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About the Role

Lead architecture and delivery of shared Android capabilities that power multiple clinical product applications worldwide. Own significant portions of the Android system design, including reusable services and libraries, hybrid WebView/React UI foundations, device connectivity patterns, and common clinical workflows, while mentoring engineers and raising the bar for quality in a regulated medical-device environment.

Responsibilities

Lead Platform Android Architecture and Delivery: Define and evolve shared Android platform architecture (Kotlin services, DI, WebView/JS bridge patterns, messaging/broker integration, networking foundations) used by multiple product apps, and drive implementation of high-reliability reusable capabilities.
Own Cross-Product Platform Capabilities: Lead design and development of common on-device building blocks such as authentication, clinical data and patient workflows, foreground services, camera and ML integration patterns, local networking, and secure peripheral/device connectivity APIs that product teams can adopt consistently.
Enable Product Teams: Partner with product engineering teams consuming the platform, gather requirements and feedback, publish clear contracts and guidance, and keep product apps aligned with platform conventions, versioning, and release trains.
Raise Engineering Quality: Set coding standards, lead design and code reviews, strengthen unit/instrumentation/automated test strategy, and guide CI/CD, static analysis, and release practices appropriate for medical software shared across products.
Mentor and Multiply the Team: Coach senior and mid-level engineers, unblock technical issues, and establish patterns that improve velocity and long-term maintainability across platform and consuming product software teams.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with systems, hardware, clinical, and product partners to translate multi-product needs into robust Android platform designs; represent Android technical trade-offs in planning and design reviews.
Document and Sustain: Create and maintain architecture, design, and test documentation that supports regulated development, knowledge sharing, and sustaining engineering for shared platform components.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of software development experience, including extensive Android application development.
Proven experience leading technical architecture and development across complex mobile platforms, shared services, or multi-product ecosystems.
Hands-on experience integrating cameras, connected devices, embedded services, or hybrid mobile/web applications.
Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence technical direction and drive execution.
Experience in healthcare, medical devices, or other regulated environments, with knowledge of compliance-focused software development and a focus on delivering reliable, high-quality applications.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Skills

Expertise in Kotlin and modern Android development, including networking, dependency injection, multithreading/coroutines, APIs, and CI/CD practices.
Experience building reusable mobile SDKs, libraries, platform services, and scalable application architectures.

Location

Onsite (minimum required days per week)

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

10+ years of software development experience
Principal level

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Salary/Compensations

$120,000-$165,000 annually

Benefits

Medical and dental coverage that start on day one
Basic life insurance
Accident insurance
Short-term disability insurance
Long-term disability insurance
Business travel accident insurance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discount
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) with company matching
Flexible Spending Accounts
Educational assistance programs
Paid holidays
Paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service
Family and medical leaves of absence
Paid parental leave
Commuting benefits
Employee Discount Program
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Childcare benefits

About the Company

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life.
Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives.
Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration.
Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact.
We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Equal Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.
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Baxter is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities globally.