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Stryker

Senior Principal Engineer, Innovation Lab

Stryker

. Serve as the Innovation Lab's lead software engineer and technical authority .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeRemote • New Jersey • United StatesSenior💰 $155,900 - $337,600 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in full-stack software engineering, technical leadership, and the ability to architect scalable, secure, cloud-native systems. Proficient in AI-enabled solutions and modern software technologies, with a strong focus on innovation and collaboration across cross-functional teams.

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Full-Stack EngineeringTechnical LeadershipCloud-Native ArchitectureAI-Enabled SolutionsDevOps Practices

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Hard Skills
TypeScriptJavaScriptReactNode.jsPythonDjangoJavaSQLREST APIsGraphQL
Soft Skills
MentoringCollaborationProblem-SolvingCommunicationLeadership
Tools & Technologies
AWSAzureDockerKubernetesGitHub CopilotCursorSalesforceSAPServiceNowPower Platform
Industry Keywords
Medical TechnologyHealthcareLife SciencesDigital HealthFinancial ServicesAerospaceDefenseCybersecurityData GovernanceEnterprise Software Risk Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AngularAWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityDjangoDockerERPGraphQLJavaJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesNext.jsNode.jsNoSQLPythonReactRustServiceNowSQLTypeScriptVue.jsGo.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Serve as the Innovation Lab's lead software engineer and technical authority
  • Translate business problems and emerging opportunities into prototypes, proofs of concept, pilots, and production-ready solutions
  • Lead technical delivery of multiple innovation initiatives across the enterprise
  • Accelerate experimentation and reduce time from idea to proof of value
  • Help transition successful solutions into broader delivery teams
  • Provide technical leadership and architecture direction
  • Design, build, and review full-stack software solutions and AI-enabled applications
  • Rapidly prototype concepts and validate ideas with business stakeholders
  • Establish engineering standards, development practices, and technical governance
  • Partner with ED&T, cybersecurity, architecture, data, and business teams
  • Mentor engineers and build the lab's long-term technical capabilities
  • Evaluate emerging technologies for applicability to Stryker

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • 10+ years of progressive professional software engineering experience
  • 8+ years of senior technical leadership experience
  • 7+ years of deep full-stack engineering experience
  • 5+ years of experience architecting scalable, secure, cloud-native, enterprise-grade systems
  • 3+ years of recent applied AI, machine learning, or generative AI experience
  • Hands-on experience with modern software technologies including TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, Node.js, Python, Django, .NET, Java, Go, Rust, SQL, NoSQL, REST APIs, GraphQL, and event-driven architectures
  • Cloud-native and DevOps experience including AWS and/or Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, serverless architectures, microservices, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, infrastructure as code, secure deployment practices, and DevSecOps
  • Experience building AI-enabled solutions using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, embeddings, prompt engineering, AI agents, model evaluation, workflow orchestration, semantic search, or AI-assisted development tools
  • Fluency with AI-native engineering practices and tools such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor
  • Experience taking ambiguous business problems from concept to working software
  • Understanding of cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, identity and access management, secure architecture, responsible AI, and enterprise software risk management
  • Experience integrating enterprise systems, internal data platforms, APIs, identity providers, business applications, and data sources
  • Experience in regulated industries or domains such as medical technology, healthcare, life sciences, digital health, financial services, aerospace, or defense
  • Familiarity with regulated software practices, quality management systems, design controls, risk management, validation, auditability, traceability, and healthcare data privacy
  • Experience building or leading innovation labs, digital factories, rapid prototyping teams, advanced engineering groups, startup studios, internal product incubation teams, or enterprise AI teams
  • Experience with enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Snowflake, Databricks, ERP, CRM, identity, data warehouse, and business intelligence systems
  • Experience with product discovery, design thinking, lean experimentation, customer research, UX design, and prototype validation

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Remote or hybrid or onsite work flexibility
  • 20% travel percentage
  • Equal opportunity employment
  • Pay transparency and legally protected pay-discussion rights