Senior Software Engineer

Abbott Laboratories; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Cancer Diagnostics in Madison, WI is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to lead design, development, and testing of software applications across the suite. You will mentor junior team members, drive key architectural decisions, and ensure quality through rigorous debugging and testing practices.

The role demands strong OO programming, cloud familiarity (AWS/Azure), and experience with RESTful services, databases, and CI/CD pipelines. Collaboration with business stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant STEM field and 4+ years of software development experience.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design and development.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, databases, and ORM technologies.
• Experience designing and developing cloud-based apps (AWS/Azure).
• Familiarity with Agile tools like JIRA and Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and testing of software applications within Abbott Cancer Diagnostics.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and drive independent problem solving with minimal oversight.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to technical guidance across the group.
• Communicate plans, designs, and status updates to stakeholders clearly.
• Support quality management and participate in code reviews and design reviews.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

RESTful services

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring/leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Tools

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

JIRA

Confluence

AWS SDKs

Azure

Hibernate

Entity Framework

JPA2

C++

Java

JavaScript

Python

SQL

.NET

Job description

At Abbott Cancer Diagnostics, we are cancer fighters. We are united by our mission to change lives by providing earlier, smarter answers. Through advances in cancer detection and treatment guidance, we will help eradicate the disease and the suffering it causes.

As a Sr. Software Engineer, this seasoned professional will demonstrate competence and creativity in a wide range of technical areas. This role will have a lead role in the design, development, and testing of software applications for Abbott Cancer Diagnostics, creating expert design concepts and foolproof debugging.

This role will be able to resolve most issues and problems effectively with minimal oversight, communicate effectively with business stakeholders and mentor junior team members. This role will routinely make key decisions for the team, be accountable for application quality, and be highly productive.

Working in our Software Engineering teams, you will be responsible for developing, enhancing, and sustaining software systems in a cross-functional team environment through adherence to established design control processes and good engineering practices. You will design and create engineering specifications for building software programs based on a broad knowledge of information systems and determine what development methodology to use after documenting software requirements.

This position is based in our Madison, WI office location.

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Demonstrate strong working knowledge, skills, and understanding of practices for complex programs and initiatives demonstrating creativity and substantial understanding of specialized techniques, processes, procedures.
• Troubleshoot issues and problems of medium complexity for major software applications; break down complex tasks, make reasonable decisions, investigate and fix bugs, and operate independently.
• Initiate independent designs that impact and influence the department’s delivery and approach. Lead reviewing design alternatives, problems, and solutions with an eye on limiting the need for later problem solving.
• Consistently influence and make significant decisions within a project, demonstrating good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions based in a solid understanding of business strategy and best practices with minimal instructions for difficult or unpredictable situations.
• Contribute individual capabilities to the achievement of group objectives, and work effectively with others in a group setting. This includes mentoring, coaching, and technical guidance for junior members of the team.
• Build successful internal and external partnerships with peers, SMEs, stakeholders, and decision-makers.
• Communicate clear and concise project plans/designs and status updates for a project.
• Ability to work nights and/or weekends, as needed.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or Engineering; or High School Diploma/General Education Degree and 4 years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties .
• Complete knowledge and full understanding of software development design and development, and relevant domain specific skills.
• Understanding of and significant experience with object-oriented programming.
• RESTful web services, Relational Databases (Postgres, SQL Server), and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate, Entity Framework ).
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing apps that access and or utilize cloud-based frameworks (e.g., Azure, AWS/SDKs, etc.).
• Agile development tools; including, but not limited to, JIRA, Confluence repository.
• C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, PL/SQL, .NET, Google Web Toolkit.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full or part-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Java 21+ with SpringBoot 4+
• Angular 20+ with emphasis on using Signals
• Familiarity with Micro Frontend concepts
• Familiarity with GraphQL
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working with AWS Compute services like ECS and Lambda

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.