Principal Software Engineer

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Shape the Future with Us!

At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions.  With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Principal Software Engineer leads the team in designing and developing full-stack solutions for real-time embedded systems in medical devices. This role oversees the implementation of user interfaces and backend services, architect scalable systems, optimizes performance throughout the technology stack, and ensures code quality while adhering to regulatory requirements and the limitations of embedded systems.

This position reports to the Manager, Software and is part of the Research & Development Medical located in Singapore and will be an on-site role.  

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead and grow a team of software engineers by setting clear expectations, coaching performance, developing careers, and building a culture of accountability, trust, and continuous improvement.
• Guide technical direction and architecture by setting engineering standards, making sound technology decisions, and helping the team deliver scalable, maintainable solutions.
• Expected to design and implement full-stack solutions across UI and backend services, with a strong understanding of regulatory and embedded constraints
• Provide technical support to cross functional teams by reproducing and resolving issues and toolchain challenges.
• Collaborate with global, cross-functional teams to align architecture, processes, and deliverables, while driving continuous improvement using Danaher Business Systems tool and agile methodologies.

The essential requirements of the job include

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field, coupled with strong communication and collaboration skills for distributed team environments.
• 8–10 years of professional software development experience, with strong programming skills in C++, Dart, or other modern object-oriented languages (e.g., C#).
• Proficiency in Flutter or similar cross-platform frameworks for building responsive, high-performance user interfaces, and experience with AI coding tools.
• Solid understanding of software development methodologies, including Scrum, Agile, and waterfall practices, as well as software testing principles.
• Deep UI/UX knowledge for embedded systems and familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements in medical device development.

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.