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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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

At Abbott, we believe people with diabetes should be empowered to enjoy healthy and happy lives. That’s why we’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health more effectively and comfortably, 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.

Interested in applying your wealth of technical knowledge and experience towards an opportunity in the medical field and improving the lives of people with diabetes?

You will work with a modern tech stack on mobile and cloud platform that strives to improve the health and well-being of users in over 49 countries. The core platform consists of systems housed in a large-scale environment responsible for processing billions of tasks every day. The candidate should have strong leadership ability and bring a passion for software engineering to help shape the direction of the team. Highly sought-after qualities include versatility and a desire to continuously learn, improve, and empower other team members. Candidate will support building scalable, highly available, efficient, and secure software solutions for medical devices.  #software

What You'll Do

• Support software development best practices across multiple projects
• Design and implement services and components for gathering events and analytics from mobile applications
• Support Mobile Development using Hybrid Technologies; Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile as well as Native Technologies Kotlin
• Identify and solve design and technology issues within the current systems
• Improve and support product test, build, and deployment processes and pipelines
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to design, develop, and integrate with APIs that empower users to share and utilize their medical data in partner systems
• Design and implement unit testable code that is highly maintainable
• Collaborate with both internal and external team members to shape and define API contracts
• Ensure performance, uptime, and scale, maintaining high standards of code quality and thoughtful design
• Develop good working relations with other solution teams and groups, such as Engineering, Marketing, Product, Test, QA
• Stay current with emerging trends, making recommendations as needed to help the organization innovate

Required Qualifications  

• 6+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other relevant field or equivalent work experience
• Proficiency in Java and Kotlin: Strong command of both programming languages is essential for Android development.
• Experience with Android SDK and Android Studio: Mastery of these tools is crucial for efficient development and debugging.
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs: Experience in integrating and working with RESTful APIs to connect Android applications to back-end services.
• Version Control Systems: Proficiency in using Git for version control and collaboration.
• UI/UX Design Principles: Understanding of mobile UI/UX principles to create intuitive and user-friendly applications.
• Performance Optimization: Experience in optimizing applications for performance, including memory management and battery usage.
• Testing and Debugging: Strong skills in writing unit tests, using testing frameworks, and debugging applications.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment processes.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to troubleshoot and solve complex technical issues.
• Communication and Collaboration: Strong communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Familiar with OOP design and SOLID principles
• Familiar with Analytics and Crash Reporting products

Preferred Qualifications  

• 8+ years of non-internship professional software development experience in an Agile environment.
• Experience with the Bluetooth, Wifi, and NFC communication layers in Android and iOS
• Experience with Gradle Kotlin and Groovy
• Experience in multiplatform technologies including React Native and Kotlin Multiplatform
• Experience with C++

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

     

The base pay for this position is

$95,000.00 – $190,000.00

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Product Development

     

DIVISION:

ADC Diabetes Care

        

LOCATION:

United States of America : Remote

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Not specified

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting 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.

     

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