Innovation Lab Lead Engineer — AI & Prototyping

Stryker

Mahwah (NJ)

On-site

USD 179,000 - 299,000

Full time

45 hours ago
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Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead as the Enterprise Digital Technology Innovation Lab's senior technical authority in Mahwah, NJ. You will translate business problems into prototypes, pilots, and production-ready solutions, guiding multiple innovation initiatives across the enterprise.

You will provide technical leadership and architecture across ED&T, cybersecurity, data, and business teams, mentoring engineers and accelerating experimentation to reduce time from idea to

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred for leadership roles.
  • 10+ years delivering complex software with senior technical leadership.
  • 7+ years deep full-stack engineering across front-end, back-end, cloud, and DevOps.
  • 5+ years architecting scalable, secure cloud-native systems.
  • 3+ years recent applied AI/ML or generative AI experience.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership and architecture direction for Innovation Lab initiatives.
  • Design, build, review full stack software solutions and AI-enabled apps.
  • Prototype concepts rapidly and validate with stakeholders.
  • Establish engineering standards and governance for the lab.
  • Partner across ED&T, cybersecurity, data, and business teams to accelerate innovation.
  • Mentor engineers and grow the lab's long-term capabilities.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies for applicability to Stryker.

Skills

Full-stack engineering
AI/ML experience
Cloud architecture
Security & privacy
Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree
Advanced degree preferred

Tools

AWS
Azure
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD

Job description

Stryker is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead as the Enterprise Digital Technology Innovation Lab's senior technical authority in Mahwah, NJ. You will translate business problems into prototypes, pilots, and production-ready solutions, guiding multiple innovation initiatives across the enterprise.

You will provide technical leadership and architecture across ED&T, cybersecurity, data, and business teams, mentoring engineers and accelerating experimentation to reduce time from idea to

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