Principal Software Engineer

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:

Meet Lingo, a new biosensing technology that provides users a window into their body. Lingo tracks key biomarkers – such as glucose, ketones, and lactate – to help people make better decisions about their health and nutrition. Biowearable technology will digitize, decentralize and democratize healthcare, enabling consumers to take control of their own health.

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.

• 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

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer, Vert.x for Lingo based in Alameda, CA (San Francisco Bay Area), our product headquarters.

The Opportunity  

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer with a strong background in building reactive systems to join our team. You will lead the team in delivering clinically validated, regulatory grade digital health products and solutions in preventive care using Bio-Wearables. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in designing, developing, and deploying scalable, high-performance applications using reactive programming paradigms and frameworks such as Vert.x. The role involves driving development efforts, ensuring code quality, and shaping the overall architecture of reactive systems.

What You’ll Work On 

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of reactive applications and microservices using Vert.x.

• Develop high-performance, low-latency applications leveraging non-blocking I/O and event-driven paradigms.

• Develop, test and integrate software using current software technologies. Translate complex requirements into functional architecture.

• Oversee the implementation of RESTful APIs, WebSocket interfaces, and distributed systems.

• Define the technical target state and drive strategy achievement.

• Create and maintain software architecture and design documents.

• Guide software development through high-level decision-making.

• Provide technical guidance and mentoring in configuration management best practices.

• Develop, maintain and support high-quality continuous integration build systems

• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex technical issues.

• Conduct and oversee code reviews to maintain high coding standards.

• Introduce new techniques and technologies to evolve existing processes and infrastructure, manage RCE process for procuring hardware/software solutions.

• Optimize application performance for scalability and reliability in high-concurrency environments.

• Present progress reports and set goals.

• Work with developers and other stakeholders to create software builds and configuration controlled releases, as well as baseline builds for milestone releases.

• Support company initiatives and comply with regulatory requirements by FDA and other relevant global regulatory agencies

Required Qualifications