azure DevOps) ·Ability to participate in an on-call rotation ·Ability to work with a globally distributed team #CRMSoftware Must Have - Minimum Requirements TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE, PLEASE BE SURE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE EVIDENT ON YOUR RESUME Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, or math and minimum of 7 years of technical work experience OR advanced degree in science, technology, engineering, or math, with 5 years of technical work experience Nice to Have: 2+ years of experience leveraging Kafka or similar streaming technologies. 2+ years using DevSecOps practices with systems/service engineering and release management. Refactoring a monolith into microservices Experience with monitoring stacks (ELK, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Prometheus) Experience with NoSQL databases (HBase, DynamoDB) Experience at a Medical Device company. Ability to work with a globally distributed team About Medtronic Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future. Physical Job Requirements PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS - The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America) For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required. 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. The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long-term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment. ‌ Recruitment Fraud Alert We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind: Apply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses. 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