Software Engineer II – 12-Month Fixed-Term

Medtronic; Greater London; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic Digital Technologies is recruiting a backend software engineer to develop RESTful services in Python using Django and Django REST Framework. The role involves building production-grade services, contributing to features, and ensuring code quality through reviews and tests, with a must-commit to London 2-3 days per week.

The position emphasizes designing robust APIs, clear technical documentation, and collaboration across product, systems, QA, and clinical teams to deliver reliable

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional backend development experience using Python.
• Experience with Django and Django REST Framework.
• Experience designing and evolving REST APIs with versioning and error handling.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Willing to commute to London 2-3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Own well-scoped backend and services work from design through production.
• Contribute to design and implementation of larger features and services.
• Write high-quality Python code and participate in code reviews.
• Improve testability, observability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Document technical decisions and interfaces for support and handover.

Skills

Python

Django

REST APIs

Code reviews

Testing pytest

Documentation

API design

Ambiguity management

Tools

Django REST Framework

Job description

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

Medtronic Digital Technologies is creating ambitious new products that bring connectivity, real-time guidance, and decision support to the operating room. To support this mission, we are developing compact, high-performance, embedded systems that enable edge computing and connectivity.

Working closely with other teams across Medtronic, we are creating a connected ecosystem and leveraging the state of the art in computer vision to provide the most comprehensive view of surgery. If you’re interested in using cutting-edge technology to improve the standard of care in surgery on a global scale, this could be the place for you.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Own well-scoped backend and services work from design through production.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of larger features, services, and components in collaboration with other software engineers.
• Write high-quality Python code and participate actively in code reviews.
• Improve the testability, observability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Apply established engineering standards and contribute to improving them, with a focus on clarity, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product, systems, QA, clinical/domain, and engineering partners to deliver reliable solutions.
• Document technical decisions, interfaces, operational procedures, and relevant system context to support maintenance and handover.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• 4+ years of professional backend development experience, primarily using Python.
• Demonstrated commitment to software quality through effective code reviews and writing and maintaining unit, integration, and API-level tests using pytest.
• Strong hands-on experience with Django and Django REST Framework, including building and maintaining production services.
• Practical experience designing and evolving REST APIs, including validation, error handling, versioning, and backward compatibility.
• Ability to work effectively with ambiguity: clarifying requirements, breaking down complex problems, making progress with incomplete information, and adapting as requirements evolve.
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and contribute effectively to knowledge transfer and project handovers.
• Must be willing to commute to London 2 to 3 days per week.

Interest in AI-assisted or agentic coding workflows, with good judgment around code review, testing, and responsible use of generated code; product experience with agentic coding tools is a plus.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: United Kingdom: 58,000.00 GBP - 87,000.00 GBP |This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).