Staff Software Engineer

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

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in San Diego is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and testing of multiple complex software applications for Abbott Cancer Diagnostics. You will mentor junior engineers and coordinate with stakeholders to deliver robust software solutions.

The role emphasizes ownership of quality, adherence to engineering practices, and collaboration across teams to meet business objectives. This is an onsite position in La Jolla with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, CS, IS, Math or Engineering or 12+ years experience in lieu.
• Expert in one or more object‑oriented programming languages.
• Experience with RESTful web services and relational databases (Postgres, SQL Server).
• Experience with cloud frameworks (Azure, AWS).
• Experience with Agile tools including JIRA, Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development and testing of complex software applications.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Ensure application quality and adherence to design control processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and other teams to deliver large features.

Skills

OOP languages

RESTful APIs

SQL Databases

Cloud frameworks

JIRA & Confluence

C

C++

Java

Python

JavaScript

PL/SQL

.NET

GWT

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

ORM (Hibernate)

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.

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

• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or Engineering; or High School Diploma/General Education Degree and 12 years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor’s Degree.
• Expert in 1 or more object‑oriented programming languages.
• Experience with RESTful web services, Relational Databases (Postgres, SQL Server), and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate, Entities Framework).
• Designing and developing apps that access and or utilize cloud‑based frameworks (e.g., Azure, Amazon AWS Services/SDKs, etc.).
• Experience with Agile development tools; including, but not limited to, JIRA, Confluence repository.
• Knowledge of C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, PL/SQL, .NET, Google Web Toolkit.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Additional Information

• Salary: 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.
• Location: United States > La Jolla : Torrey Pines Science Park. Additional locations: [none provided].
• 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 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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