We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you our total rewards package which includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific. **Position Description:** Vocera Now a part of Stryker is looking for a talented, hands-on Principal Engineer (Backend Developer with Spring Boot) to join our growing organisation. You will be responsible for designing and implementing common org services, which will be the building block of next-generation Patient care software solutions. This position will report to the Manager of R&D. **What you will do:** **Technical Responsibilities:** + Designing and implementing Microservices. + Partnering effectively with product owners and key internal stakeholders to ascertain product requirements. + Applying SOLID design principles and design patterns to address specific product needs. + Practicing good engineering methodologies within an Agile development framework. + Actively engaging in continuous learning through peer review and professional development opportunities. + Ensuring product quality through unit, functional, and system tests in collaboration with automation engineers. + Creating and maintaining comprehensive data model designs. + Documenting processes, designs, and product capabilities as required. **What you will need:** **Competencies:** + Track record of building and delivering solutions based on a solid understanding of customer needs. + Results-driven, hands-on approach to the full product life cycle from architecture development to product implementation. + A passion for the end-to-end development of quality software products. + Excellent troubleshooting and debugging, communications, and documentation skills. + Resourceful and able to solve complex problems through adapting technology and a deep understanding of product architecture. + Proficient in designing and developing microservices architecture, with expertise in scalable and resilient systems. + Proficient in designing and developing microservices architecture with expertise in containerization, orchestration, and cloud-native technologies. + Additionally, hands-on experience in optimizing microservices for performance, scalability, and security would be considered a significant asset, further enhancing the candidate's suitability for the role. **PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:** + **Education Requirements:** bachelor’s degree in software engineering/ computer science or related discipline & 13+ years of work experience. **Technical Skills:** + Proficient in building robust back-end applications using **Spring Boot** . + Strong experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as **Docker and Kubernetes** . + Solid understanding of database technologies, including **SQL (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra)** . + Hands-on expertise with **Kafka Confluent** for event streaming and message brokering. + In-depth knowledge of microservice architecture, including designing, developing, and deploying scalable services. + Familiarity with cloud platforms such as **AWS, GCP, or Azure,** and their associated services. + Basic understanding of authentication protocols such as **SAML, OIDC** , and related security standards. Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.