Principal Software Engineer; Firmware Developer

Position: Principal Software Engineer (Firmware Developer Experience)
Location: California

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Hybrid locations:
California - High Blufftime type:
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Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition :
JR100654
** 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.

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** 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.
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* 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…