Staff Software Engineer

Talentify; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead design, development, and testing of complex software for Cancer Diagnostics. The role requires mentoring junior engineers, communicating with business stakeholders, and owning software quality.

This onsite position emphasizes leadership and technical excellence to drive company objectives. The candidate will work in a cross-functional team, contribute to engineering specifications, and ensure adherence to design controls and best practices

Qualifications

• Strong Python coding skills
• Experience with Next Generation Sequencing data analysis workflows
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and lead technical discussions

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and testing of complex software applications
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with business stakeholders
• Own quality and architecture decisions for major features

Skills

Technical leadership

Tools

Python

NGS tools

Job description

Open — Abbott has a posting for this job. Posted 26 Aug 2026.

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

Position Overview

As a Staff Software Engineer, this extremely 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 multiple complex software applications for Abbott Cancer Diagnostics, creating expert design concepts and foolproof debugging. This role will be expected to operate as part of a team, 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 set high standards for personal productivity. This role’s skills and work are critical to driving company objectives and achieving goals for the organization.

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 is an onsite position.

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Has in-depth understanding and works on a wide range of issues while applying advanced knowledge, skills, and practices to diverse programs and initiatives demonstrating creativity and mastery of specialized techniques, processes, procedures. Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Troubleshoot issues and problems of high complexity for major software applications; break down complex tasks, alternatives, problems, and solutions with an eye on limiting the need for later problem solving; utilize mastery of tools needed to debug and diagnose issues in any type of environment.
• Act as a Technical Lead for your team due to their trust in your technical expertise and coaching – lead without authority, show initiative and support all levels when needed without being asked; deliver feedback in a constructive manner; provide guidance to entry-level engineers; collaborate often with other technical leads, incorporating feedback as needed; focus team discussion on important aspects.
• Design lasting applications while working with product teams. This may include organizing people and resources toward the effective and efficient purpose of pre-determined objectives serving large business or technology project(s).
• Take full ownership of quality and difficult designs that impact and influence the department’s delivery and approach.
• Understand the scope and relationships of large features and productions for your domain.
• Contribute, interpret, and communicate enterprise, technical, project, and operational strategies, considering company dynamics.
• Build successful internal partnerships with peers, SMEs, stakeholders, and decision-makers. Manage vendor and external partnerships.
• Consistently influence and make significant decisions across multiple projects. Guide discussions on critical areas of impact.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to code in Python at an expert level.
• Next Generation Sequencing data analysis tools and workflows.

Base Pay

$114,000.00 – $228,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job Family

Product Development

Work Shift

Standard

Travel

Yes, 5 % of the Time

Medical Surveillance

No

Significant Work Activities

Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

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