Sr. Software Engineer

Thornton Tomasetti; United States; Remote; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

HIP medical plan

Strong retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Global employer recognition

Diversity & inclusion programs

Job summary

Abbott is a global healthcare leader seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain software applications for Abbott Cancer Diagnostics. You will lead technical decisions, mentor juniors, and collaborate with business stakeholders to deliver high‑quality software in a cross‑functional team.

The role can be based in Madison, WI or Redwood City, CA, with a focus on reliability, quality, and innovation while upholding Abbott’s values and quality systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or Engineering.
• Understanding of software development design and development, and relevant domain skills.
• Understanding of and significant experience with object‑oriented programming.
• RESTful web services, Relational Databases (Postgres, SQL Server), and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate, Entities Framework).
• Experience designing and developing apps that access and/or utilize cloud‑based frameworks (e.g., Azure, AWS).
• Agile development tools; including JIRA, Confluence repository.
• Experience with STARLIMS custom code.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship; sponsorship not available at this time.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications for Abbott Cancer Diagnostics.
• Make key technical decisions and mentor junior team members.
• Communicate with stakeholders and ensure software quality with minimal supervision.
• Work with a cross‑functional Software Engineering team to sustain software systems.
• Contribute to design reviews, problem solving, and best practices.
• Build partnerships with peers, SMEs, stakeholders, and decision‑makers.
• Communicate project plans and status updates clearly.
• Possess flexibility to work nights and/or weekends as needed.
• Align work with the company’s mission and quality policies.

Skills

Mentoring junior team members

Ownership of software quality

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or Engineering

Tools

RESTful web services

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

JPA/Hibernate/Entity Framework

Azure

AWS Services/SDKs

STARLIMS

JIRA

Confluence

Spring Boot

Spring

Maven

Kafka

Job description

Working at Abbott

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Benefits and Perks

• 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.

Job Opportunity

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications for Abbott Cancer Diagnostics. This role requires strong technical expertise, creativity, and problem‑solving skills to create high-quality software solutions, troubleshoot complex issues, and ensure application reliability. You will make key technical decisions, communicate effectively with business stakeholders, mentor junior team members, and take ownership of software quality while working with minimal supervision. As part of a cross‑functional Software Engineering team, you will develop, enhance, and sustain software systems by following established design control processes and engineering best practices. This position can be based in our Madison, WI or Redwood City, CA office location.

What You’ll Work On

• 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.
• 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, Entities Framework).
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing apps that access and or utilize cloud‑based frameworks (e.g., Azure, Amazon AWS Services/SDKs, etc.).
• Agile development tools; including, but not limited to, JIRA, Confluence repository.
• Experience with STARLIMS custom code.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the Software Engineering discipline.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7 and FHIR.
• Experience using Java as a core language.
• Experience using Spring Boot or Spring to support Microservices.
• Experience using Maven.
• Experience using Kafka or other queuing systems.

Base Pay

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.

Job Details

• JOB FAMILY: Product Development
• DIVISION: ONCO Cancer Diagnostics
• LOCATION: United States of America : Remote
• ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
• WORK SHIFT: Standard
• TRAVEL: No
• MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable
• SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

About Abbott

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next‑generation diagnostics, life‑changing devices, science‑based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well‑being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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