Software Engineer (Local Candidates Only)

About Bright Uro:

Bright Uro is a fast-growing medical device startup headquartered in Irvine, CA. Our mission is to improve the lives of millions affected by lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) by developing cutting-edge diagnostic technology that combines advanced hardware, intuitive software, and powerful data analytics – making it easier for clinicians to gain actionable insights while delivering a better patient experience. Our passion lies in advancing urologic care through innovation and building a collaborative, dynamic team to bring transformative solutions to life.

About the Role:

The Software Engineer is an individual contributor in a small team. They will have a key part in delivering robust software platforms that support Bright Uro’s wireless sensing systems for urology. Their code advances feasibility into reliable, scalable solutions while ensuring alignment with regulatory, clinical, and cross-functional needs. The engineer will help implement solutions across the software lifecycle, enabling innovative products that improve patient care. 

We’re looking for talented, motivated coders who want to build a career in our company, especially if you’ve worked for startups before. This is a local role, working 5 days per week in-person at our Irvine, CA office. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Implement mobile, web and cloud backend software 
• Build and evolve reliable, secure, and scalable services (REST/GraphQL/microservices) 
• Deploy and operate services; we use AWS/Azure using Docker/Kubernetes 
• Integrate and evaluate ML models 
• Contribute to the development of testing strategies (Unit/Integration) and Design Verification protocols to verify software/firmware functionality; support QA debugging and verification 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including hardware engineers, systems engineers, quality, regulatory affairs, manufacturing, and PMO, to ensure seamless device integration 
• Maintain thorough design documentation, traceability matrices, and SDLC artifacts for regulatory submissions.  
• Determine automation needs for lab testing and implement software to facilitate testing and test data management 
• Document decisions and build reusable components, templates, and patterns 
• Participate in and foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing within the R&D team 

Tech Knowledge Requirements:

• Significant coding experience in at least one of: Python, Java, C#, Go, or C++ 
• Sound knowledge of object-oriented and API principles, testing and coding guidelines 
• Significant project experience with databases and data storage 
• Significant project experience with distributed communications strategy such as HTTP, messaging, or RPC.  
• Understanding of machine learning models and AI assisted development 

Skills/Background Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills  
• Strong organizational, multitasking, and documentation skills, with a high level of attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving 
• High personal/professional integrity, trustworthiness, strong work ethic, and ability to work independently
• Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment and maintain a results-oriented, positive, “can-do” attitude and ability to work well under pressure 
• Bachelor’s or higher in Computer Science. Related degrees such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering etc will be considered with strong understanding of CS principles  
• 2+ years of experience in software development with an emphasis on coding; Master’s degree may substitute for one year of experience

Nice to Have:

• Angular/Dart or Flutter/Dart development   
• Full-stack development 
• Work experience at a startup or similar early-stage company  
• Medical device development experience; this is a highly-regulated industry and if you’re not used to the pace and red tape of getting devices approved, there will be a learning curve 
• Microservice-based architecture design and development of full-stack applications in an FDA-regulated environment or other regulated industry 
• IaC: Terraform   
• Bluetooth development 
• Firmware development