Front End Developer - Diabetes Care Division - US Remote

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:

Full Stack Front End Oriented Engineer 

 

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 software engineering experience towards an opportunity where you can improve the lives of millions of people with diabetes? 

 

Candidates will work with a modern tech stack on a Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud platform that serves users in over 50 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 strong communication skills, versatility, and a desire to continuously learn, improve, and empower other team members. Candidate will support building scalable, highly available, reliable, efficient, and secure cloud solutions for a medical device SaaS.  

 

What You’ll Work On 

 

• Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use.  

• Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code 

• Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers. 

• Developing new user-facing features using React.js. 

• Collaborate with internal and external partners to integrate with APIs that empower users to share and utilize their medical data. 

• Design and implement highly maintainable unit testable code. 

• Collaborate directly with InfoSec teams to design and implement secure solutions. 

• 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. 

• Contribute to significant architectural and operational decisions. 

• Create diagrams, flowcharts and models that illustrate the internal design and workflow of solution components. 

• Collaborate as an engaged member of an Agile team focused on realizing features through development, test, and delivery. 

 

 

 

Required Qualification 

 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related engineering discipline or equivalent work experience.  

• 4+ years of software development experience in an Agile environment. 

• Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools. 

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