Software Engineering Lead

FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS, Natus has been working in collaboration with clinicians to deliver industry-leading neuro solutions that help providers more easily make sense of the body's signals.

Engineered with input from those who have lived the care experience, our technology simplifies complex processes and improves accuracy and efficiency. There is a role for everyone who wants to be part of the innovative solutions at Natus Neuro.

Location: Middleton WI / 100% Remote, USA

We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering Lead who is passionate about building modern, scalable, and secure web applications. In this role, you'll mentor and guide a team of talented developers, while driving the technical design, development, and delivery of high-quality software solutions.

As a key technical leader, you will shape the architecture, enforce best practices, and collaborate across teams to deliver exceptional products that make a real impact.

What You'll Get to Do:

Technical Leadership

• Lead a team of software engineers to design and build modern web applications using multiple web technologies. Frontend Technologies: React/Angular; Backend Technologies: Object Oriented Programming Java/C# and Python.
• Define, document, and enforce coding standards, development processes, and engineering best practices.
• Drive solution architecture and play a key role in high-level design discussions.
• Ownership: Take accountability for assigned features and software components from clinical/commercial intent through technical design to delivery - translating expected clinical behavior into software requirements, designs, and implementation, and driving them across functions to completion.

Hands-On Development

• Contribute directly to coding and implementation of key features and components.
• Conduct code reviews to ensure the highest standards of quality, security, and performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in both development and production environments.

Collaboration & Delivery

• Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and QA teams to deliver features on time and with excellence.
• Mentor and coach team members, fostering continuous learning and professional growth.
• Actively participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release management.

Cloud & DevOps

• Leverage Microsoft Azure for application hosting, storage, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring.
• Champion DevOps practices, including automated testing, continuous integration, and seamless deployments.

Skills and Experience

Professionals at this level are seasoned experts with strong leadership capabilities and technical depth. Typically, you'll have 10-12 years of experience and be comfortable collaborating across functions, leading complex projects, and communicating technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years in technical leadership role.
• Proven expertise with:
• Front-end: React.js (or similar modern JavaScript framework)
• Back-end: Java, C#.NET (ASP.NET Core), Python (Flask/Django/FastAPI) (or any object-oriented programming language)
• Cloud: Microsoft Azure / AWS / GCP, Platform services.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and microservices.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and Agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates).
• Familiarity with security best practices, including OAuth, JWT, and Azure AD.
• Knowledge of data engineering or machine learning pipelines.
• Experience delivering software within a regulated environment (medical device / healthcare, FDA design controls, or equivalent QMS), including design documentation, verification evidence, and requirements traceability

Soft Skills We Value

• ownership: Proactively takes accountability and drives work forward without waiting to be assigned - identifies what needs doing, makes the call, and follows through
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking abilities.
• A natural mentor and motivator who fosters a high-performance, collaborative culture.
• Clear communicator who can translate complex technical concepts into business-friendly language.
• Passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and staying ahead of emerging technologies.
• Comfortable raising risks, voicing disagreement, and pushing back constructively in cross-functional and senior-stakeholder settings; surfaces problems early rather than when asked

Pay Transparency:

Pursuant to the requirements of applicable State laws and regulations, the starting salary range for this position is $135-145K USD. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Compensation and Benefits: Natus offers generous compensation and benefits packages including health benefits, 401k contribution, 7 paid holidays + 2 floating holidays of your choosing, generous paid time off, tuition reimbursement assistance program, eligibility for performance-based bonuses or commissions, where applicable and more.

Be the People part of the Neuro Solution. Apply Today.

EEO Statement: Natus Medical is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.

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