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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - **Company:** Alphatec Spine, Inc. - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $145,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Agile Methodology, Software Applications, Microsoft Azure, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Linux, Dicom, Image Registration, OpenCV, Qt (Software), Software Engineering, Git, System-level Testing, Information Technology - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-software-engineer-valence-alphatec-spine-8710246 ## About the Role The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. * Proven success in providing technical direction for medical devices used in an intra-operative clinical setting. Experience with surgical navigation highly desired. * Experienced at delivering robust and reliable mission critical medical device systems (IEC 62304) * Proficient in C++ development in Linux environment. Experience with Qt framework is a plus * Proven experience in architectural design decisions and tradeoffs for evolving codebases (e.g. rewrite vs. retain, code framework and language choices, architecture decisions) * Fluent with 3D spatial geometry for navigation systems, including coordinate transforms, linear algebra, registration * Fluency with 3D volumetric imaging (such as CT, CBCT, MRI) and medical image data formats (DICOM) * Experience with image processing and rendering toolkits such as VTK, ITK, OpenCV * Experience building and testing software applications that use 2D-to-3D image registration. Familiarity with camera calibration algorithms a plus * Experience with Agile software development methodologies, GIT/Azure DevOps * Experience in an FDA regulated environment required * Excellent leadership, time management, communication (written and verbal), decision-making, presentation, and organization skills Education and Experience * 8+ years experience in development of surgical navigation or equivalent medical device products * BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field preferred, At this time, ATEC Spine does not sponsor employment visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer sponsorship. ## Description Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other software and test engineers. Designing, developing, testing, maintaining and documenting/validating software applications. Participate in all phases of product development as needed such as reviewing requirements, design, usability, risk assessment, and testing execution. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments. Interfacing with mechanical, electrical, systems, software and test engineers., * Technical leadership in development of intra-op spine navigation applications, including software architectural design, prioritization and planning of feature development, cross-functional collaboration to drive regulatory approval (510k), and contribution to future roadmap decisions * Design and implement high quality applications and frameworks targeting the Unix/Linux platform * Design and implement application software in C++ * Perform integration and system level testing of software and software/hardware systems * Collaborate with marketing and cross-functional R&D teams to support evaluation, prioritization, and detailed definition of future product features * Develop documentation related to software development projects (design artifacts, test plans/cases, etc.) * Perform task estimation and develop software projects according to project plan * Manage multiple tasks/projects and priorities * Mentor the Junior resources and take the ownership of the end-to-end module delivery * Attend surgical cases, engage with surgeons, and maintain familiarity with current company endeavors across technical areas * Work closely with R&D and Marketing teams to support clinical prototyping, testing, and formal evaluation in cadaveric surgical lab settings * Ability to travel up to 15% of the time ## Related Videos - [ZEISS & Microsoft - Building the Next Generation Medical Ecosystem in the Cloud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/424-zeiss-microsoft-building-the-next-generation-medical-ecosystem-in-the-cloud) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [More efficient software for more efficient microchips](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1164-more-efficient-software-for-more-efficient-microchips) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Where to Find Entry-Level Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/397-where-to-find-entry-level-software-engineering-jobs)