Senior/Lead Software Engineer, Medical Instrumentation

Applikate Technologies Inc. is developing a high-performance laser microscopy system for digital pathology. The Senior/Lead Software Engineer will lead software architecture and development across instrument-control backend, graphical interfaces, image processing, and cloud-based image viewing for a commercial medical device.

Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve the software architecture, including component boundaries, interfaces, state management, and execution workflows
• Design and develop backend software supporting image acquisition, instrument workflows, data processing, and order management
• Build intuitive GUIs for configuring scans, guiding operators through workflows, monitoring system status, and reviewing results
• Optimize and maintain image-processing pipelines for large microscopy and whole-slide imaging datasets
• Translate system requirements into software requirements and designs, ensuring traceability to risk controls and verification activities
• Guide and mentor other engineers through task planning, technical reviews, and collaboration
• Establish and improve development practices, including automated testing, secure software development, CI/CD, and controlled software releases

Requirements:

• At least 7 years of professional software development experience, including substantial experience developing production software on Linux
• Demonstrated architectural ownership of complex software applications
• Experience developing backend systems and interactive applications using desktop GUI or modern web frameworks
• Strong communication skills and a commitment to building reliable, maintainable, and secure systems
• Direct experience developing software within a regulated medical-device environment, including:
• IEC 62304 software lifecycle processes, preferably for Software Safety Class B systems
• Software risk management under ISO 14971 and development within an ISO 13485 quality management system
• Planning, executing, and documenting software verification and validation activities
• Python application development, including asynchronous programming
• Microscopy, digital pathology, medical imaging, or machine vision
• C++ or Rust
• Zarr, TIFF/OME-TIFF, DICOM, or whole-slide image formats
• Web application development and cloud deployment, preferably using AWS
• CI/CD within a controlled or regulated development environment
• Automated integration testing, hardware simulation, or fault injection
• AI-assisted or agentic software development, with strong testing and review practices