Senior SaMD Application Engineer | Save Lives, Tech Impact

Oxford Heartbeat; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office at Kings Cross

Flexible office days

Free coffee & fruit

Diverse team

Ownership & responsibility

Meaningful life-saving work

Job summary

Oxford Heartbeat is seeking an Application Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience to develop and support SaMD products. You will join an in-house product team working on next-generation hospital software used in operating theatres worldwide.

The role requires design, validation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of critical medical software in clinical settings. You will contribute across the full stack, with emphasis on graphics/rendering, shader programming, and cross-platform

Qualifications

• 5+ years in full software development lifecycle.
• 5+ years in render engine technologies (UI design, 3D mesh generation, lighting, textures, scripting, rendering).
• Advanced proficiency in shader programming (HLSL) and modern graphics pipeline understanding.
• Proficiency in Microsoft .NET C#, Windows and macOS development.
• Scripting experience (Bash, PowerShell, Python).
• Ability to design, build and maintain efficient, high-quality production software.
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms.
• Strong understanding of performance optimisation techniques.
• Software version control and configuration management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain reliable, maintainable and bug-free code.
• Implement unit tests, profile code, log and resolve issues.
• Provide work package estimates, plan and track own work.
• Follow company development processes and coding standards.
• Collaborate with team members to implement features per specifications.
• Update and maintain project documentation.
• Attend and contribute to team, client and shareholder meetings as required.

Skills

SDLC

Render engine tech

HLSL shader

.NET C#

Windows/macOS

Scripting Bash/PowerShell/Python

Data structures & algorithms

Performance optimization

Version control

Analytical & problem solving

Communication & collaboration

Education

BSc/BEng in CS/Engineering

Regulated medical software exp

Obj-C/Swift

Agile & TDD

Job description

Oxford Heartbeat is seeking an Application Software Engineer with 5+ years of experience to develop and support SaMD products. You will join an in-house product team working on next-generation hospital software used in operating theatres worldwide.

The role requires design, validation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of critical medical software in clinical settings. You will contribute across the full stack, with emphasis on graphics/rendering, shader programming, and cross-platform