Managing Staff Software Developer
HybridPosted July 28, 2026
About the role
Intuitive Surgical is seeking a Managing Staff Software Developer to lead the development of our core platform and to empower the broader engineering teams to deliver software for robotic-assisted surgery. This hybrid role is based in Sunnyvale, California, and offers collaboration across multiple teams to promote a culture of rapid, high-quality delivery.
Responsibilities
Qualifications: Notes:
- Scope, design, and implement applications that interact with our robotic systems and the data they generate, used by roboticists, software engineers, clinical engineers, testers, and the broader organization.
- Identify opportunities to reduce friction in the software development process and increase engineering velocity.
- Lead the expansion of internal telemetry and observability tools.
- Educate internal development teams on how to best leverage available tooling.
- Minimum BSc in Computer Science or related technical field with 8+ years of professional experience, or MSc.
- Expert-level Python; Experience with TypeScript and React.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of engineers.
- Preferred: experience building developer tools; experience with Linux; experience deploying and scaling applications on AWS (Lambda a plus); experience with relational and NoSQL databases; experience with Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, or other data processing tools; experience with Docker development and deployment workflows.
- Intuitive Surgical is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide market-competitive compensation packages.
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