Senior Cloud Platform Architect - SaaS, AI & Scale

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Senior Software Architect for Lingo's Cloud Platform based in Alameda, CA. You will own the architecture of the SaaS platform, integrating biosensor data, analytics, and secure APIs to deliver scalable, reliable services.

You will define architectural direction, review designs, mentor engineers, and collaborate with data, mobile, and AI teams to support growth while maintaining safety and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in architect/lead roles for large-scale cloud or SaaS platforms.
• Proven experience architecting cloud-native backends that serve mobile applications at consumer scale.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, and API design.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture of Lingo's cloud SaaS platform and maintain a clear architecture vision and roadmap aligned with product and business priorities.
• Define architecture principles, reference designs, and standards for services, APIs, data, and infrastructure used by engineering teams.
• Lead architecture and design reviews, document key decisions, and manage technical debt and trade-offs.
• Assess the current platform, identify scalability and cost risks, and plan evolutions as user base grows.
• Architect services connecting iOS/Android apps to the cloud, including data sync and secure uploads.
• Design high-throughput ingestion pipelines for biosensor data and derived insights.
• Define data models, retention, and lifecycle policies balancing performance and privacy.
• Design secure, performant APIs with authentication, authorization, and rate limiting.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

API design

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Abbott is seeking a Senior Software Architect for Lingo's Cloud Platform based in Alameda, CA. You will own the architecture of the SaaS platform, integrating biosensor data, analytics, and secure APIs to deliver scalable, reliable services.

You will define architectural direction, review designs, mentor engineers, and collaborate with data, mobile, and AI teams to support growth while maintaining safety and compliance standards.