Sr. System Build & Release Software Engineer

Location: Milpitas, California, United States of America, Irvine, California, United States of America

Remote Type: Fully Onsite

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Software/Systems Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Irvine, California, United States of America, Milpitas, California, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent to join our Vision team as a Senior Software Engineer- DevOps located in Milpitas, California.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Purpose: The Senior Software Engineer will make vital contributions to the Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision New Product Development (NPD) pipeline and transform patient care through innovation. This position is responsible for working with our NPD and on market support teams to design and develop product software for use in cutting edge medical devices and associated capital equipment.   Candidates must be self-motivated, independent and have an eagerness to learn and work as a team and a desire to thrive. You are expected to demonstrate sophisticated engineering knowledge, be able to independently resolve approaches to difficult technical problems and communicate broadly across engineering teams.

You will:

• Collaborate with product developers, QA, and V&V teams to ensure safe, auditable releases.
• Incorporate industry standards and best practices to continuously improve our CI/CD pipeline.
• Implement and maintain build reproducibility, artifact provenance, and secure supply-chain controls.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex DevSecOps issues across build, test, and release systems
• Automate SBOM generation, management, and publishing for software and firmware builds to meet traceability and compliance needs.
• Automated OS image creation and vendor driver integration to ensure repeatable, consistent system images
• Create product-specific installers using InstallShield
• Owned and optimized product-specific Jenkins build pipelines for predictable releases
• Provisioned and maintained VM build servers, build tools, and licensing for stable CI/CD environments
• Manage software component configuration and dependency mapping
• Integrate static code analysis and vulnerability scanning to surface issues earlier and strengthen security
• Deliver faster, more reliable releases, reduce manual effort, and lower operational and security risk
• Mentor engineers on CI/CD, build-system design, and secure-development practices.
• Maintain clear documentation for processes, runbooks, and environment configurations.

Qualifications

Education:

BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related engineering field is required.

Required:

• 7+ years software engineering experience with demonstrated ownership of build/release or DevOps systems (or equivalent).
• Experience with automated Windows OS image creation using tools such as Windows ADK.
• Experience using Windows Docker for build workflows.
• Experience creating windows software installers using tools such as InstallShield
• Knowledge & hands-on experience using Conan & CMake to set up C++ project builds.
• Knowledge & experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins and Groovy scripting).
• Experienced with integration & configuration of static code analysis tools (SonarQube, Checkmarx, Blackduck).
• Proficiency with Git, Bitbucket, and Git workflows, and familiarity with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Proficient with PowerShell and other scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Experience automating SBOM generation and embedding SBOMs into release artifacts.
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps concepts, secure build pipelines, and artifact provenance.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across build systems, CI servers, container-based builds, and Windows-based build environments.

• Strong communication skills and ability to produce clear documentation for processes and audits.

Preferred:

• Medical device experience (IEC 62304) or experience in heavy regulated industry/environment is preferred.
• Experience with sophisticated embedded software development with multiple modules in different language platforms.

Other:

• This position is located in Milpitas, CA and may require up to 20% travel, especially to the Irvine area.

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Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center  ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Research and Development, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Scripting Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Development Management, Software Engineering Practices, Software Testing, Technical Credibility, Technologically Savvy

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$106,000.00 - $170,200.00

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