Senior Software Engineer

Company Overview

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and Med Tech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

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As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

R&D Product Development

R&D Software/Systems Engineering

Scientific/Technology

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

We are searching for the best talent for Senior Software Engineer. Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke.

You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at

• Design and develop an embedded Linux platform using Yocto/Bitbake (or similar), including layer authoring, recipe creation, and OS image configuration for development and production environments.
• Develop and maintain embedded C/C++ application software cross-compiled for the target hardware; own the build, integration, and debugging lifecycle for low-level system components.
• Author Python-based system scripts and on-device tools for device configuration, log management, and operational workflows; write and maintain pytest unit tests with enforced code coverage standards.
• Build and maintain a device management web UI using HTML5, CSS3/SASS, Angular and integrate it as a deployable package.
• Own and optimize the CI/CD pipeline: code quality checks (static analysis, linting), full OS image builds, SBOM and CVE report generation, and image signing.
• Apply IEC 62304-compliant development processes ensuring requirements traceability, verification, and validation; implement features in compliance with FDA design controls, ISO 14971 risk management, and FDA cybersecurity guidance.
• Perform peer code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to architectural design decisions across the platform and application layers.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate across software, cloud, regulatory, and clinical teams on test planning and defect resolution.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of embedded Linux internals development experience, including Linux kernel configuration, driver development, and OS image authoring using Yocto/Bit Bake (or equivalent) on Linux-based build environments.
• 6+ years of C/C++ experience for embedded or cross-compiled targets.
• 4+ years of Python experience for system-level tooling and automation, including pytest and coverage tooling.
• 4+ years of front-end development experience with HTML5, CSS3 (SASS/LESS), Angular framework.
• 4+ years of CI/CD pipeline development experience with integrated quality gates (static analysis, linting, SBOM/CVE reporting).
• Experience integrating cloud connectivity services: TLS outbound communication, video streaming, and OTA update mechanisms.
• Experience implementing WiFi authentication mechanisms (e.g., WPA2-Enterprise, 802.1X) for embedded Linux platforms.

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering,…