Staff Software Engineer

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Cooper Surgical R&D Software Development team, you will assume a technical leadership role in designing, developing, maintaining, enhancing, and supporting customer-facing software products. This role involves hands-on development, architectural design, and driving engineering best practices across distributed systems, microservices, and multiple integrated applications. You will collaborate closely with technical and business stakeholders, contribute to technical strategy, and deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions. This position requires a strong engineering mindset, excellent interpersonal qualities, and deep experience building cloud-native applications.

• Extensive experience in backend development using .Net, C#, Entity Framework, PostgreSQL and MS SQL, with a proven track record of delivering complex and high-quality software solutions.
• Extensive experience in Windows desktop app development using WPF and Azure Webservices
• Proficiency in advanced front-end technologies, such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Vue.js, React/Next.js or similar frameworks, to create highly responsive and user-friendly web applications.
• Strong expertise in unit testing and test-driven development (TDD) methodologies to ensure the highest level of code quality and reliability.
• Thorough understanding of AWS cloud solutions, including S3, RDS, and EC2, with the ability to architect and optimize cloud-based systems.
• Advanced knowledge of DevOps practices, Git version control, test automation, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) best practices.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes and Terraform.
• An outcome-focused mindset, with a strong emphasis on process discipline, and a relentless drive for timely project completion.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively and mentor team members.
• A deep passion for remaining at the forefront of technology - including emerging areas such as AI-assisted development, intelligent automation, and modern cloud platforms - with a commitment to continuous learning, and professional growth., * Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, demonstrating a significant increase in responsibilities and leadership within the software development field., * Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Master's degree preferred.