Senior Full-Stack AI Platform Engineer

Intuitive is building a new AI-powered platform to support how our teams work day to day combining a
modern web application cloud-native backend services and generative AI to make information easier to
find questions easier to answer and repetitive work easier to automate.
Were looking for a senior full-stack engineer to help build this platform from the ground up working across
the entire stack and partnering closely with the business teams who will use it every day. This is a hands-on
role for someone who wants to help shape a new product from its earliest stages from architecture
decisions through to what the end user actually sees and uses.
What Youll Do
Design build and maintain both the frontend and backend of a new internal platform from early
prototypes through production
Build and maintain integrations between the platform and its underlying cloud and AI infrastructure
Partner directly with the business teams who will use the platform translating their day-to-day workflows
into working software
Implement secure authentication access control and data governance appropriate for sensitive
business data
Help define and improve engineering practices testing CI/CD deployment and observability as
the platform matures
Iterate quickly based on real usage and feedback balancing speed with reliability

Qualifications :

What Were Looking For
6 years of professional software engineering experience with real production ownership across both
frontend and backend systems
Strong Python skills with hands-on experience in FastAPI or a comparable async Python web
framework
Strong React TypeScript experience

Experience integrating LLM/AI APIs into production applications agentic or tool-calling patterns are a
strong plus
Experience with a major cloud provider (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP experience with a willingness to go
deep on Azure also considered)
Experience with OAuth 2.0 / OIDC authentication flows
Comfort working directly with non-technical business stakeholders to shape product requirements from
ambiguous starting points
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments
Nice to Have
Experience with agent frameworks or tool-calling protocols (e.g. MCP)
Experience with background job processing and Redis (or similar)
Experience building products in a regulated or data-sensitive industry (healthcare financial services or
similar)
Experience with enterprise document platforms (Box SharePoint or similar)
What Success Looks Like in the First 90 Days
Core platform infrastructure authentication the application shell and the underlying data model is
up and running
The platform is answering real questions and handling real tasks for an initial group of users with clear
traceability back to source data
Youre running regular working sessions with business stakeholders and have shipped the platforms
first end-to-end automated workflow

Additional Information :

Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

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Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the governments licensing process can take 3 to 6 months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (TCP) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

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This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidates experience knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidates qualifications consistent with applicable law.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time