Alphatec Spine
Staff Software Engineer, Valence
Carlsbad, California, United States · Staff+ · Full-time
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$4,347 more — $134,347 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $134,347 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other software and test engineers.
- Interfacing with mechanical, electrical, systems, software and test engineers.
- Proven success in providing technical direction for medical devices used in an intra-operative clinical setting.
Responsibilities
- The Staff Software Engineer position will support software development for ATEC's surgical navigation and robotics platform..
- This position requires application of technical expertise to independently determine and develop approaches to solve complex technical problems with ingenuity and creativity.
- Designing, developing, testing, maintaining and documenting/validating software applications.
- Participate in all phases of product development as needed such as reviewing requirements, design, usability, risk assessment, and testing execution.
- Contributes to the completion of work group objectives through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Requirements
- The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Experience with surgical navigation highly desired.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.
Compensation
- Alphatec Spine, Inc. complies with state and federal wage and hour laws and compensation depends upon candidate's qualifications, education, skill set, years of experience, and internal equity. $130,000 - $145,000 Full-Time Annual Salary
Benefits
- They will have the responsibility and authority to develop and perform activities for software development to ensure ATEC's cutting edge medical products meet our user's needs and our quality and reliability standards.
- Experienced at delivering robust and reliable mission critical medical device systems (IEC 62304) Proficient in C++ development in Linux environment.
- Further, ATEC will make reasonable accommodations that are necessary to comply with disability discrimination laws.
Visa & Work Authorization
- At this time, ATEC Spine does not sponsor employment visas for this position
This listing is sourced directly from Alphatec Spine's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.