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Alphatec Spine

Senior Software Engineer, Valence

Alphatec Spine
Louisville, CO $130k - $150k/yr Full time Posted 2d ago
Senior C++ DevOps Engineer Engineering Git Itk Linux Medical Devices Medical Imaging Opencv Operating System Operating Systems Qt Robotics Software Development Software Engineer Software Engineering Systems Unix Vtk
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Job Description

Senior Software Engineer to develop software for Alphatec Spine's surgical navigation and robotics platform.

Location: Louisville, CO onsite. Salary: USD 130,000 - 150,000 per year. Experience: 5+ years. Education: BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, test, maintain, and validate software applications while producing supporting documentation.
  • Engage in all phases of product development, including reviewing requirements, design, usability, risk assessment, and test execution.
  • Help achieve team objectives by fostering collaboration and reaching consensus on task assignments.
  • Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, systems, software, and test engineers across disciplines.
  • Develop robust applications and frameworks for Unix and Linux environments.
  • Create application software using C++ within the target platforms.
  • Work with Marketing and cross functional R&D teams to evaluate, prioritize, and define future product features in detail.
  • Perform integration and system level testing of software and software/hardware systems.
  • Produce documentation for software projects, including design artifacts and test plans/cases.
  • Estimate tasks and steer software projects according to the project plan.
  • Manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
  • Attend surgical cases, engage with surgeons, and stay informed about current company initiatives across technical areas.
  • Collaborate with R&D and Marketing to support clinical prototyping, testing, and formal evaluation in cadaveric surgical lab settings.
  • Provide technical support for field deployed software applications as needed.
  • Partner with clinical and field teams to gather information, investigate issues, perform root-cause analysis, and lead product improvements.
  • Participate in occasional on-site visits to diagnose and troubleshoot issues.
  • Maintain rigorous version control, unit testing, and documentation to support regulatory evaluation and formal test efforts.
  • Willingness to travel up to 15% of the time.

Requirements

  • Proven experience in commercial software development for medical devices under IEC 62304; experience with surgical navigation is a plus.
  • Strong C++ development experience on Linux; familiarity with the Qt framework is a plus.
  • Knowledge of image processing and rendering toolkits such as VTK, ITK, OpenCV.
  • Experience with 3D volumetric imaging (CT, CBCT, MRI) and medical image data formats (DICOM).
  • Experience with Agile software development methodologies and tools such as Git, Azure DevOps, Jira.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Involvement in design decisions and tradeoffs for evolving codebases, including framework and language choices and architecture decisions.
  • Familiarity with 3D geometry for spatial navigation systems is a plus.

Technologies

  • C++, Qt, Linux, Unix, VTK, ITK, OpenCV, DICOM, Git, Azure DevOps, Jira

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