Software Engineer II - 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract

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 well-scoped backend and services work from design through production. Contribute to the design and implementation of larger features, services, and components in collaboration with other software engineers.

Write high-quality Python code and participate actively in code reviews. Improve the testability, observability, reliability, and maintainability. Apply established engineering standards and contribute to improving them, with a focus on clarity, scalability, and maintainability. Collaborate with product, systems, QA, clinical/domain, and engineering partners to deliver reliable solutions. Document technical decisions, interfaces, operational procedures, and relevant system context to support maintenance and handover.

4+ years of professional backend development experience, primarily using Python. Demonstrated commitment to software quality through effective code reviews and writing and maintaining unit, integration, and API-level tests using pytest. Strong hands-on experience with Django and Django REST Framework, including building and maintaining production services. Practical experience designing and evolving REST APIs, including validation, error handling, versioning, and backward compatibility.

Ability to work effectively with ambiguity: clarifying requirements, breaking down complex problems, making progress with incomplete information, and adapting as requirements evolve. Ability to produce clear technical documentation and contribute effectively to knowledge transfer and 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.

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., Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes.

Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That's who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA.

Diverse perspectives inspire our bold