Principal Software Development Engineer - AI Models

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

We are a new team in R&D building new connected experiences for users across devices and services.  As part of this team, you’ll be able to shape and implement new data-based products that will empower millions of customers to control their health.  

Where you come in:

Dexcom’s R&D team is looking for a principal software engineer with experience building, deploying and operationalizing AI models both for advanced R&D and for production environments.  The role will envision, architect and implement platform services to easily deploy, manage and operate models at scale, and interface with mobile apps, web dashboards and other backend services.  You will serve as a technical lead, providing technical leadership to junior developers, and work together with ml engineers working on a variety of AI techniques.  You will be working with the latest cloud computing platforms to create, deploy, and scale, positioning Dexcom as an industry leader in health AI applications.   

• Develop a technical roadmap for developing a robust and scalable model platform to meet the current and future needs of the team,

• Collaborate with other engineering teams, product managers, and stakeholders to define and prioritize the model platform roadmap.

• Lead a team of software engineers to build and deploy new services in support of model execution at scale.

• Collaborate with cloud providers to ensure infrastructure is meeting the needs of the team.

• Ensure that software development processes are followed and that product is delivered on time and within budget.

• Ensure that software is designed and developed with scalability, maintainability, Keep up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in machine learning and cloud-native software development and make recommendations on how to incorporate them into the team's development processes.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the team.

What makes you successful:

• Comfort and experience leading the technical development of new products and services.

• Deep experience developing cloud-native full-stack applications using cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Strong systems knowledge, end to end including cloud infrastructure, platform services, data repositories, and mobile applications.

• Experience with  containerized application development and Docker, Kubernetes, or Openshift container platform ecosystems to deploy them.

• Hands-on experience with continuous delivery and trunk-based development.

• Experience with both a NoSQL (Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB) and an RDBMS (MySQL, Postgres, Oracle).

• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively.

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively.

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.

• A full and comprehensive benefits program.

• Growth opportunities on a global scale.

• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.

• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

Education and Experience:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 15+ years related experience or a Master’s degree and 10+ years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 7+ years of experience.

Travel Required:

• 0-5%

Remote Workplace: Your location will be a home office; you are not required to live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km). If you reside within commuting distance of a Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km) a hybrid working environment may be available. Ask about our Flex workplace option.  

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. 

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com. 

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com. 

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Meritain, an Aetna Company, creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Dexcom. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please click on the URL provided:  https://health1.meritain.com/app/public/#/one/insurerCode=MERITAIN_I&brandCode=MERITAINOVER/machine-readable-transparency-in-coverage?reportingEntityType=TPA_19874&lock=true

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