Principal Platform Engineer - 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Core
Developing and maintaining critical software engineering tools, architecture, and infrastructure to drive engineering efficiency, reliability, and continuous improvement for Medtronic's digital technologies.
Role type
Principal Platform Engineer (IC)
Builds
Infrastructure as Code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, observability tools, and AI agentic workflows.
Domain
Healthcare technology / Cloud Infrastructure / DevOps
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Platform engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Distributed systems architecture, Cloud platforms (AWS), Databases, APIs, Modern DevOps practices
Preferred skills
Internal Developer Platforms (Golden paths), Python, GitOps platforms, Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) engineering, Agentic AI infrastructure
Technologies
OpenTofu, EKS, Helm, OpenTelemetry, AWS
Responsibilities
Enhance and maintain Infrastructure as Code repository; Contribute to CI/CD pipelines; Provide observability tools; Identify gaps in developer productivity and design/implement solutions; Provide technical mentorship
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship
