Principal Software Engineer (firmware Developer Experience)

Grow With Us

Tandem Diabetes Care creates new possibilities for people living with diabetes, their loved ones, and their healthcare providers through a positively different experience. We’d love for you to team up with us to “innovate every day,” put “people first,” and take the “no-shortcuts” approach that has propelled us to become a leader in the diabetes technology industry.

Stay Awesome

Tandem Diabetes Care is proud to manufacture and sell the Tandem Mobi system and t:slim X2 insulin pump with Control-IQ+ technology — an advanced predictive algorithm that automates insulin delivery. But we’re so much more than that. Our company’s human-centered approach to design, development, and support delivers innovative products and services for people who use insulin. Because many of our own team members live with diabetes, or have a loved one impacted by diabetes, the work is personal, and we are committed to the cause. Learn more at tandemdiabetes.com

a Day In The Life

A highly skilled team leader responsible for the design and architecture of the build infrastructure, CI/CD automation, embedded toolchain, and overall developer experience that enables reliable, efficient delivery of firmware for Tandem's t:slim, Mobi, and next-generation insulin pump products.

The principal engineer is among the team’s most senior individual contributors and takes on some of the most challenging problems. This leadership role elevates the technical capabilities of everyone through mentorship, technical guidance, and by modeling Tandem values.

• Architects, implements, and maintains the embedded firmware build infrastructure, including build orchestration, tool chains, configuration systems, and artifact generation.
• Designs and builds CI/CD workflows that integrate automated build, test, and release processes.
• Drives adoption of industry-standard technology and best practices in build automation, configuration management, and developer tooling.
• Ensures the reliability and availability of CI and server infrastructure and leads the rapid diagnosis and resolution of outages that impact engineering teams.
• Collaborates across the organization and with external vendors to procure, deploy, and maintain development tools and licenses.
• Drives a culture of continuous improvement in developer experience, engineering efficiency, and quality.
• Plays an active leadership role in the development, modification, and testing of software units per corporate software process documents.
• Establishes and enforces strong software engineering practices, concepts, and techniques across multiple software teams.
• Proactively identifies opportunities in software process, discusses with peers, and implements proposals to address gaps.
• Provides technical guidance to major programs and software engineering teams.
• Responsible for the training, mentoring, and development of junior team members.
• Guides the team through strategic design and architecture decisions.
• Creates, maintains, and reviews software design specifications, interface descriptions, and other software documentation.
• Creates, maintains, and reviews software requirements specifications.
• Influences software test strategy and supports validation and verification activities.
• Evaluates and recommends tools, technologies, and processes.

When & Where You’ll Work

Remote: This position is fully remote and open to candidates within the United States. Equipment for the role will be provided and training will occur virtually.

What You’ll Need

• Skilled in utilizing modern AI tools in software development.
• Deep knowledge and experience with formal software.
• Skilled at fostering an environment that supports an effective exchange of information between diverse groups.
• Ability to scope, estimate time needed and track large scale development projects.
• Skilled at defining and translating high-level requirements into software design and implementation.
• Able to lead cooperative work efforts within and between teams.
• Adept at leading change initiatives and ensuring the redeployment of resources within and between groups to meet new objectives.
• Able to assert own ideas and persuade others through effectively consolidating, evaluating, and presenting relevant information.

Extra Awesome

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of education and years of applicable work experience.
• 10+ years’ experience in the field of embedded software for medical devices, aerospace, automotive, or other safety/regulation critical products.
• Extensive experience with embedded build systems and toolchains (e.g., GCC, CMake, Kconfig, Nix) for multi-target embedded platforms.
• Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines and build/test/release automation (e.g. GitHub, GitHub Actions, Azure)
• Strong proficiency in Python and scripting languages for automation and developer tooling.
• Experienced with regulated software life cycle development, preferably medical device software.

Compensation & Benefits

The starting base pay range for this position is $192,000 to $230,000 annually. Base pay will vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and may also fluctuate depending on candidate’s location and the overall job market. In addition to base pay, Tandem offers a competitive compensation package that includes bonus and a robust benefits package.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

At Tandem, we believe joy fuels excellence. That's why we've built a workplace that celebrates your achievements and supports your well-being. Our team thrives on pushing boundaries and fostering growth, all while maintaining a spirit of fun and camaraderie. This is just one of the ways we stay awesome! Explore the benefits and reasons to love Tandem at https://www.tandemdiabetes.com/careers.

BE YOU, WITH US!

We embrace the value that every single one of us brings to the table. But sometimes we forget that when we don’t meet 100% of a job description’s criteria – maybe you’re feeling that way right now? We encourage you to apply anyway. Because we want you to be you, with us.

Tandem is firmly committed to being an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender identity or expression, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation. We are an inclusive organization, and we welcome applications from a wide range of candidates. Selection for roles will be based on individual merit alone.

Referrals

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Application Deadline

The position will be posted until a final candidate is selected for the requisition or the requisition has a sufficient number of applications.

Make a move that matters. Join Tandem Diabetes Care, where we're turning challenges into triumphs every day and where your talents will help shape a healthier, happier tomorrow.