Staff Mobile Engineer, Android

Abbott Laboratories; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Strong retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Staff Mobile Engineer, Android to lead the design and development of Android applications and shared mobile platform components in Alameda, CA. You will set architectural direction, drive migration from React Native to native Android, and mentor engineers across teams.

You will partner with backend teams to design efficient mobile APIs, own CI/CD and observability, and ensure performance, reliability, and feature parity throughout the transition.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 8–10 years of software engineering with strong Android experience.
• Deep proficiency in Kotlin and Android frameworks.
• Experience migrating from React Native to native Android.
• Strong leadership and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of complex Android apps and platform components.
• Define modern Android architecture standards and Kotlin-based practices.
• Ensure scalable, testable code with CI/CD integration and observability.
• Own large initiatives from concept to production and strategize modularization.
• Mentor engineers and influence across mobile, backend, and product teams.

Skills

Android development

Kotlin

React Native migration

CI/CD pipelines

API design

Observability

Leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

GraphQL

Android Studio

Mobile SDKs

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION: At Lingo, we’re building a groundbreaking health platform that combines continuous biosensor data, real-time analytics, and personalized insights to help people live fuller, longer, and healthier lives. Our systems ingest millions of sensor readings daily, powering experiences for consumers and partners worldwide, with the reliability and scalability of cloud-native, enterprise-grade platforms. 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:

• 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 Staff Mobile Engineer, Android position works onsite in our Alameda, CA location for Lingo. As a Staff Mobile Engineer, Android at Lingo, you will lead the design and development of the Android applications and shared mobile platform components that power our biosensing experience. In this role you will set the architectural direction for the Android codebase, raise the engineering bar across the mobile team, and take ownership of large, ambiguous initiatives from concept through production. You bring deep, hands-on Android expertise and modern Kotlin architecture practices, and you apply that expertise both to your own code and to how the broader team builds. You mentor other engineers, provide architectural guidance across Android teams, and lead design reviews that influence technical decisions across mobile, backend, and product. You are equally comfortable translating complex, ambiguous business problems into scalable technical solutions and communicating those solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. A core part of this role is leading Lingo's transition from React Native to fully native Android, owning the migration strategy and setting the technical standard the rest of the team follows.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead the design and development of complex Android applications and shared mobile platform components (SDKs, libraries, tooling).
• Define and drive modern Android architecture standards, including Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines/Flow, MVVM/MVI, and modularization.
• Ensure scalable, maintainable, and testable code through strong design patterns and best practices; optimize app performance, reliability, and scalability, including startup time, ANRs, and crash-free sessions.
• Own large, ambiguous initiatives from concept to production, establishing long-term Android technical strategy including modularization, CI/CD, build optimization, and observability.
• Partner with backend teams to design efficient mobile APIs and offline-first solutions.
• Lead the full development lifecycle: architecture, coding, testing, CI/CD, release management, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Champion automated testing, code quality standards, and secure mobile development practices.
• Implement strong observability practices such as crash analytics and performance monitoring.
• Integrate AI/ML capabilities into Android applications, including on-device and cloud-powered solutions, to deliver intelligent, personalized, mobile experiences.
• Lead Lingo's migration from React Native to fully native Android, owning migration strategy, sequencing, and architecture decisions, including how to bridge React Native and native code during the transition, and how to preserve feature parity and app stability throughout.
• Evaluate existing React Native components and screens for migration complexity, define native module and screen replacement patterns, and set the technical standard the rest of the Android team follows during the transition.
• Mentor senior engineers and provide architectural guidance across Android teams.
• Lead design reviews and influence technical decisions across mobile, backend, and product teams.
• Translate complex business problems into scalable technical solutions and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8-10 years of software engineering experience with strong Android development expertise.
• Deep proficiency in Kotlin and modern Android frameworks, with Jetpack Compose preferred.
• Working knowledge of React Native sufficient to assess existing React Native code, plan a native migration, and bridge between React Native and native modules during a phased transition.
• Strong experience with mobile architecture patterns, modularization, and large-scale app development.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Gradle optimization, and mobile observability tools.
• Solid understanding of API design, performance tuning, and secure mobile development.
• Proven track record of technical leadership and cross-team influence.
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across a globally distributed engineering team spanning the US, Spain, and India.
• Preferred direct experience leading or contributing to a React Native to native migration in a production consumer application.
• Preferred experience in consumer health, digital health, or regulated industries where software quality and reliability have direct implications for end users.
• Preferred experience with GraphQL.
• Preferred experience integrating on-device or cloud-powered AI/ML capabilities into Android applications.
• Preferred familiarity with Bluetooth Low Energy protocols and mobile SDK integration for wearable or connected health devices.
• Preferred experience building and maintaining shared Android platform components, SDKs, or libraries consumed by other engineering teams.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $114,000.00 – $228,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Product Development

DIVISION: LNGO Lingo

LOCATION: United States > Alameda : 2901 Harbor Bay Parkway

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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

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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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