Software Engineer, Cloud

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Software Engineer, Cloud to design and build scalable cloud-based SaaS solutions. The role emphasizes Go, microservices, and API integration for a global health platform.

You will work remotely within the U.S., collaborating across teams and contributing to secure, reliable systems while advancing regulatory compliance and best practices in software engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of professional software development in Agile; or master's with 4+ years.
• Strong CS fundamentals and software development experience.
• Experience with Git for source control on a collaborative project.
• OO design and modular, unit-testable code.
• Understanding asynchronous messaging and backend processing jobs.
• Knowledge of Docker containers and orchestration (Swarm, ECS, Kubernetes).
• Excellent written and verbal communication; agile experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement services using Go for cloud-based platforms.
• Collaborate with partners to develop and integrate APIs for data sharing.
• Build scalable, high-uptime, maintainable cloud solutions.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle for Cloud solutions.
• Align systems with current architectural goals.
• Create diagrams and models illustrating design and workflow.
• Develop internal tooling and automate build, release, and configuration processes.
• Support regulatory compliance initiatives including FDA requirements.

Skills

Go

APIs

Cloud

Agile

Git

OOP

Async messaging

Unit testing

Microservices

RESTful APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Master's degree with 4+ years of related experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Docker Swarm

ECS

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

We're focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We're revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You'll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This Software Engineer, Cloud position can work out remotely within the U.S .

The Software Engineer, Cloud will work with a modern technology stack on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, leveraging internal and external APIs to support a large-scale system that processes billions of messages daily and serves users in over 25 countries. This role plays a key part in advancing solutions that improve the health and well-being of users worldwide.

The ideal candidate brings a strong passion for software engineering, a commitment to continuous learning, and the versatility to thrive in a dynamic environment. This individual should also demonstrate leadership potential and a desire to help shape the direction of the team.

In this role, the Software Engineer, Cloud will contribute to the design and development of scalable, highly available, efficient, and secure cloud-based solutions for a medical device SaaS platform.

WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON

• Design and implement services and components utilizing Go for cloud-based platforms
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop and integrate with APIs that em power users to share and utilize their medical data in partner systems
• Design and implement high-quality, scalable, and maintainable systems by developing robust, testable code and ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and uptime
• Participate in all aspects of the software development life cycle for Cloud solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance collaboratively with Software Engineering
• Implement systemic changes to align existing systems with current architectural goals
• Create diagrams, flowcharts and models that illustrate the internal design and workflow of solution components
• Build and manage internal tooling, APIs, and production systems, driving automation across build, release, and configuration processes to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Support company initiatives and complies with regulatory requirements by FDA and other relevant global

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering Mathematics, or related field
• Minimum 6 years of professional software development experience in an Agile environment, including time spent in technical residency programs, or master's degree with 4+ years of related experience.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals and e xperience with software development
• Eagerness to contribute beyond experience level
• Experience with Git for source control on a collaborative project
• Understands Object Oriented Programming and design and building modular unit testable code
• Understands the principles of designing, implementing, and maintaining highly complex asynchronous messaging and backend processing jobs
• Understand s the concepts of Docker Containers and container orchestration services such as Docker Swarm , ECS, and Kubernetes .
• Excellent written , verbal and listening communication skills
• Experience working in an agile environment.

PREFFERED

• E xperience with open-source, software development and system engineering.
• Comfortable working asynchronously with a distributed tea m
• Practical Knowledge of Linux
• Practical experience and understanding of working with and developing RESTful APIs and microservices
• Experience contributing to a scalable architecture/design of existing and new systems t