Staff Software Engineer — Valence Surgical Navigation

Job overview

The Staff Software Engineer — Valence Surgical Navigation role is onsite in Louisville, CO. The annual salary range is $130,000–$145,000. The position supports Alphatec Spine’s surgical navigation and robotics platform. The engineer provides technical leadership and develops reliable software for intraoperative spine navigation products. The work spans architecture, implementation, testing, documentation, and cross-functional product development, helping ensure medical products meet user needs and quality, reliability, and regulatory standards.

What you'll do

• Lead technical development of intraoperative spine navigation applications
• design and implement Unix/Linux and C++ software
• perform integration and system-level testing
• contribute to requirements, design, usability, risk assessment, and testing
• develop project documentation
• mentor engineers and own end-to-end module delivery
• support clinical prototyping and evaluation
• attend surgical cases and engage with surgeons
• travel up to 15% of the time.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

staff software engineer

valence

surgical navigation

medical devices

c++

linux

louisville co

alphatec spine

$130k–$145k

technical leadership

fda-regulated

travel up to 15%

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires experience in an FDA-regulated environment and 8+ years developing surgical navigation or equivalent medical device products. The employer does not sponsor employment visas.

About the employer

Alphatec Spine is hiring for this role. Industry: Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing. Sector: 33.