[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Medtronic jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/medtronic/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Medtronic · London, United Kingdom # Senior Software Engineer London, United Kingdom Senior individual contributor Software Engineering Listed on Medtronic’s official careers site. Posted October 19, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Medtronic’s careers site →](https://medtronic.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/MedtronicCareers/job/London-London-United-Kingdom/Senior-Software-Engineer_R71023-1) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Medtronic](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/medtronic/) / Senior Software Engineer ## Job description 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 Life Medtronic Digital Technologies is creating ambitious new products that bring connectivity, real-time guidance, and decision support to the operating room. To support this mission, we are developing compact, high-performance, embedded systems that enable edge computing and connectivity. Working closely with other teams across Medtronic, we are creating a connected ecosystem and leveraging the state of the art in computer vision to provide the most comprehensive view of surgery. If you’re interested in using cutting-edge technology to improve the standard of care in surgery on a global scale, this could be the place for you. Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: Own delivery of backend/services work from design through production. Contribute to and lead technical design for complex features, services, and components. Identify risks, and define mitigation strategies. Write high-quality code, mainly in Python, and participate actively in code reviews. Improve testability, observability, reliability, and maintainability. Provide technical mentorship to team members through code review, pairing and design feedback. Promote high engineering standards - ensuring clarity, scalability, and maintainability in all designs. Collaborate with product, systems, QA, clinical/domain, and engineering partners to deliver reliable solutions. Create clear technical documentation - capturing architectural decisions, design rationale, and system context with the clarity and depth needed for teammates to collaborate and extend independently. ### Required Knowledge and Experience 6+ years of backend or systems engineering experience, preferably with strong Python proficiency. Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems in production, with solid understanding of architectural trade-offs involving performance, scalability, and reliability. Proficiency with cloud platforms (preferably AWS), databases, APIs, and modern DevOps practices. Strong focus on quality assurance, including testing strategies, code review practices, and system reliability. Proven ability to own substantial backend or systems work from design through production, including surfacing risks early, driving pragmatic solutions, and taking accountability for quality and maintainability. Track record of successfully navigating ambiguity, including making progress with incomplete information, breaking down complex problems, and adapting approach as requirements evolve. Excellent documentation skills and experience with knowledge transfer for project handovers. Must be willing to commute to London 2 to 3 days per week. Interest in AI-assisted or agentic coding workflows, with good judgment around code review, testing, and responsible use of generated code; product experience with agentic coding tools is a plus. 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. ‌ 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. Medtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments. If you have any questions, concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic, please contact us immediately at AskHR@medtronic.com. ‌ Benefits & Compensation Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: United Kingdom: 76,800.00 GBP - 115,200.00 GBP | This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 19, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 12, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 19, 2026 - Listed for: 7 days - Location: London, United Kingdom[Apply on Medtronic’s careers site →](https://medtronic.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/MedtronicCareers/job/London-London-United-Kingdom/Senior-Software-Engineer_R71023-1) ## More jobs at Medtronic ### [Senior Software Development Engineer in Test](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/medtronic/jobs/65f83c137b37c4917b44/) London, United Kingdom ### [Senior Software Engineer – C++ / Video Processing](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/medtronic/jobs/f5139da4512ceeef3354/) London, United Kingdom ### [Senior Software Engineer – Python](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/medtronic/jobs/485ca435c1678715164c/) London, United Kingdom ### [Senior Software Quality Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/medtronic/jobs/74f7348b0442c072837d/) London, United Kingdom ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Full Stack Software Engineer II and Senior Software Engineer- Microsoft Security - Multiple roles](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/ce8bde6800315a9405e1/) Microsoft · Israel, Multiple Locations ### [Lead Software Engineer, Software Defined Storage](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/sandisk/jobs/82c3291c960f66baa772/) Sandisk ### [Staff Software Test Engineer/Software Test Lead](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/thermo-fisher-scientific/jobs/457bdc55eab7538b5b89/) Thermo Fisher Scientific · Singapore ### [Staff Software Engineer – Host & Secure Compute Software - Cork, Ireland](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/qualcomm/jobs/d5d830fb764fadb851b4/) Qualcomm · Cork, Ireland ### [Software Engineer, Software Development Engineering (Apps) 3-6 years - Artifactory](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/sandisk/jobs/14f1b9e58a1e3e67456f/) Sandisk OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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