Senior Manager - R&D

stryker· Stryker Employment Company, LLC
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📍 San Diego, CaliforniaFull time💰 USD 172K–286K

About this role

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Stryker is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the development and support of the SmartCare platform, including cloud services, web applications, and mobile solutions. This leader will combine strong technical expertise with proven people leadership to deliver high-quality software, drive engineering excellence, and advance adoption of AI-enabled development practices within a regulated healthcare environment. 

What You Will Do:

 Leadership & Delivery 

  • Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing software engineering team responsible for SmartCare products and legacy clinical workflow solutions. 
  • Drive execution across the software development lifecycle, from architecture and development through release and operational support. 
  • Define team strategy, priorities, staffing plans, and delivery objectives aligned with business goals. 

Product & Technical Leadership 

  • Partner with Product Management, UX, Support, Customer Excellence, Escalations and DevOps to deliver customer-focused solutions. 
  • Shape product and technology roadmaps across cloud, web, and mobile platforms. 
  • Lead technical discussions and architectural decisions that improve scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability. 

Quality & Customer Success 

  • Ensure reliable, secure, and high-quality product releases across cloud and mobile platforms. 
  • Drive application performance, availability, usability, and security. 

What You Will Need:

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field required
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years of engineering leadership and people management experience. 
  • Proven experience leading distributed teams delivering cloud, mobile, and SaaS products at scale. 
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and event-driven architectures (Kafka)
  • Understanding of mobile architecture, CI/CD, release management, app store deployment, and mobile security best practices. 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Hands-on development experience with Java, Kotlin, Swift, or similar modern programming languages.
  • Experience delivering enterprise mobile applications for iOS and Android; knowledge of React Native or Flutter.
  • Familiarity with emerging AI technologies, including RAG, prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, and secure deployment of AI-enabled applications. 


 

  

 

  • US10: $171,500 - $285,700 USD Annual

  

 

Travel Percentage: 10%

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.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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The listed salary for this Senior Manager - R&D position at stryker is USD 172K–286K. This is an Full time role.
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This Senior Manager - R&D role at stryker is based in San Diego, California. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
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This Senior Manager - R&D position at stryker was posted on Sep 2, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Senior Manager - R&D
stryker · 💰 USD 172K–286K
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