Platform Software Lead — Surgical AI, Edge & SDK

Dex; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Dex is partnering with a leading medical imaging company to build a surgical intelligence platform. You will own the Platform Software pillar—Hub UI, Surgical OS SDK, edge deployment, and cybersecurity posture for hospital deployments.

This rare leadership role combines hands-on coding with strategic direction. You will lead a team of engineers, work on real-time systems with sub-20ms latency, and drive compliance considerations (SOC 2/HIPAA/ISO 27001).

Qualifications

• Shipped an SDK or partner-facing API with external integrations.
• Hands-on with real-time, low-latency systems (C++, Rust) with sub-20ms targets.
• Experience with edge/on-prem deployment, ideally on NVIDIA AGX hardware, OTA updates and federated learning.
• Led a software engineering team of 4+.
• Familiar with SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001 compliance.
• Based in/around London and capable of 3+ days in-person.

Responsibilities

• Own the Hub UI and deploy at a hospital by Q4 2026.
• Architect and run the edge stack on NVIDIA AGX hardware with OTA updates and federated learning.
• Drive the platform's security posture toward SOC 2 Type II by Q4 2027.
• Deliver a v1 Surgical OS SDK ready for OEM term sheets by Q1 2027 and contracts by Q2 2027.
• Mentor a growing platform team to support expanding hospital deployments.

Skills

SDK exposure

Real-time systems

Edge deployment

Team leadership

Compliance awareness

London-based

Job description

Dex is partnering with a leading medical imaging company to build a surgical intelligence platform. You will own the Platform Software pillar—Hub UI, Surgical OS SDK, edge deployment, and cybersecurity posture for hospital deployments.

This rare leadership role combines hands-on coding with strategic direction. You will lead a team of engineers, work on real-time systems with sub-20ms latency, and drive compliance considerations (SOC 2/HIPAA/ISO 27001).