Principal AI/ML Software Engineer

Medtronic; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 84,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Bonus program

Pension contributions

Healthcare coverage

Professional development

Job summary

Medtronic in Galway, Ireland, seeks a Principal AI/ML Software Engineer to design, deploy, and operate production-grade ML systems. You will lead tech decisions across data scientists and software engineers, delivering scalable AI-enabled healthcare solutions.

The role focuses on computer vision, ML pipelines, cloud-based deployment, and MLOps, with a strong emphasis on reliability, testing, and collaboration in an agile environment. Hybrid work is supported.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in software engineering, ML, AI, data science or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in developing and deploying ML models in production.
• Strong Python programming and building scalable ML-powered software systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, deployment, and operationalization of ML and CV solutions.
• Build end-to-end ML pipelines for training, validation, and deployment.

Skills

Python

Machine Learning

Data Science

Software Engineering

CI/CD

MLOps

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

## Principal AI/ML Software EngineerApply: Flexible Work Arrangement: Galway, County Galway, Ireland: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: November 30, 2026 (30+ days left to apply): R71975Careers 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**At Medtronic, we value what makes you unique. Be part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.**Our Purpose****The Interventional Cardiology Therapies (ICT) Operating Unit is dedicated to transforming care for patients with coronary disease and hypertension.** We combine innovative devices, digital technologies, and advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to support clinicians and improve patient outcomes worldwide. The work you do will impact patients globally and help support Medtronic’s mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life.The **Principal AI/ML Software Engineer** combines strong data science expertise with solid software engineering skills to design, build, and deploy production-grade machine learning systems. This role focuses on developing robust ML models and integrating them into scalable software systems that support real-world applications.***Come for a job, stay for a career!*****A Day in The Life Of:**As a **Principal AI/ML Software Engineer**, you will provide technical leadership in the design, development, deployment, and operationalization of machine learning and computer vision solutions that support connected healthcare technologies. You will work across the full AI lifecycle, from data exploration and model development through production deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement, while partnering with cross-functional engineering and product teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and maintainable AI-enabled systems.**Primary Responsibilities:****Computer Vision & Machi****ne Learning Development*** Design, develop, and evaluate computer vision and machine learning models to solve complex business and technical problems.* Perform data exploration, feature engineering, and model experimentation.* Apply appropriate validation and evaluation methodologies to ensure robust model performance.* Continuously improve models through experimentation and iterative development.**ML Systems and Production Deployment*** Build end-to-end machine learning pipelines for data ingestion, training, validation, and deployment.* Deploy models into production environments as APIs, services, or batch processing pipelines.* Implement monitoring and performance tracking for deployed models.* Ensure reproducibility, versioning, and lifecycle management of ML models.**Software Engineering*** Lead team to develop high-quality, maintainable, and testable Python code for ML systems.* Driving software engineering best practices including modular design, automated testing, and code review.* Design scalable services and components that integrate ML models into production applications.* Providing technical leadership to engineering teams to integrate ML capabilities into broader systems.**Infrastructure and MLOps*** Work with cloud-based infrastructure to support ML training and deployment workflows.* Implement CI/CD processes for ML pipelines and model releases.* Support automation of model retraining and operational monitoring.* Ensure reliability, scalability, and observability of ML services.**Collaboration and Communication*** Providing technical leadership to teams with data engineers, software engineers, and domain experts.* Translate analytical results into practical solutions and production-ready systems.* Influencing architectural discussions for AI-enabled platforms and products.* Working in agile/scrum framework and with cross-functional groups to influence the project technical direction.**Required Qualifications*** **Bachelor's Degree with minimum 7 years, Master's Degree with 5 years, or PhD with 3 years of experience in software engineering, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science, or related technical development roles.*** Minimum 7 years of experience developing, deploying, and maintaining machine learning models in production environments.* Demonstrated expertise in **machine learning model development**, statistical methods, data science techniques, and model evaluation methodologies.* Strong proficiency in **Python** and experience developing scalable, maintainable, and testable software systems.* Experience building machine learning pipelines and implementing cloud-based ML deployment workflows, CI/CD processes, and model lifecycle management practices.**Preferred Qualifications*** 8+ years of experience deploying machine learning models into production environments.* 8+ years of experience developing computer vision solutions and working with large-scale datasets and data engineering workflows.* Experience designing scalable data processing pipelines, distributed computing solutions, or large-scale machine learning systems.* Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, and implementing monitoring and observability capabilities for machine learning services.***Medtronic offer a competitive salary and flexible Benefits Package. We support a hybrid work model. Alongside a competitive base salary, we provide a comprehensive benefits package including an annual performance bonus, pension contribution, family healthcare coverage, continuous professional development,*** ***and more.***#LI-hybrid**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.**Recruitment Fraud Alert** We are aware of phishing scams targeting job seekers. Please keep the following in mind: Apply only through official Medtronic channels. All legitimate Medtronic recruiting communications come from approved Medtronic platforms and official @medtronic.com email addresses. Medtronic will never ask for payment or sensitive personal information (such as bank account or Social Security details) during early stages of the hiring process. Any such requests are not legitimate. If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Medtronic, do not respond, click links, or open attachments. If you have any questions, concerns regarding the authenticity of a communication alleged to have been made by or on behalf of Medtronic, please contact us immediately at [e-mail].# **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: Ireland: 83,520.00 EUR - 125,280.00 EUR |The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job-related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework.This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).